Whirlpool Corporation

Kenneth L McCONNELL

Bradley D Morrow

Donald E Erickson

Sayer J Murphy

Philip J Czarnecki

Steven Fricke

Eric J Walsh

Eric W Merrow

James Jeffery

Christine L Strain

Benjamin D Lowell

Peter Wagoner

Adam Gary

Emmanuel F Gonzaga

Marcos H Herrmann

Jonathan A Andrejczuk

Thomas R Scott

Kevin Peralta

Corinne M Gorenchan

Jason S Burnette

Jesse De Freitas Goncalves

A hub for an overmolded basket base assembly of a laundry appliance is provided. The hub includes a central core defining an opening along an axis configured to receive a drive shaft. The hub further includes a disc, extending radially outwardly from the core about the axis, the disc configured to be overmolded in polymeric material that forms an overmolded plastic base, the disc including a plurality of posts arranged around the core and extending upward from a top surface of the disc to form a circumferentially-extending array to align the hub when applying torque to the hub.

Overmolded basket base assembly

A laundry treating appliance for treating laundry items according to an automatic cycle of operation can include a cabinet defining an interior and having an access opening providing access to the interior. A tub can be located within the interior and can at least partially define a liquid chamber. A drum is rotatably mounted within the liquid chamber and at least partially defines a treating chamber. A clothes mover is located within the treating chamber and rotatable about a vertical axis. The clothes mover can include a base and a barrel.

Laundry treating appliance having a removable clothes mover

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Stevensville, MI, United States of America

Kenneth L McCONNELL