Whirlpool Corporation

Whirlpool Emea S.p.a.

Indesit Compnay S.p.a

Marco Angelini

Mauro Mancini

Matteo Carnevale

Massimiliano Daniele

Vaclav Petracek

Deepak Gupta

Crescenzo Iannicelli

Luca Sorana

Simone Pistola

Paolo Volpolini

Stefano Turchi

Nilsu Altintas

William Paolini

Alberto Vitali

Roberto Vota

Nicola Colucci

Angelo Formenti

A washing and drying appliance includes a tub having an air outlet. A drum rotationally operates within the tub. An air handling system draws process air from inside the tub and through a lint filter disposed within the air outlet that filters particulate from the process air. During a filter cleaning phase, a fluid delivery system delivers impulse amounts of wash fluid toward a sump of the tub. The impulse amounts of wash fluid are maintained between an outer surface of the drum and an inside surface of the tub. The drum operates to direct the wash fluid around the drum and along the inside surface of the tub and over an interior surface of the lint filter to remove particulate from the lint filter. A fluid pump is coupled with the sump to direct wash fluid and particulate to an external outlet.

Combination washing and drying laundry appliance having a filter cleaning system for removing lint during a laundry cycle

A combination washing and drying appliance includes a tub that is disposed within a cabinet. A drum is rotationally operable within the tub about a rotational axis. An airflow path is defined within an interstitial space between the drum and the tub. A blower fan operates to direct process air through the airflow path. The blower fan is disposed within a blower enclosure that is defined by a back wall of the drum and a blower housing that is attached to the tub. Engagement of the back wall of the drum and the blower housing of the tub defines a slidable engagement that is selectively sealed during operation of the blower fan to prevent the process air from leaving the airflow path and to further prevent aspiration of ambient air to the airflow path.

Back wall enclosure for a drum within a laundry appliance that separates a processing space from a blower housing

A front-load laundry appliance includes a drum that is rotationally operable within a tub about a generally horizontal rotational axis. A plurality of lifters are coupled to an interior surface of the drum. A fluid delivery path is at least partially defined within the drum and the plurality of lifters. A fluid delivery system delivers fluid into the fluid delivery path in a direction parallel to the generally horizontal rotational axis.

Fluid delivery system for a front-load washing appliance for delivering fluid to lifters of the drum

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Folignano, Italy

Marco Angelini