Whirlpool Corporation

Mark J Christensen

Rodney Michael Welch

Donald E Erickson

Ryan Robert Bellinger

Christopher A Jones

Christopher A Hartnett

Alexander Joseph Halbleib

Erica L Roberts

K David McAllister

Jordan M Grider

Wesley P Traylor

Timothy Noah Blatchley

Mihir Kikale

Ryan Douglas Kuhn

Eduardo Abraham Lopez Benitez

Sushil Sakharam Paradhe

John G Kantz

Roy E Masters

Matthew E Borgerson

Nolan R Maryanski

Steven Lentz

Michael J Catauro

Shannon Wynne

A laundry appliance includes a cabinet having a user interface. A drum is disposed within the cabinet and is operably coupled to a motor that rotates the drum. A blower delivers process air through an airflow path that includes the drum. A controller is communicatively coupled to the user interface, the motor, and the blower. The controller is configured to selectively operate a foreign particulate cycle that includes at least a soft-start feature.

Foreign particulate algorithm for a laundry appliance

A foreign particulate removal assembly for a laundry appliance includes a cabinet and a drum that is disposed within the cabinet. The drum includes a humidity sensor. The foreign particulate removal assembly further includes a fluid emitting feature that is operably coupled to a fluid housing proximate the drum. The fluid emitting feature is configured to selectively dispense fluid into the drum. A controller is communicatively coupled with the fluid emitting feature. The controller is configured to activate the fluid emitting feature when the humidity sensor detects a predetermined wetness of clothing items disposed within the drum.

Foreign particulate removal assembly

A laundry appliance includes a cabinet defining an opening. A drum is disposed within the cabinet and defines a processing space. A blower directs process air through an airflow path that includes the drum. A door is operably coupled to the cabinet. The door is operable to an open position that provides selective access through the opening and into the drum. A foreign particulate collector is operably coupled to the door. The foreign particulate collector includes a collection material configured to collect foreign particulates within the drum.

Foreign particulate collector for a laundry appliance

A laundry appliance includes a blower that delivers process air through an airflow path. A rotating drum defines a processing chamber. The processing chamber is part of the airflow path. A steam generating system disposes steam into the processing chamber. A plurality of fluid nozzles direct the steam into the processing chamber according to an operating pattern. The plurality of fluid nozzles include a first nozzle that is positioned within an upper portion of the processing chamber and a second nozzle that is positioned in a lower portion of the processing chamber.

Three-dimensional steam generating system for performing a steam cycle within a laundry appliance

A laundry appliance includes a cabinet having a rotating drum operably positioned therein for processing fabric. At least one transducer is positioned proximate the drum that provides an ultrasonic resonance that is directed into an interior chamber of the drum. The ultrasonic resonance is adapted to be directed into damp fabric being treated within the interior chamber. The ultrasonic resonance serves to modify water trapped within the damp fabric into a substantially gaseous form.

Laundry appliance having an ultrasonic drying mechanism

A drive motor for a laundry appliance includes a stator having a plurality of windings that extend around teeth of the stator. A rotor is in electromagnetic communication with the stator. The rotor is coupled to a drive shaft that extends through the stator. When the winding of the stator is electrically energized, the rotor rotates relative to the stator at a predetermined range of rotational frequencies that includes a baseline natural frequency of the rotor. A harmonic-modulating member is attached to the rotor that modulates the baseline natural frequency of the rotor to be a modulated natural frequency. The predetermined range of rotational frequencies is free of the modulated natural frequency of the rotor.

Acoustical treatment for a rotor of a laundry appliance

A laundry appliance includes a rotating drum for processing laundry. A heat pump system has a heat exchanger that is positioned within an air conditioning chamber. A blower directs process air through an air path that includes the rotating drum and the air conditioning chamber. An insulating member positioned between a top portion of the heat exchanger and an underside of a cover member for the air conditioning chamber. The insulating member directs the process air through the heat exchanger and away from the underside of the cover member and absorbs sound and vibration generated by movement of process air through the heat exchanger.

Acoustic heat exchanger treatment for a laundry appliance having a heat pump system

A basement assembly of a household appliance is provided herein. A basement has a bottom compartment and a top compartment. The bottom compartment is separated from the top compartment and includes a plurality of voids. A plurality of acoustic pads are configured to reduce noise levels produced by the household appliance. Each of the acoustic pads is configured to be received in one of the voids. A cover member is coupled to the basement and is configured to confine the acoustic pads therein.

Basement assembly for reducing noise levels of a household appliance

A laundry appliance includes a motor that operates a rotating drum for processing laundry. A rear wall of a cabinet is located behind the rotating drum. An interior wall is offset from the rear wall and defines a cavity. First and second insulating members are positioned in an offset configuration within the cavity.

Rear panel and basement damping treatments for a laundry appliance

A blower for supplying and exiting the air to and from a treating chamber of a clothes dryer.

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Stevensville, MI, United States of America

Mark J Christensen