Whirlpool Corporation

Nicholas Schooley

James Jeffery

Seth E Bixby

Sayer J Murphy

David Walter

Benjamin D Lowell

Andres Palomino

Richard K Gresens

Kirk Dunsbergen

Paul E Brownie

Ryan L Allen

Marco Ali Curti Espinosa

Luis Antonio Alarcon

Paula Lobaccaro

Brandon Hengesbach

Jon D Strait

Michael A Ledford

Gregory R Fulmer

Eric J Vasko

Eric W Merrow

Thomas Dell Spicer

Jalindar S Dawange

Heather A Hellmuth

Meagan K Vandervelde

Brandon R Hengesbach

Anup Sudhir Bhavsar

Luis Alarcon

Fabric care appliance

A removable fluid pumping and filtration apparatus for a laundry treatment machine is provided. The apparatus includes a handle portion. A filter section is configured to selectively couple to an impeller of the laundry treatment machine, the filter section defining a hollow interior, a lower water opening to allow for the passage of water out of the interior space of the agitator, and an opening about the exterior circumference of the filter section into which a removable filter is selectively attachable. A handle pull locking post is provided within the hollow interior of the apparatus, including a handle pull portion at a top end for gripping against the handle portion and at least one pin at a bottom end configured to selectively lock the apparatus into the base.

Removable fluid pumping and filtration apparatus

A laundry appliance includes a cabinet having a top panel that defines an aperture for selectively accessing a treatment chamber defined within the cabinet. A lid is rotationally operable relative to the aperture of the top panel between open and closed positions. Hinge assemblies extend between the lid and the top panel. The hinge assemblies include a first hinge assembly. A second hinge assembly is selectively retractable into the lid to a retracted position. A biasing member biases the second hinge assembly out to an extended position. At least the second hinge assembly is operable to the retracted position to bypass a portion of the top panel to define an installed position where the first and second hinge assemblies are engaged with respective hinge receptacles of the top panel.

Hinge assembly for an appliance lid and installation method therefor

A fabric treatment machine has a cabinet housing. A lid enables access inside the cabinet. Fabric treatment components such as a drum are positioned inside the cabinet housing. A panel on the cabinet housing includes an opening to receive the lid. At least one hinge spacer couples with the panel to receive a shaft of a slow close hinge on the lid. The at least one hinge spacer includes a socket portion and a flange portion. The socket portion inserts into an aperture in the panel. The socket portion includes a bore with at least one flat side to receive a mating shaft from the slow closing hinge. The hinge shaft has at least one flat surface. The flange portion covers the panel around the socket.

Fabric treatment machine hinge spacer

A vertical axis laundry treating appliance having a non-encapsulated lid comprising a single panel of glass that is able to pass the UL 746C ball drop test. Non-encapsulated glass lids according to embodiments of the disclosure simplify part and assembly complexity compared to encapsulated glass lids.

Laundry treating appliance with a non-encapsulated glass lid

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Coloma, MI, United States of America

Nicholas Schooley