Whirlpool Corporation

Maytag Corporation

Rodney Michael Welch

Barry E Tuller

Jordan Robert Fountain

Mark Erwin Palm

Antony Mark Rappette

Kristen Karl Hedstrom

Kory A Gunnerson

Erica L Roberts

Alvaro Vallejo Noriega

Anthony B Welsh

Robert Alan Elick

Christopher A Jones

Alexander Joseph Halbleib

Jacquelyn R Geda

Jordan M Grider

Thomas M Johnson

Todd Michael Jozwiak

Jeffrey N Williams

Donald E Erickson

Kristopher Lee Delgado

Christopher A Hartnett

Mark J Christensen

Thomas J Wuestefeld

K David McAllister

Peter Richmond

Roy E Masters

Daniel Lottinville

Frederick Thomas Roderick

Walter T Blanchard

Wayne M VanLandingham

David Jason Brightbill

John Alan Miller

Michael Simmons

Jonathan D Gephart

Steven J Vornsand

Heather M Hagans

Thomas Kessler

Matthew Jaske

Michael Lagness

Michael J Kramer

John Richard Sanderson

David K Reynolds

Ameresh Babu Viswanathan

Mark W Baldwin

Mark S Feddema

Dennis L Kehl

Chad T Vanderroest

Roger James Bertsch

Chad M Thomas

Paul E Beshears, Jr

Elliott V Stowe

Rexford W Cordill

Daryl A Michael

Karl R C Wendt

Saadat Hussain

Scott D Raches

Praveen Poojary

Randall L Cooper

Brian L Ness

Anthony Lewis Durfee

John Joseph Burns

Harry W Dickson

James P Tomey

Brian Lee Greenhaw

Juan I Luciano

Dean A Werthman

Charles W Pille

Randy Anderson

Robin K Phifer

Juda J Cordle

Douglas M Ringger

Stephen L Birkenholtz

Jeffrey T Jones

Jeff B Thompson

Kurt W Wight

Daniel R Teteak

Tiffany H Shellabarger

Neeraj Singh

A dryer or combination washer/dryer machine has a drum () and a clothes drying circuit () recirculates a drying airflow. An inlet () and outlet () are connected by a conduit (). A water vapor path () includes a sieve () and a compressor (). The sieve () is positioned in the conduit (). The sieve () removes water molecules from the drying airflow to reduce relative humidity in the drying airflow. The compressor () is coupled with the sieve to draw the water molecules through the sieve into the compressor (). The compressor () heats the water in the water vapor path () and passes it to the drum (). The water condenses in the drum () to heat the drum () and air within the drum () to dry clothes in the drum ().

Drying machine with a sieve in the drying circuit

A motor assembly for a laundry treating appliance, the motor assembly including an impeller housing, a compressor housing disposed within the impeller housing, a compressor motor disposed within the compressor housing, an impeller mechanically coupled to the compressor motor and disposed within the impeller housing, and a cover for the impeller housing.

Motor assembly for a laundry treating appliance

A liquid recirculation system having a pump for recirculating liquid and a liquid filtering system for filtering the recirculating liquid. The liquid filtering system includes a filter disposed in the recirculation flow path to filter the liquid and a flow diverter or flow diverter to aid in cleaning the filter.

Dishwasher with filter assembly

A laundry treating appliance having a lint pelletizer whereby clothing fibers retained within a fluid can be extracted from the fluid and formed into a pellet. The laundry treating appliance can be a clothes washer or a clothes dryer. The clothes washer or clothes dryer can be a vertical or horizontal axis, either of which can be top-loading or front loading.

Fabric treating appliance with pelletizer

A laundry appliance includes a drum for processing laundry. A blower delivers process air through an airflow path that includes the drum. A lint filter is positioned within the airflow path that separates particulate matter from the process air. A lint disposal mechanism removes entrapped lint particles from a surface of the lint filter.

Laundry appliance having a maintenance free lint removal system

A method of treating at least one of laundry or dishes in a treating chamber of an appliance comprising, recirculating liquid through the treating chamber, centrifugally removing particles greater than a predetermined size from the liquid during recirculation of the liquid, and coagulating particles greater than the predetermined size in the liquid during recirculation of the liquid.

Washing appliance having a recirculation circuit

An apparatus and method for a low pressure laundry treating appliance having a cabinet defining an interior, and a drum provided within the interior, the drum including at least an inner wall and an outer wall. Pressure differentiations and flash evaporation can enable drying without excess use of conventional heating methods.

Low pressure laundry treating 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 dishwasher for treating dishes according to an automatic cycle of operation includes a tub at least partially defining a treating chamber with an access opening, a sump fluidly coupled to the tub, and a liquid recirculation circuit fluidly coupling the sump to the treating chamber. The liquid recirculation circuit includes at least one rotating spray tube having a longitudinal body axis defining a rotational axis. The at least one rotating spray tube comprises a hollow tube having first and second opposing ends with the first end fluidly coupled to the liquid recirculation circuit and the second end comprising a drain valve. The hollow tube has a single wall and a longitudinal body axis defining a rotational axis and plurality of spray nozzles are arranged about the longitudinal body axis on an exterior of the single wall.

Dishwasher with tube wash system

A vapor compression distillation assembly for distilling influent liquid, the vapor compression distillation assembly comprising a housing defining an interior and having an inlet for influent liquid, an evaporator and a condenser provided within the housing interior, an outlet for distillate, and at least one compressor fluidly coupled with the housing interior.

Vapor compression distillation assembly

A washing appliance includes a treating chamber, a sprayer emitting liquid into the treating chamber, and a recirculation circuit including a centrifugal separator and an electrocoagulation unit both fluidly coupled to the recirculation circuit.

A dishwasher has a treating chamber with four corners and a rotatable sprayer located within the treating chamber, where the sprayer includes two conduit segments which rotate about two different axes and a spray head which rotates about yet another axis. The combined rotation of the conduit segments moves the spray head in a non-circular path around the treating chamber.

Dishwasher with rotationally mounted sprayer

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Eau Claire, MI, United States of America

Rodney Michael Welch