Whirlpool Corporation

The Procter Gamble Company

Sarah Galea

Vikas C Mruthyunjaya

Abhay Naik

Paul B Allard

Sanjesh Kumar Pathak

Dustin Michael Miller

Gustavo Frattini

Jacob Charles Ickes

Kristopher Lee Delgado

Elliott V Stowe

Christopher A Jones

Daniel Lottinville

Nathalie Sophie Letzelter

Sylvan J Amos

Shari Joy Soper

Thomas Dell Spicer

Aaron A Linden

Robert C Williams

Meredith A Wagner

Kristopher L Delgado Delgado

Sylvan Amos

A refrigerator comprising: a cabinet; a door operably connected to the cabinet, the door having a closed position relative to the cabinet and an opened position relative to the cabinet, and the door transitions from the closed position to the opened position in a non-circular path; a liquid outlet disposed at the cabinet; and a liquid receiver disposed at the door, the liquid receiver configured to receive liquid exiting the liquid outlet when the door is in the closed position but not in the opened position. The refrigerator can further include a gasket adjacent to the liquid receiver and a gasket adjacent to the liquid outlet. When the door is in the closed position, the gasket of the door can cooperate with the gasket of the cabinet to form a sealed channel to seal liquid transfer from the liquid outlet to the liquid receiver for use at the door.

Water routing from cabinet to door of a refrigerator with articulated hinge

A door panel for a refrigerating appliance includes an inner liner. An outer wrapper is attached to the inner liner and defines an insulating structure with an insulating cavity disposed therein. An insulating material is defined within the insulating cavity. A dispenser structure is defined within a central portion of the inner liner and the outer wrapper. The dispenser structure defines an insulated dispenser portion therein. A dispenser conduit extends from an interior area disposed above the dispenser structure to an external dispensing cavity and passing through the insulated dispenser portion.

Vacuum insulated door structure for an appliance incorporating a dispenser structure

An appliance ice-making compartment includes a housing which defines an inlet aperture and an outlet aperture. A first ice tray is disposed at a first height within the housing. A second ice tray is disposed at a second height within the housing where the first height is closer to a top of the housing compared to the second height. The second ice tray is closer to the inlet aperture compared to the first ice tray. An inlet duct is in fluid communication with the inlet aperture and configured to direct air toward the first ice tray and the second ice tray.

Ice-making compartment for an appliance

A method of washing dishware in a dishwasher comprising the step of delivering into the dishwasher: a) a first composition comprising oxygen bleach and substantially free of enzymes; followed by b) a second composition comprising enzymes wherein the first composition has a pH of at least 11 and the pH of the first composition is at least 1 pH unit greater the pH of the second composition wherein the pH is measured at wash concentration at 20&#xb0; C.

Automatic dishwashing method

A refrigerator includes a cabinet and a refrigeration system having an evaporator. An ice-making compartment is positioned within the cabinet and includes a housing defining an inlet aperture on an upper portion of the housing and an outlet aperture. An ice storage bin is positioned in a lower portion of the housing. An ice tray is positioned above the ice storage bin. An inlet duct is in fluid communication with the inlet aperture and is configured to direct air into the housing from the evaporator. The inlet duct includes a first branch having a plurality of first branch channels to direct air to a plurality of first branch locations on a first surface of the ice tray. A second branch of the inlet duct directs air to a second surface of the ice tray. An outlet duct is in fluid communication with the outlet aperture and is configured to direct air from the housing to the evaporator.

A laundry treating appliance for treating laundry according to a cycle of operation includes a rotatable basket defining a laundry treating space and having a bottom wall and a side wall. The bottom wall of the rotatable basket includes at least one drain hole. A centrifugally actuated valve comprising a weighted ball is positioned to selectively open and close the at least one drain hole as the basket rotates.

Laundry treating appliance for limiting water usage in small loads

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St. Joseph, MI, United States of America

Sarah Galea