Whirlpool Corporation

Sayer J Murphy

Seth E Bixby

Kevin B Ayers

Jun Young Park

Richard K Gresens

Anna C Schelling

Andrew C Kubasiak

Joel R Shinaberry

Giuseppe Netti

Marco Ali Curti Espinosa

Marcus A Cannon

Michael A Ledford

Nicholas Schooley

Luis Antonio Alarcon

Donald E Erickson

Trevor R Haney

Eric Andrew Hill

Eric J Vasko

Eric W Merrow

James Jeffery

Benjamin D Lowell

Heather A Hellmuth

Andres Palomino

Meagan K Vandervelde

Jeremy D Watkins

Brandon T Mock

Darryl C Bodine

Dennis L Kehl

Anne Wessel

Brent M Burgess

Bruno T Ramasco

Christopher A Hartnett

Demetrius J Schaaf

Todd William Lambkin

Thomas Dell Spicer

Michael R MacKay

Chloe P Condon

Kartik Sadanand Vastrad

Tristan James VanFossen

Jonathan A Andrejczuk

Brandon Hengesbach

Marcos Lima Nogueira Costa

Marcus Roland Fischer

Joel Matthew Sells

Richard L Hammond

Scott E Carpenter

Jonathan D Pugh

Stephen D Ostdiek

Timothy E Heater

Ryan Robert Bellinger

Jon D Strait

Gregg P Fitzgerald

Ryan James Rutter

Philip J Czarnecki

Dario Grasselli

David Walter

Bradley D Morrow

Michael Jon Vriezema

Gregory R Fulmer

Jacob Charles Ickes

Peter N Howes

Jalindar S Dawange

Ryan James Van Zoest

Gregory Edward Bauman

Patrick A McCormick

Adam Gary

Eric Monville

Tarun Sai Yadav Godha

Skylar Rhae Kleindienst

Sann M Naing

Emmanuel F Gonzaga

Gobi Krishnan Mallikarjunan

Michelle Flachs Croce

Anup Sudhir Bhavsar

Brandon R Hengesbach

Kenneth L McCONNELL

B Shiva

Bharadwaj J

Meagan Kathleen VanderVelde

J Carroll Mays

Moshin Attar

Natasha Paulinski

Sachin Nilawar

Karthick Kumar Dhanapal

Evan Kristopher Bauer

Thomas R Scott

Kevin Peralta

Corinne M Gorenchan

Jason S Burnette

Biagio Ludovico

Luis Alarcon

Michael T Roche

Haley K Rich

Fabric care appliance

A laundry appliance includes a first lint filter operable between a use position and a maintenance position, a second lint filter proximate to the first lint filter, a switch operable between a first condition and a second condition, and a blower. Movement of the first lint filter from the use position to the maintenance position prompts the switch to enter the second condition from the first condition. The blower is operable to deliver process air through the first and second lint filters in the first condition of the switch and is configured to activate to deliver process air through the second lint filter based on the switch entering the second condition.

Laundry appliance

A laundry appliance includes a cabinet having a front panel that defines an opening, a drum accessible via the opening and configured for processing laundry, an access panel pivotably coupled to the front panel and operable to pivot between first and second conditions, and a first lint filter pivotably coupled to the front panel and operable to pivot relative to the front panel between a use position and a maintenance position in the second condition of the access panel. The access panel covers the first lint filter in the first condition, and access to the first lint filter is provided in the second condition of the access panel.

A method of supplying treating chemistry to at least a treating chamber or at least one bulk reservoir of a laundry treating appliance. The method including selectively moving a selector compartment defining a selector compartment cup between a first position, where the selector compartment cup is fluidly coupled with the treating chamber and a second position where the selector compartment cup is fluidly coupled with the at least one bulk reservoir.

Dispenser cup

A mixer includes an eccentric drive mounted on a mixing head of the mixer and configured to orbit around a central axis of a mixing area and rotate an offset rotational axis of a drive shaft about the central axis of the mixing area. A dual whisk beater attachment includes a housing operably coupled to the eccentric drive, a first whisk rotatably mounted within the housing and operably coupled to the drive shaft of the eccentric drive of the mixer, and a second whisk rotatably mounted within the housing and operably coupled to the drive shaft of the eccentric drive of the mixer via a plurality of gears disposed within the housing. The first whisk is configured to rotate about a first whisk rotational axis and orbit the central axis of a mixing area, and the second whisk is configured to rotate about a second whisk rotational axis.

Double whip stand mixer accessory

A dispensing assembly for a laundry appliance includes a cabinet defining a cartridge port. A dispensing device is coupled to the cabinet and extends into the cartridge port. A dispensing cartridge is selectively received by the cartridge port. The dispensing cartridge selectively engages the dispensing device when in an installed position within the cartridge port. The dispensing cartridge includes a nesting portion configured to house a first laundry chemistry. An insert portion is configured to house a second laundry chemistry. The nesting portion selectively receives the insert portion.

Dispensing assembly for appliance

A method of operating a household appliance having a treating chamber and a single-use dispenser with a siphon. The method comprising fluidly coupling the siphon to the treating chamber when supplying water to the single-use dispenser, and fluidly coupling the siphon to a bulk treating chemistry reservoir when water is not supplied to the single-use dispenser.

Household appliance with single-use dispenser for bulk dispenser filling

Filter for filtering agitator

A cartridge for a laundry appliance includes an outer housing having an interior chamber therein. The outer housing includes a primary axis and a secondary axis that is perpendicular to the primary axis. A pump is contained within the outer housing that selectively delivers a laundry chemistry from the interior chamber to a dispensing outlet of the outer housing. The dispensing outlet is defined within a contoured edge of the outer housing and orients the dispensing outlet at an oblique angle with respect to the primary and secondary axes. A rotational drive is operated by an external actuator. The rotational drive is positioned within the outer housing and in operable communication with the pump. The rotational drive aligns with a drive aperture defined within a wall of the outer housing for receiving the external actuator.

Chemistry dispensing system for a laundry appliance having removable chemistry cartridges

A laundry appliance includes an outer cabinet having a top panel that defines an aperture for accessing an interior of the cabinet. A tub is positioned within the outer cabinet and below the aperture. A rotating drum disposed within the tub. A pretreat basin is selectively positioned in an installed position relative to the top panel and above the drum. The pretreat basin has an outer frame and a pivoting central portion that rotationally operates within the outer frame between a sealed position defined by the pivoting central portion being in alignment with the outer frame and a rotated position defined by the pivoting central portion being rotated out of alignment with the outer frame.

Detachable pretreat sink for laundry appliance having an operable washboard

Agitator

A laundry appliance includes a cabinet. A door is operably coupled to the cabinet. A drum is disposed within the cabinet proximate to the door. A lifter is disposed within and operably coupled to the drum. A foreign substrate collector is disposed within the lifter.

Foreign substrate collector for a laundry appliance

A mixer for combining food constituents into a homogeneous mass includes an eccentric drive mounted on a mixing head of the mixer, where the eccentric drive is configured to rotate around a central axis of a mixing area and rotate an offset rotational axis of a drive shaft in an orbit about the central axis of the mixing area. An angled beater attachment for the mixer further includes a top mounting portion operably coupled to the drive shaft of the stand mixer, a bottom beater portion disposed above the mixing area, and a beater support member operably coupled with a support shaft of the bottom beater portion. The bottom beater portion is driven by the drive shaft about an angled rotational axis that extends at an acute angle relative to the central axis of the mixing area.

3D beater

A door system for an appliance includes a panel and a door having an inner surface. A bracket is coupled to the door. A rail assembly is disposed on an opposing side of the panel relative to the door. The bracket engages the rail assembly through the panel to adjust the door between an opened position and a closed position via the rail assembly. The door is configured to a deployed position.

Laundry appliance with sliding door system

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

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Saint Joseph, MI, United States of America

Sayer J Murphy