Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.

Senthil Kandasamy

Troy Marshall Wright

Fikreadam Abebe Damtew

Isaiah Littlejohn

A laundry machine appliance is provided, including a cup including an upper lip and attachable to a base positioned at a shaft of an agitator at a wash basket. A cap is positioned atop the shaft of the agitator, the cap including an outer cylindrical wall and a trough wall extending radially inward from the outer cylindrical wall and sloped vertically downward toward the cup. The trough wall includes a radially inward end positioned vertically upward of the upper lip of the cup. A clearance gap is formed between the upper lip and the inward end of the trough wall. A lid is selectively attachable to the cap at the trough wall. The lid includes a cylindrical wall extending vertically when attached to the cap and a sloped wall corresponding to the trough wall.

Laundry machine including agitator and lid for softener fluid

A washing machine appliance includes a cabinet; a tub rotatably provided within the cabinet; an agitator provided within the tub, the agitator defining an axial direction, a radial direction, and a circumferential direction, the axial direction being parallel to the vertical direction. The agitator defines a receiving space; a cup assembly received within the receiving space along the axial direction, the cup assembly including a cup and a cap; and a restrictor tube received within the receiving space along the axial direction below the cup assembly along the vertical direction.

Additive accessory for an agitator post in a washing machine appliance

A washing machine includes a cabinet, a door, a tub provided within the cabinet, a wireless communication module provided within the cabinet, and a controller in operative communication with the wireless communication module. The controller is configured to perform a series of operations, including receiving an initiation signal for a laundry operation to be performed by the washing machine appliance; sending a wake-up signal to a mobile electronic device via the wireless communication module in response to receiving the initiation signal; emitting a laundry operation trigger prior to initiating the laundry operation; determining that the mobile device is within a predetermined distance from the washing machine appliance in response to generating the laundry operation trigger; and receiving a confirmation signal before beginning the laundry operation.

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Louisville, KY, United States of America

Senthil Kandasamy