Whirlpool Corporation

Stephen D Ostdiek

Gregg P Fitzgerald

Donald E Erickson

Darryl C Bodine

Todd Joseph Tunzi

Marcel Schmidt

John W McConnell

John M Hunnell

Dean L Tietz

Mark R Haslanger

Jaime E Rodriguez

Anna C Schelling

Robert J Schneider

Patrick A McCormick

Mohaideen Abdul Khadaar Sikkandar Batcha

Andrew C Kubasiak

Eric Andrew Hill

George W Malheiros

Christopher L Borlin

Vishal Verma

Sayer J Murphy

Michael A Ledford

Jun Young Park

Ryan James Van Zoest

Farshad Farid

Tarun Sai Yadav Godha

Mark Mingjun Xie

Heather A Hellmuth

Meagan K Vandervelde

Skylar Rhae Kleindienst

Michelle Flachs Croce

Sachin Nilawar

Karthick Kumar Dhanapal

Evan Kristopher Bauer

Murali Ramalingam

B Shiva

Bharadwaj J

A laundry appliance includes a cabinet defining an aperture in a front surface thereof. A drum is disposed within the cabinet. The drum defines an access opening that aligns with the aperture. A door is coupled to the cabinet and is operable between closed and opened positions relative to the aperture. A bellows extends along a perimeter of the aperture and proximate the access opening. A deflector extends along at least a portion of the perimeter of the aperture. The deflector extends into an interior of the drum over the bellows.

Laundry appliance with a deflector

A laundry appliance includes a cabinet defining a front opening in a front panel. The front opening is defined by a lip having a curved edge. The lip defines a plurality of apertures spaced-apart around the front opening. A tub is disposed within the cabinet. The tub defines an access opening aligned with the front opening. A drum is disposed within the tub. A bellows assembly extends between the cabinet and the tub. The bellows assembly includes a projection coupled to the curved edge of the cabinet. A deflector has a rim and a chute wherein the chute extends toward the drum. The rim is configured to snap-fit over the projection of the bellows assembly. The rim includes a plurality of hooks where each hook is configured to extend through an aperture and interlock with the cabinet.

Laundry appliance

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 laundry treating appliance includes a chassis defining an interior and having a front panel defining a front panel opening. A rotatable treating chamber is located within the interior and accessible through the front panel opening. A door assembly is mounted to the chassis for movement between opened and closed positions to selectively open or close the front panel opening. The door assembly includes a window or panel slidable between first and second positions.

Laundry treating appliance having a door assembly

A laundry appliance includes a cabinet that has a front panel. A tub is positioned within the cabinet. A door is coupled to the front panel of the cabinet. The door moves vertically between a closed position and an opened position. A bellows assembly is coupled to the front panel. The bellows assembly extends between the cabinet and the tub. A sealing assembly includes a first seal and a second seal that are each coupled to the bellows assembly.

A dynamic balancer device for mounting to and balancing a rotatable drum in a laundry treating appliance comprises an enclosed non-metal annular housing having a radial circumferential wall, an annular metal race within the non-metal annular housing disposed against the radial circumferential wall, and a mass disposed in the annular race and movable therein.

Laundry treating appliance with dynamic balancer

Container for a clothes washing machine

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Saint Joseph, MI, United States of America

Stephen D Ostdiek