Whirlpool Corporation

Thomas H Buckleitner

Scott Harold Wilson

Jack F Clearman

Travis Michael Perkins

Paul R Staun

Robert A Brenner

Stephen Dylan Berry

David Nelson

Daniel E Teich

Pamela Sue Rogers

Jayaprakash Kannappan

David J Hoyh

Arunprasath Sridharan

A laundry hanging solution comprising an expansion assembly, a post assembly, and a hanging rod assembly.

Modular hanging solutions for a household appliance

A mesh bag for holding small items in a dishwasher. The bag preferably includes a top frame having a resilient front rail member and a resilient rear rail member. Each rail member has opposite ends. The rail members are pivotably joined at their ends such that the rail members are disposed adjacent each other. A mesh body depends from the top frame and has a substantially flat, rectangular shape. The mesh body includes a first mesh side wall and a second mesh side wall joined together along opposite side edges and a bottom edge. The top edge of the first mesh side wall is connected to the front rail member and the top edge of the second mesh side wall is connected to the rear rail such that the frame forms a closure mechanism for the bag.

Small items bag for use in dishwasher

A means for operating a washing machine transmission in a neutral state is provided which includes a reversible drive gear for driving the transmission in a first agitate direction and an opposite spin direction. A drive pawl is pivotally mounted on the drive gear and has an arcuate channel formed in an upper flat surface. Pawl retaining means, being a circular keeper plate with downwardly extending keeper fingers selectively movable into the channel in the pawl causes the transmission to operate in the neutral state when the fingers are in the channel and when the drive gear is rotating in the spin direction.

Solenoid operated neutral pump-out for automatic washer

A means for operating a washing machine transmission in a neutral state is provided which includes a reversible drive gear for driving the transmission in a first agitate direction and an opposite spin direction. A drive pawl is pivotally mounted on the drive gear. Pawl pivoting means, being a circular control spring with an outwardly extending tang is selectively rotatable against either side of the pivoted pawl and a latching pawl selectively captures the tang when the drive gear is rotating in the spin direction to operate the transmission in a neutral state until the rotation of the spin gear is interrupted. Means are provided on the latch pawl to prevent relatching of the control spring if the rotation of the drive gear is subsequently interrupted.

Neutral pump-out for automatic washer

A fluid pumping agitator for use in a vertical axis automatic clothes washing machine which pumps wash liquid from a central inlet communicating with the tub to an outlet communicating with the basket to reduce the volume of liquid required in a washing cycle. The agitator pumps liquid in both directions of its oscillatory rotational movement.

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Lincoln, MI, United States of America

Thomas H Buckleitner