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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2017
Applicant:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Inventors:
Mark L. Herman, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Garry L. Peterman, Stevensville, MI (US);
Assignee:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 58/26 (2006.01); F26B 3/347 (2006.01); D06F 58/04 (2006.01); D06F 37/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 58/26 (2013.01); D06F 58/04 (2013.01); D06F 58/266 (2013.01); F26B 3/347 (2013.01); D06F 37/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A laundry treating applicator for drying laundry with a radio frequency (RF) applicator having a baffle on a drum rotatable on a non-vertical axis, an anode element in the baffle and a cathode element spaced from the anode element, wherein energization of the RF generator sends electromagnetic radiation through the applicator via the anode element and cathode element to form a field of electromagnetic radiation (e-field) in the radio frequency spectrum to dielectrically heat liquid within laundry disposed within the e-field.