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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2015
Applicant:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Inventors:
Brent Burgess, Edwardsburg, MI (US);
Dale Mueller, Haines City, FL (US);
Nicholas Vaive, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Assignee:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 13/00 (2006.01); D06F 17/06 (2006.01); D06F 17/10 (2006.01); D06F 23/04 (2006.01); D06F 35/00 (2006.01); D06F 37/14 (2006.01); D06F 37/40 (2006.01); F04D 29/22 (2006.01); F04D 29/24 (2006.01); D06F 13/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 17/10 (2013.01); D06F 13/00 (2013.01); D06F 13/02 (2013.01); D06F 17/06 (2013.01); D06F 23/04 (2013.01); D06F 35/006 (2013.01); D06F 37/14 (2013.01); D06F 37/40 (2013.01); F04D 29/2288 (2013.01); F04D 29/242 (2013.01);
Abstract
An impeller with vanes extending above the upper surface of the impeller base plate along with a sweeper which extends beyond an outer periphery of the base plate. The sweeper pulls clothes from the basket that may have become stuck or lodged in a wet state back in toward the center of the impeller and in turn pushes them up by the impeller vane design.