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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2016
Method and apparatus for preventing mold growth in the reservoir of a food waste recycling appliance
Applicant:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Inventors:
Rachel Maghas, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Bruce M. Jarnot, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 15/42 (2006.01); A61L 2/232 (2006.01); A61L 2/238 (2006.01); C02F 1/50 (2006.01); C05F 7/00 (2006.01); C05F 9/02 (2006.01); B65F 7/00 (2006.01); C05F 17/00 (2006.01); C05F 17/02 (2006.01); B02C 23/08 (2006.01); B02C 18/06 (2006.01); B02C 18/00 (2006.01); B02C 23/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F 1/505 (2013.01); A47L 15/4204 (2013.01); A47L 15/4236 (2013.01); A61L 2/232 (2013.01); A61L 2/238 (2013.01); B65F 7/00 (2013.01); C05F 7/00 (2013.01); C05F 9/02 (2013.01); A47L 15/4208 (2013.01); B02C 18/0084 (2013.01); B02C 18/062 (2013.01); B02C 23/08 (2013.01); B02C 23/14 (2013.01); B65F 2250/11 (2013.01); C02F 2303/02 (2013.01); C02F 2303/04 (2013.01); C02F 2303/20 (2013.01); C02F 2307/12 (2013.01); C05F 17/00 (2013.01); C05F 17/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for operating a food waste recycling appliance includes a food waste recycling container, a condensate reservoir, a first fluid pathway fluidly coupling the food waste recycling chamber and the condensate reservoir, and a fan moving air from the food waste recycling chamber to the condensate reservoir along the first fluid pathway to define a first airflow.