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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2017
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Colleen Doyle, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
James Kendall, Mt. Prospect, IL (US);
Lorraine L. Achterberg, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Ameresh Viswanathan, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Kristina Underly, Berrien Springs, MI (US);
Donald Tomasi, Stevensville, MI (US);
Daniel Conrad, Newburgh, IN (US);
Richard Sunshine, Granger, IN (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A laundry system performs a washing function to wash multiple load of fabric items. The system can include a first wash chamber for washing a first clothes load, a tub, and a wash basket rotatably mounted within the tub and defining a second wash chamber, which has a low capacity relative to a capacity of the first wash chamber. The laundry system is capable of performing a washing operation in the second wash chamber independently of a washing operation performed in the first wash chamber.