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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2016
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Ermanno Buzzi, Varese, IT;
Charles R. Cravens, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Vincent D. Csapos, Hamilton, MI (US);
Muhammad Khizar, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A method of making a liner for an appliance is provided that includes: mixing a polymeric capping layer precursor and a pigment additive; forming the capping layer precursor and the pigment additive into a capping layer at a capping layer formation temperature; and rolling the capping layer, a barrier layer and a polymeric base layer together to form a liner, each of the capping layer, the barrier layer and the base layer at about the capping layer formation temperature. Further, the liner comprises a capping region, a barrier region and a base region, the capping region comprising the pigment additive.