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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2017
Applicant:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Inventors:
Thomas L. Burger, Laporte, IN (US);
Thomas A. Latack, Baroda, MI (US);
Rachel A. Maghas, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Assignee:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 39/02 (2006.01); A47L 15/44 (2006.01); A47L 15/00 (2006.01); D06F 58/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 39/02 (2013.01); A47L 15/44 (2013.01); A47L 15/4409 (2013.01); A47L 15/0049 (2013.01); A47L 15/0055 (2013.01); A47L 2401/026 (2013.01); A47L 2501/26 (2013.01); D06F 58/203 (2013.01);
Abstract
A household appliance for treating at least one item according to at least one cycle of operation includes a treating chemistry dispenser receiving a unit dose container and having a door moveable between an opened position and a closed position, a piercing mechanism located proximate to the treating chemistry dispenser and having a piercer that is moveable between a non-piercing position and a piercing position where the piercer is moved to perforate a unit dose container received within the treating chemistry dispenser.