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Patent No.:

US 11668041 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2023

Filed:

Aug. 17, 2021

Household appliance having a physical alteration element

Applicant:

Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);

Inventors:

Benjamin E. Alexander, Stevensville, MI (US);

Brian A. Black, Saint Joseph, MI (US);

Thomas A. Latack, Baroda, MI (US);

Matthew D. Rhodes, Stevensville, MI (US);

Assignee:

Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);

Attorney:

McGarry Bair PC

Primary Examiner:

Marc Lorenzi

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 39/02 (2006.01); A47L 15/44 (2006.01); A47L 15/00 (2006.01); D06F 58/20 (2006.01); D06F 58/30 (2020.01); D06F 34/28 (2020.01); D06F 33/00 (2020.01); D06F 103/44 (2020.01); D06F 105/38 (2020.01); D06F 105/42 (2020.01); D06F 105/58 (2020.01); D06F 105/60 (2020.01); D06F 34/20 (2020.01); D06F 103/00 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 39/02 (2013.01); A47L 15/0055 (2013.01); A47L 15/4445 (2013.01); D06F 33/00 (2013.01); D06F 34/28 (2020.02); D06F 58/203 (2013.01); D06F 58/30 (2020.02); A47L 2401/02 (2013.01); A47L 2401/30 (2013.01); D06F 34/20 (2020.02); D06F 2103/00 (2020.02); D06F 2103/44 (2020.02); D06F 2105/38 (2020.02); D06F 2105/42 (2020.02); D06F 2105/58 (2020.02); D06F 2105/60 (2020.02);
Abstract

A household appliance for treating at least one item according to at least one cycle of operation includes a treating chamber for receiving the at least one item for treatment according to the at least one cycle of operation, a treating chemistry dispenser receiving a unit dose container having an electrically conductive element, a physical alteration element located proximate to the treating chemistry dispenser and operable to physically alter at least a portion of the electrically conductive element and a sensor for sensing the physical alteration.

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