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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2021
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Rajwardhan Deshmukh, Maharashtra, IN;
Mohsin M. Attar, Maharashtra, IN;
Arun Rajendran, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Kurt L. Masciovecchio, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Jason R. Spears, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Michael Vriezema, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Kristian N. Engelsen, South Bend, IN (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A laundry appliance including an appliance housing, a wash unit tub disposed inside the appliance housing, a drum rotatably supported within the wash unit tub, and a wash water dispenser assembly. A laundry compartment is provided inside the drum and the drum is rotatable about a drum axis. The wash water dispenser assembly includes a dispenser hose and a mating interface assembly. The dispenser hose includes a dispenser hose inlet and a dispenser hose outlet. The mating interface assembly connects the dispenser hose outlet to the wash unit tub. The mating interface assembly includes a tub port adapter on the tub sidewall that extends outwardly away from the drum axis to provide a mechanical connection with the dispenser hose outlet.