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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2023
Applicant:
Haier Us Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Inventors:
John Joseph Roetker, Louisville, KY (US);
Otto Armando Ramirez, Louisville, KY (US);
Assignee:
Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 25/00 (2006.01); D06F 33/56 (2020.01); D06F 33/63 (2020.01); D06F 37/38 (2006.01); D06F 58/22 (2006.01); D06F 103/38 (2020.01); D06F 103/54 (2020.01); D06F 105/32 (2020.01); D06F 105/46 (2020.01); D06F 105/48 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 33/56 (2020.02); D06F 25/00 (2013.01); D06F 33/63 (2020.02); D06F 37/38 (2013.01); D06F 58/22 (2013.01); D06F 2103/38 (2020.02); D06F 2103/54 (2020.02); D06F 2105/32 (2020.02); D06F 2105/46 (2020.02); D06F 2105/48 (2020.02);
Abstract
A laundry appliance and a method of operating the laundry appliance to reduce textile microfiber release includes performing an air wash cycle of a load of laundry articles before performing a wet wash cycle of the laundry load. The air wash cycle includes operating a fan to circulate an airflow through a laundry basket containing a load of laundry articles to release microfibers from the articles. A wet wash cycle follows the dry wash cycle, the wet wash cycle introduces a wash fluid to the load of laundry articles.