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Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2013

Filed:

Jul. 16, 2010
Applicants:

Farhad Ashrafzadeh, Stevensville, MI (US);

Michael T. Dalton, Saint Joseph, MI (US);

Layne E. Heilman, Osceola, IN (US);

Inventors:

Farhad Ashrafzadeh, Stevensville, MI (US);

Michael T. Dalton, Saint Joseph, MI (US);

Layne E. Heilman, Osceola, IN (US);

Assignee:

Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F26B 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A laundry treating appliance and a method for operating the appliance to supply air into a treating chamber through an air inlet and controlling the supplied air by varying the effective area of the air inlet.


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