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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2011
Michael Wuttikorn Ekbundit, Mount Washington, KY (US);
David Scott Dunn, Smithfield, KY (US);
Alexander Boris Leibman, Prospect, KY (US);
Jerrod Aaron Kappler, Louisville, KY (US);
Michael Wuttikorn Ekbundit, Mount Washington, KY (US);
David Scott Dunn, Smithfield, KY (US);
Alexander Boris Leibman, Prospect, KY (US);
Jerrod Aaron Kappler, Louisville, KY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A steam-augmented washing machine includes a casing, a tub disposed within the casing, and a basket configured for receipt of articles to be washed. A steam generator is disposed within the casing and is in communication with the tub to introduce steam into the wash basket. A plurality of fluid vanes are circumferentially spaced around the side wall adjacent the top end of the wash basket. The fluid vanes have a radial aspect so as to extend radially from side wall, wherein upon rotation of the wash basket within the tub, the fluid vanes generate a circulating vertically oriented steam flow path through the wash basket.