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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2013
Applicant:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Inventors:
Farhad Ashrafzadeh, Bowling Green, KY (US);
Michael T. Dalton, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Layne E. Heilman, Osceola, IN (US);
Assignee:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
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.