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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2010
Donald E. Erickson, Stevensville, MI (US);
Farshad Farid, Stevensville, MI (US);
Stephen D. Ostdiek, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Vishal Verma, Portage, IN (US);
Mark M. Xie, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Donald E. Erickson, Stevensville, MI (US);
Farshad Farid, Stevensville, MI (US);
Stephen D. Ostdiek, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Vishal Verma, Portage, IN (US);
Mark M. Xie, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A laundry treating appliance having a drum, defining a treating chamber, with a lifter and a balancing system having at least one balancing ring and a reservoir located in the lifter and a liquid supply system fluidly coupled to the reservoir. Liquid may be supplied to the ring and to the reservoir through the ring to offset an imbalance in a laundry load located within the drum.