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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2012
Applicant:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Inventors:
David W. Carr, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Joseph L. Moulton, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Dale E. Mueller, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Jon D. Strait, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Assignee:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 13/00 (2006.01); D06F 17/10 (2006.01); D06F 23/04 (2006.01); D06F 13/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 13/02 (2013.01); D06F 17/10 (2013.01); D06F 23/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A laundry treating appliance may include a drum and an impeller. The impeller may have a raised center, a bottom plate, a transition region between the bottom plate and the raised center, a center post extending upward from the raised center, and a plurality of radial protrusions extending along the raised center, the bottom plate, and the transition region.