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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2013
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventor:
Ashutosh Kulkarni, Bangalore, IN;
Assignee:
Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 25/00 (2006.01); D06F 37/26 (2006.01); D06F 23/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 25/00 (2013.01); D06F 23/02 (2013.01); D06F 37/267 (2013.01);
Abstract
A washing machine appliance is provided having one or more features to improve the airflow in the washing machine appliance during a spin cycle and/or an overnight drying cycle. The appliance uses one or more one way valves in an inlet duct and/or an exhaust duct to direct the airflow through the washing machine appliance during spin cycles. Additionally, or alternatively, the appliance provides ambient air through an inlet port positioned proximate to an opening in a wash drum and exhausts the air to the ambient through an exhaust port positioned at a rear end of a wash tub.