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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2014
Applicant:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Inventors:
Benjamin E. Alexander, Stevensville, MI (US);
Michael K. Cluskey, West Lafayette, IN (US);
John M. Hunnell, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Christopher A. Jones, Uniontown, PA (US);
Brenner M. Sharp, Bridgman, MI (US);
Assignee:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 15/32 (2006.01); D06F 37/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 37/245 (2013.01);
Abstract
A dynamic balancer device for mounting to and balancing a rotatable drum in a laundry treating appliance. The dynamic balancer device comprises an enclosed annular housing having a radial circumferential wall, a plurality of internal baffles in the enclosed annular housing and a fluid disposed in the annular race and movable therein.