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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2016
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Colleen Doyle, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
James Kendall, Mt. Prospect, IL (US);
Lorraine L. Achterberg, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Ameresh Viswanathan, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Kristina Underly, Berrien Springs, MI (US);
Donald Tomasi, Stevensville, MI (US);
Daniel Conrad, Newburgh, IN (US);
Richard Sunshine, Granger, IN (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A laundry system for treating fabric items according to the invention includes a front-loading washing machine for washing a first load of fabric items and a horizontal laundry module for washing a second load of fabric items stacked vertically adjacent to the front-loading washing machine and having a low capacity relative to a capacity of the front-load washing machine.