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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2015
Applicant:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Inventors:
Dean L. Tietz, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
George L. Turner, Stevensville, MI (US);
Assignee:
Whirlpool Coporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 35/00 (2006.01); D06F 39/10 (2006.01); D06F 37/12 (2006.01); D06F 37/26 (2006.01); D06F 23/04 (2006.01); D06F 39/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 39/10 (2013.01); D06F 23/04 (2013.01); D06F 35/005 (2013.01); D06F 37/12 (2013.01); D06F 37/263 (2013.01); D06F 39/083 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of operating a laundry treating appliance having a foreign object trap located in a bottom of a wash basket underlying a clothes mover, the bottom of the wash basket having an upwardly extending wall, with at least the wash basket rotatable about an axis of rotation, the method including radially expelling liquid through an outlet opening of the foreign object trap.