Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Laundry treating appliance with integrated dynamic balancer
- Patent Title (中): 具有集成动态平衡器的洗衣设备
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Application No.: US14273942Application Date: 2014-05-09
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Publication No.: US09534335B2Publication Date: 2017-01-03
- Inventor: Christopher L. Borlin , Donald E. Erickson , Mark R. Haslanger , George W. Malheiros , Stephen D. Ostdiek
- Applicant: Whirlpool Corporation
- Applicant Address: US MI Benton Harbor
- Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
- Current Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Benton Harbor
- Main IPC: D06F37/24
- IPC: D06F37/24 ; D06F37/26 ; D06F37/22 ; B23P19/04

Abstract:
A laundry treating appliance includes a rotatable drum for receiving a laundry load. The rotatable drum includes a cylindrical body with a cylindrical wall about a longitudinal axis, and a metal cover at one end thereof, the metal cover having an annular groove formed by a first wall, a second wall spaced from the first wall, a third wall extending between the first and second walls, and a fourth wall extending from the second wall. A first land is secured to the third wall and has a leg extending toward the second wall adjacent to the third wall, and a second land is secured to the fourth wall. A non-metal adjoining piece is coupled with the first and second land. A hollow annular raceway is defined by the second wall, the leg, the first adjoining wall, and the second adjoining wall and includes a moveable mass disposed therein.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150322615A1 LAUNDRY TREATING APPLIANCE WITH INTEGRATED DYNAMIC BALANCER Public/Granted day:2015-11-12
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