公开(公告)号：EP4137634A1

公开(公告)日：2023-02-22

申请号：EP22190441.0

申请日：2022-08-15

申请人： WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

发明人： Acker, Rachael Kelley ,  Arora, Pawan ,  Bellinger, Ryan Robert ,  Blatchley, Timothy Noah ,  Christensen, Mark Jason ,  Hoffmann, Alex Perry ,  Kuhn, Ryan Douglas ,  Morgan, Derek James ,  Traylor, Wesley Paul ,  Verma, Mimansa ,  Bocchino, Gianluca ,  Nguyen, Justin Q.

IPC分类号： D06F58/22 ,  D06F39/12 ,  D06F39/14 ,  D06F58/20

摘要： A laundry appliance (10) includes a cabinet (12), a drum (16), a blower (34) within the cabinet (12) that delivers process air (72) along an airflow path (36), a foreign particulate removal assembly (100) having at least one lint filter (17) and operable between collection and maintenance positions (104, 106), and a transparent panel (82). In the collection position (104), the at least one lint filter (17) is within the airflow path (36). In the maintenance position (106), the at least one lint filter (17) is outside the airflow path (36). The transparent panel (82) is coupled to the cabinet (12) proximate to the foreign particulate removal assembly (100) in the collection position (104) of the foreign particulate removal assembly (100), such that the at least one lint filter (17) is visible through the transparent panel (82) in the collection position (104) of the foreign particulate removal assembly (100).