公开(公告)号：US20230073346A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-09

申请号：US17984017

申请日：2022-11-09

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： DONALD ERICKSON ,  STEVEN FRICKE ,  CHRISTIAN GIANNI ,  THOMAS KESSLER ,  PRAVEEN POOJARY ,  ERICA ROBERTS ,  JAIME RODRIGUEZ ,  PETER WAGONER

IPC: D06F37/10 ,  D06F37/04

Abstract: A method of operating a laundry treating appliance, such as a washing machine, having a cabinet defining an interior and defining an access opening. A lid can be movably mounted relative to the cabinet to selectively open or close the access opening. A tub can be located within the interior and the tub can contain a rotatably mounted drum, such as a horizontally rotatable drum, including a flexible fabric material.

公开(公告)号：US20200208337A1

公开(公告)日：2020-07-02

申请号：US16663401

申请日：2019-10-25

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： RODNEY MICHAEL WELCH ,  ERICA ROBERTS

IPC: D06F58/22 ,  D06F25/00 ,  D06F39/10

Abstract: A laundry treating appliance having a lint pelletizer whereby clothing fibers retained within a fluid can be extracted from the fluid and formed into a pellet. The laundry treating appliance can be a clothes washer or a clothes dryer. The clothes washer or clothes dryer can be a vertical or horizontal axis, either of which can be top-loading or front loading.

公开(公告)号：US20220106728A1

公开(公告)日：2022-04-07

申请号：US17553982

申请日：2021-12-17

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： RODNEY MICHAEL WELCH ,  ERICA ROBERTS

IPC: D06F58/22 ,  D06F25/00 ,  D06F39/10

Abstract: A laundry treating appliance having a lint pelletizer whereby clothing fibers retained within a fluid can be extracted from the fluid and formed into a pellet. The laundry treating appliance can be a clothes washer or a clothes dryer. The clothes washer or clothes dryer can be a vertical or horizontal axis, either of which can be top-loading or front loading.

公开(公告)号：US20210108352A1

公开(公告)日：2021-04-15

申请号：US17130186

申请日：2020-12-22

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： DONALD ERICKSON ,  STEVEN FRICKE ,  CHRISTIAN GIANNI ,  THOMAS KESSLER ,  PRAVEEN POOJARY ,  ERICA ROBERTS ,  JAIME RODRIGUEZ ,  PETER WAGONER

IPC: D06F37/04 ,  D06F37/10

Abstract: A laundry treating appliance, such as a washing machine, having a cabinet defining an interior and defining an access opening. A lid can be movably mounted relative to the cabinet to selectively open or close the access opening. A tub can be located within the interior and the tub can contain a rotatably mounted drum, such as a horizontally rotatable drum, including a flexible fabric material.

公开(公告)号：US20180202094A1

公开(公告)日：2018-07-19

申请号：US15872033

申请日：2018-01-16

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： DONALD ERICKSON ,  STEVEN FRICKE ,  CHRISTIAN GIANNI ,  THOMAS KESSLER ,  PRAVEEN POOJARY ,  ERICA ROBERTS ,  JAIME RODRIGUEZ ,  PETER WAGONER

IPC: D06F37/04

CPC classification number: D06F37/04 ,  D06F37/10

Abstract: A laundry treating appliance, such as a washing machine, having a cabinet defining an interior and defining an access opening. A lid can be movably mounted relative to the cabinet to selectively open or close the access opening. A tub can be located within the interior and the tub can contain a rotatably mounted drum, such as a horizontally rotatable drum, including a flexible fabric material.