公开(公告)号：US10781550B2

公开(公告)日：2020-09-22

申请号：US16017343

申请日：2018-06-25

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： Antonio Mazzarella ,  Samir Nimkar ,  Pedro A. Rouin ,  Gianbattista Pirola

IPC: F26B3/00 ,  D06F58/04 ,  D06F58/10 ,  D06F58/22

Abstract: A laundry appliance includes a drum that processes laundry. A blower delivers process air from a heater to the drum via an airflow path. A structural panel defines a front aperture for accessing an interior of the drum and an air channel that defines a portion of the airflow path. The structural panel includes a lower first portion that is made of a first material and an upper second portion that is made of a second material that is different from the first material. The first and second materials meet at a predetermined seam that extends through the structural panel and the air channel.

公开(公告)号：US10458057B2

公开(公告)日：2019-10-29

申请号：US15634190

申请日：2017-06-27

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： Antonio Mazzarella ,  Davide Parachini ,  Gianbattista Pirola ,  George F. Seiffert

IPC: D06F58/06 ,  D06F58/04

Abstract: A clothes dryer with a first bulkhead having an access opening and a first edge defining a front opening confronting the access opening. The clothes dryer has a composite seal located between the first bulkhead and the first edge which has a foam layer comprising memory foam and a low-friction layer having a coefficient of kinetic friction less than 0.3, with the low friction layer confronting the first edge.

公开(公告)号：US11421372B2

公开(公告)日：2022-08-23

申请号：US16941844

申请日：2020-07-29

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： Antonio Mazzarella ,  Samir Nimkar ,  Pedro A. Rouin ,  Gianbattista Pirola

IPC: D06F58/20 ,  D06F58/22 ,  D06F39/12 ,  D06F58/02

Abstract: A laundry appliance includes a drum that processes laundry. A blower delivers process air from a heater to the drum via an airflow path. A structural panel defines a front aperture for accessing an interior of the drum and an air channel that defines a portion of the airflow path. The structural panel includes a lower first portion that is made of a first material and an upper second portion that is made of a second material that is different from the first material. The first and second materials meet at a predetermined seam that extends through the structural panel and the air channel.

公开(公告)号：US20220333293A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-20

申请号：US17854763

申请日：2022-06-30

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： Antonio Mazzarella ,  Samir Nimkar ,  Pedro A. Rouin ,  Gianbattista Pirola

IPC: D06F58/20

Abstract: A laundry appliance includes a drum that processes laundry. A blower delivers process air from a heater to the drum via an airflow path. A structural panel defines a front aperture for accessing an interior of the drum and an air channel that defines a portion of the airflow path. The structural panel includes a lower first portion that is made of a first material and an upper second portion that is made of a second material that is different from the first material. The first and second materials meet at a predetermined seam that extends through the structural panel and the air channel.

公开(公告)号：US20190390394A1

公开(公告)日：2019-12-26

申请号：US16017343

申请日：2018-06-25

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： Antonio Mazzarella ,  Samir Nimkar ,  Pedro A. Rouin ,  Gianbattista Pirola

IPC: D06F58/04 ,  D06F58/10 ,  D06F58/22

Abstract: A laundry appliance includes a drum that processes laundry. A blower delivers process air from a heater to the drum via an airflow path. A structural panel defines a front aperture for accessing an interior of the drum and an air channel that defines a portion of the airflow path. The structural panel includes a lower first portion that is made of a first material and an upper second portion that is made of a second material that is different from the first material. The first and second materials meet at a predetermined seam that extends through the structural panel and the air channel.