公开(公告)号：US12188164B2

公开(公告)日：2025-01-07

申请号：US17686019

申请日：2022-03-03

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： Claudio Civanelli ,  Daniele Martinello

IPC: D06F25/00 ,  D06F39/04 ,  D06F58/02 ,  D06F58/20 ,  D06F58/22 ,  D06F58/24 ,  F25B13/00

Abstract: An appliance air/water handling system includes a rotating drum, airflow and fluid paths for directing process air and fluid, respectively, therethrough. First and second heat exchangers are in direct engagement with the airflow and fluid paths, respectively. A reversible refrigerant circuit delivers refrigerant through the first and second heat exchangers to alternatively define washing and drying conditions. In the washing condition the first heat exchanger cools the process air into cooled process air, and the second heat exchanger heats the fluid to define a heated fluid that is directed into the drum. In the drying condition the first heat exchanger heats the process air to define heated process air that is directed through the drum and through a third heat exchanger, and the second heat exchanger cools the fluid to define a cooled fluid that is directed to the third heat exchanger intersect with the heated process air.

公开(公告)号：US12049721B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-30

申请号：US18107852

申请日：2023-02-09

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： Claudio Civanelli ,  Davide Parachini

IPC: D06F39/04 ,  D06F25/00 ,  D06F58/04 ,  D06F58/16 ,  D06F58/24 ,  D06F58/30 ,  D06F103/36 ,  D06F105/24

CPC classification number: D06F39/04 ,  D06F25/00 ,  D06F58/04 ,  D06F58/16 ,  D06F58/24 ,  D06F58/30 ,  D06F2103/36 ,  D06F2105/24

Abstract: A combination washer/dryer having a cabinet defining an interior, a tub provided within the interior, and a drum rotatably provided within the tub and defining a treating chamber, an induction coil carried by the tub and generating a magnetic field encompassing at least a portion of the container, and a cooling element providing on at least one of the tub or closure to form a cooled surface in fluid communication with the treating chamber.

公开(公告)号：US11598042B2

公开(公告)日：2023-03-07

申请号：US16701503

申请日：2019-12-03

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： Claudio Civanelli ,  Davide Parachini

IPC: D06F58/04 ,  D06F58/16 ,  D06F58/24 ,  D06F39/04 ,  D06F58/30 ,  D06F25/00 ,  D06F105/24 ,  D06F103/36

Abstract: A laundry treating appliance comprising a combination washer/dryer having a cabinet defining an interior, a tub provided within the interior, and a drum rotatably provided within the tub and defining a treating chamber, and a method of operation which includes a washing cycle, a spinning cycle and a drying cycle.

公开(公告)号：US20220186418A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-16

申请号：US17686019

申请日：2022-03-03

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： Claudio Civanelli ,  Daniele Martinello

IPC: D06F25/00 ,  D06F39/04 ,  D06F58/20 ,  F25B13/00

Abstract: An appliance air/water handling system includes a rotating drum, airflow and fluid paths for directing process air and fluid, respectively, therethrough. First and second heat exchangers are in direct engagement with the airflow and fluid paths, respectively. A reversible refrigerant circuit delivers refrigerant through the first and second heat exchangers to alternatively define washing and drying conditions. In the washing condition the first heat exchanger cools the process air into cooled process air, and the second heat exchanger heats the fluid to define a heated fluid that is directed into the drum. In the drying condition the first heat exchanger heats the process air to define heated process air that is directed through the drum and through a third heat exchanger, and the second heat exchanger cools the fluid to define a cooled fluid that is directed to the third heat exchanger intersect with the heated process air.

公开(公告)号：US11299834B2

公开(公告)日：2022-04-12

申请号：US16691816

申请日：2019-11-22

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： Claudio Civanelli ,  Daniele Martinello

IPC: D06F25/00 ,  D06F39/00 ,  D06F39/04 ,  D06F58/02 ,  D06F58/20 ,  D06F58/22 ,  D06F58/24 ,  F25B13/00

Abstract: An appliance air/water handling system includes a rotating drum, airflow and fluid paths for directing process air and fluid, respectively, therethrough. First and second heat exchangers are in direct engagement with the airflow and fluid paths, respectively. A reversible refrigerant circuit delivers refrigerant through the first and second heat exchangers to alternatively define washing and drying conditions. In the washing condition the first heat exchanger cools the process air into cooled process air, and the second heat exchanger heats the fluid to define a heated fluid that is directed into the drum. In the drying condition the first heat exchanger heats the process air to define heated process air that is directed through the drum and through a third heat exchanger, and the second heat exchanger cools the fluid to define a cooled fluid that is directed to the third heat exchanger intersect with the heated process air.

公开(公告)号：US11220773B2

公开(公告)日：2022-01-11

申请号：US16356653

申请日：2019-03-18

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： Farhad Ashrafzadeh ,  Claudio Civanelli ,  Sarah E. Ihne

IPC: D06F33/37 ,  D06F103/18 ,  D06F105/42 ,  D06F105/58 ,  D06F105/60 ,  D06F34/32

Abstract: A laundry treating appliance and a method operating a laundry treating appliance having a dye sensor configured to output a signal indicative of the amount of dye within liquid in the treating chamber, a controller having a memory in which is stored a set of executable instructions including at least one user-selectable cycle of operation, and a user interface operably coupled with the controller and providing an input and output function for the controller and provide information related to a dye release.

公开(公告)号：US10273619B2

公开(公告)日：2019-04-30

申请号：US13936488

申请日：2013-07-08

Applicant: Whirlpool Corporation

Inventor： Farhad Ashrafzadeh ,  Claudio Civanelli ,  Sarah E. Ihne

IPC: D06F33/02

Abstract: A laundry treating appliance and a method operating a laundry treating appliance having a dye sensor configured to output a signal indicative of the amount of dye within liquid in the treating chamber, a controller having a memory in which is stored a set of executable instructions including at least one user-selectable cycle of operation, and a user interface operably coupled with the controller and providing an input and output function for the controller and provide information related to a dye release.

公开(公告)号：US20180105969A1

公开(公告)日：2018-04-19

申请号：US15293813

申请日：2016-10-14

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： Claudio Civanelli ,  Daniele Martinello

IPC: D06F39/04 ,  D06F58/02 ,  D06F58/20 ,  D06F39/10 ,  D06F25/00

CPC classification number: D06F39/04 ,  D06F25/00 ,  D06F39/006 ,  D06F39/083 ,  D06F58/02 ,  D06F58/206 ,  D06F58/22 ,  D06F58/24

Abstract: An appliance air/water handling system includes a rotating drum, airflow and fluid paths for directing process air and fluid, respectively, therethrough. First and second heat exchangers are in direct engagement with the airflow and fluid paths, respectively. A reversible refrigerant circuit delivers refrigerant through the first and second heat exchangers to alternatively define washing and drying conditions. In the washing condition the first heat exchanger cools the process air into cooled process air, and the second heat exchanger heats the fluid to define a heated fluid that is directed into the drum. In the drying condition the first heat exchanger heats the process air to define heated process air that is directed through the drum and through a third heat exchanger, and the second heat exchanger cools the fluid to define a cooled fluid that is directed to the third heat exchanger intersect with the heated process air.