公开(公告)号：US20190145682A1

公开(公告)日：2019-05-16

申请号：US16247813

申请日：2019-01-15

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： PATRICK J. BOARMAN ,  LINDSEY A. WOHLGAMUTH

IPC: F25C1/18 ,  F25B21/02 ,  F25C1/24 ,  F25C5/06 ,  F25C1/10

Abstract: An ice making assembly within an appliance with a housing having an inlet and an outlet, and a lower portion and an upper portion. The assembly includes a rotatable shroud within the housing with a first slot in air communication with the inlet, and a second slot in air communication with the outlet. A thermoelectric device with a top side and a bottom side, and having a heat sink on the bottom side between the first slot and the second slot. An ice tray disposed above and thermally connected with the top side, a barrier wall within the housing and in contact with the shroud between the lower portion and the upper portion.

公开(公告)号：US20210048234A1

公开(公告)日：2021-02-18

申请号：US17085266

申请日：2020-10-30

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： PATRICK J. BOARMAN ,  LINDSEY A. WOHLGAMUTH

IPC: F25C1/18 ,  F25C1/10 ,  F25C1/24 ,  F25B21/02 ,  F25C5/06

Abstract: An ice making assembly within an appliance with a housing having an inlet and an outlet, and a lower portion and an upper portion. The assembly includes a rotatable shroud within the housing with a first slot in air communication with the inlet, and a second slot in air communication with the outlet. A thermoelectric device with a top side and a bottom side, and having a heat sink on the bottom side between the first slot and the second slot. An ice tray disposed above and thermally connected with the top side, a barrier wall within the housing and in contact with the shroud between the lower portion and the upper portion.

公开(公告)号：US20190100865A1

公开(公告)日：2019-04-04

申请号：US15719682

申请日：2017-09-29

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： MICHAEL J. BAUMAN ,  SCOTT E. CARPENTER ,  PETER N. HOWES ,  NICHOLAS LEEP ,  LINDSEY A. WOHLGAMUTH

IPC: D06F37/06

Abstract: A laundry treating appliance having a tub with a tub interior that defines a liquid chamber, a rotatable drum located within the liquid chamber and rotatable about a rotational axis that at least partially defines a treating chamber, and a lifter housing carried by the drum and located within the treating chamber.