公开(公告)号：US20230073631A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-09

申请号：US17467889

申请日：2021-09-07

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： Philip J. CZARNECKI ,  Muhammad KHIZAR ,  Nitin MINOCHA ,  Mateusz Michal WOLOWICZ

IPC: B01D53/12 ,  B01J8/38 ,  F26B3/08

Abstract: A dishwasher includes a housing having walls defining a tub with an outlet for humid air to flow out from the tub and an inlet for dry air to flow into the tub. The dishwasher also includes a drying system with a fluidized bed containing an adsorbent material, and an air circuit for supplying air to fluidize the adsorbent material via an air inlet, with at least a portion of the air inlet in contact with at least one wall of the tub such that heat is transferred from the tub to the air. During a regeneration cycle, the air circuit supplies heated ambient air to the fluidized bed to regenerate the adsorbent material. During an adsorption cycle, the air circuit receives hot humid air from the tub to be dried by the adsorbent material through the fluidized bed and returned as dry air to the tub.

公开(公告)号：US20220346624A1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-03

申请号：US17245738

申请日：2021-04-30

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： Philip J. CZARNECKI ,  Annie Marie STUART ,  Mateusz Michal WOLOWICZ

IPC: A47L15/48 ,  A47L15/42

Abstract: A dishwasher system for cleaning dishes may include a dishwasher tub configured to house dishes therein and run a dishwasher cycle, a door assembly configured to selectively seal the dishwasher tub, the door assembly including an inlet nozzle arranged on the inside of the door assembly, the inlet nozzle extending across the width of the door at the top of the door assembly to receive hot and moist air post wash from the dishwasher tub, and a duct fluidly connected to the inlet nozzle and configured to transfer the air through the door assembly and out an outlet nozzle during a drying phase of the dishwasher cycle prior to the door assembly being opened post-cycle.

公开(公告)号：US20230123693A1

公开(公告)日：2023-04-20

申请号：US17502225

申请日：2021-10-15

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： Muhammad KHIZAR ,  Mateusz Michal WOLOWICZ ,  Philip J. CZARNECKI

IPC: A47L15/48 ,  A47L15/00 ,  A47L15/42

Abstract: A dishwasher includes a tub with an outlet for humid air to flow out from the tub, and an inlet for dry air to flow into the tub; and a drying system with an air circuit and an adsorbent component disposed between an air inlet and an air outlet in the air circuit. The adsorbent component includes a water harvesting nanomaterial for absorbing water from the humid air and releasing water upon regeneration. During a drying cycle, the air circuit draws humid air from the tub such that the adsorbent component absorbs moisture from the humid air to form a dry air stream, and during a subsequent wash cycle, the air circuit is blocked from receiving air flow such that latent heat can be transferred to the adsorbent component via conduction, convection, or both, to regenerate the water harvesting nanomaterial.

公开(公告)号：US20250108325A1

公开(公告)日：2025-04-03

申请号：US18980558

申请日：2024-12-13

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： Philip J. CZARNECKI ,  Muhammad KHIZAR ,  Nitin MINOCHA ,  Mateusz Michal WOLOWICZ

IPC: B01D53/12 ,  B01J8/38 ,  F26B3/08

Abstract: A dishwasher includes a housing having walls defining a tub with an outlet for humid air to flow out from the tub and an inlet for dry air to flow into the tub. The dishwasher also includes a drying system with a fluidized bed containing an adsorbent material, and an air circuit for supplying air to fluidize the adsorbent material via an air inlet, with at least a portion of the air inlet in contact with at least one wall of the tub such that heat is transferred from the tub to the air. During a regeneration cycle, the air circuit supplies heated ambient air to the fluidized bed to regenerate the adsorbent material. During an adsorption cycle, the air circuit receives hot humid air from the tub to be dried by the adsorbent material through the fluidized bed and returned as dry air to the tub.

公开(公告)号：US20230329519A1

公开(公告)日：2023-10-19

申请号：US18341843

申请日：2023-06-27

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： Philip J. CZARNECKI ,  Annie Marie STUART ,  Mateusz Michal WOLOWICZ

IPC: A47L15/48 ,  A47L15/42 ,  A47L15/00

CPC classification number: A47L15/488 ,  A47L15/4278 ,  A47L15/483 ,  A47L15/006 ,  A47L15/0063 ,  A47L15/4257 ,  A47L15/486 ,  A47L2501/22 ,  A47L2401/18 ,  A47L2401/20

Abstract: A dishwasher system for cleaning dishes may include a dishwasher tub configured to house dishes therein and run a dishwasher cycle, a door assembly configured to selectively seal the dishwasher tub, the door assembly including an inlet nozzle arranged on the inside of the door assembly, the inlet nozzle extending across the width of the door at the top of the door assembly to receive hot and moist air post wash from the dishwasher tub, and a duct fluidly connected to the inlet nozzle and configured to transfer the air through the door assembly and out an outlet nozzle during a drying phase of the dishwasher cycle prior to the door assembly being opened post-cycle.