公开(公告)号：US20190194853A1

公开(公告)日：2019-06-27

申请号：US16269792

申请日：2019-02-07

申请人： WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

发明人： ERIC K. FARRINGTON ,  STEVEN FRICKE ,  NICHOLAS C. FUGAL ,  CHRISTINE L. STRAIN ,  PHILIP R. THOMPSON ,  ROBERT C. WILLIAMS

IPC分类号： D06F37/20 ,  D06F37/30 ,  D06F37/40 ,  D06F37/24

CPC分类号： D06F37/206 ,  D06F33/02 ,  D06F37/20 ,  D06F37/24 ,  D06F37/245 ,  D06F37/30 ,  D06F37/40 ,  D06F2204/065

摘要： A laundry treating appliance having a tub defining an interior, a basket located within the interior and rotatably mounted within the tub and having an upper and lower basket base portion, a balance ring mounted to the upper edge of the basket peripheral wall, a clothes mover rotatably mounted within the basket, a drive system comprising a motor operably coupled to the basket and the clothes mover and configured to selectively oscillate or rotate the basket or the clothes mover and a first and second drive shaft, and a drive attachment mechanism configured to couple the basket to the second drive shaft, with the drive attachment mechanism comprising a bushing assembly.

公开(公告)号：US20170314178A1

公开(公告)日：2017-11-02

申请号：US15139634

申请日：2016-04-27

申请人： WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

发明人： SARAH GALEA ,  CHRISTOPHER A. JONES ,  AARON A. LINDEN ,  THOMAS D. SPICER ,  MEREDITH A. WAGNER ,  ROBERT C. WILLIAMS

IPC分类号： D06F23/04 ,  D06F39/08 ,  D06F29/02

CPC分类号： D06F23/04 ,  D06F29/02 ,  D06F37/02 ,  D06F39/083

摘要： A laundry treating appliance for treating laundry according to a cycle of operation includes a rotatable basket defining a laundry treating space and having a bottom wall and a side wall. The bottom wall of the rotatable basket includes at least one drain hole. A centrifugally actuated valve comprising a weighted ball is positioned to selectively open and close the at least one drain hole as the basket rotates.

公开(公告)号：US20170327989A1

公开(公告)日：2017-11-16

申请号：US15154172

申请日：2016-05-13

申请人： WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

发明人： ERIC K. FARRINGTON ,  STEVEN FRICKE ,  NICHOLAS C. FUGAL ,  CHRISTINE L. STRAIN ,  PHILIP R. THOMPSON ,  ROBERT C. WILLIAMS

IPC分类号： D06F37/20

CPC分类号： D06F37/206 ,  D06F33/02 ,  D06F37/20 ,  D06F37/24 ,  D06F37/245 ,  D06F37/30 ,  D06F37/40 ,  D06F2204/065

摘要： A laundry treating appliance having a tub defining an interior, a basket located within the interior and rotatably mounted within the tub and having an upper and lower basket base portion, a balance ring mounted to the upper edge of the basket peripheral wall, a clothes mover rotatably mounted within the basket, a drive system comprising a motor operably coupled to the basket and the clothes mover and configured to selectively oscillate or rotate the basket or the clothes mover and a first and second drive shaft, and a drive attachment mechanism configured to couple the basket to the second drive shaft, with the drive attachment mechanism comprising a bushing assembly.