公开(公告)号：US20250073623A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-06

申请号：US18239889

申请日：2023-08-30

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： Rodrigo Strzelecki Berndsen ,  Tibor Budicky ,  Brent M. Burgess ,  Jalindar S. Dawange ,  Sean P. Fitzgerald ,  Richard L. Hammond ,  Omar R. Murad ,  Bruno T. Ramasco ,  Ryan J. Van Zoest ,  Wei Zheng ,  Rachael K. Acker ,  Eric J. Vasko

IPC: B01D29/76 ,  D06F39/10

Abstract: A laundry appliance is provided and includes a cabinet, a tub disposed within the cabinet, and a drum disposed within the tub. The drum is rotatable within the tub and a fluid flow system disposed within the cabinet. The fluid flow system includes a separator configured to separate microplastics from fluid within the fluid flow system. The laundry appliance also includes a particulate reservoir disposed within the cabinet and operable between a static condition and a compressed condition. The particulate reservoir including a capsule disposed within the cabinet and configured to receive microplastics, a cap coupled to the capsule, and a nozzle extending outward from the capsule. The nozzle is configured to permit flow of the microplastics into the capsule in the static condition.