公开(公告)号：US11230806B2

公开(公告)日：2022-01-25

申请号：US16663401

申请日：2019-10-25

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： Rodney Michael Welch ,  Erica Roberts

IPC: D06F58/22 ,  D06F25/00 ,  D06F39/10

Abstract: A laundry treating appliance having a lint pelletizer whereby clothing fibers retained within a fluid can be extracted from the fluid and formed into a pellet. The laundry treating appliance can be a clothes washer or a clothes dryer. The clothes washer or clothes dryer can be a vertical or horizontal axis, either of which can be top-loading or front loading.

公开(公告)号：US11753763B2

公开(公告)日：2023-09-12

申请号：US17553982

申请日：2021-12-17

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： Rodney Michael Welch ,  Erica Roberts

IPC: D06F58/22 ,  D06F25/00 ,  D06F39/10

CPC classification number: D06F58/22 ,  D06F25/00 ,  D06F39/10

Abstract: A laundry treating appliance having a lint pelletizer whereby clothing fibers retained within a fluid can be extracted from the fluid and formed into a pellet. The laundry treating appliance can be a clothes washer or a clothes dryer. The clothes washer or clothes dryer can be a vertical or horizontal axis, either of which can be top-loading or front loading.

公开(公告)号：US10449552B2

公开(公告)日：2019-10-22

申请号：US15835594

申请日：2017-12-08

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： Rodney Michael Welch

IPC: B03C1/28 ,  D06F13/00 ,  D06F37/38 ,  D06F23/04 ,  D06F37/24 ,  D06F39/08 ,  D06F39/04 ,  D06F33/02 ,  D06F39/00 ,  D06F39/10 ,  A47L15/42 ,  D06F39/02

Abstract: A household appliance can include a tub at least partially defining a treating chamber for holding liquid with an access opening, a nozzle emitting liquid into the treating chamber, a recirculation circuit fluidly coupling the treating chamber to the nozzle. The recirculation circuit can include a recirculation pump and a filter having a housing with an inlet and an outlet, ferrite particles located within the housing, and a magnet having a first operational state and a second operational state.