公开(公告)号：US20240191418A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-13

申请号：US18076668

申请日：2022-12-07

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： Raosaheb Ananda Farakte ,  Amol Sopan Kolambe ,  Ajay Manik Naiknaware ,  Rajwardhan Ajit Deshmukh ,  Swapnil Jani ,  Nitin Minocha

IPC: D06F35/00 ,  A61L2/025 ,  A61L2/26 ,  B06B1/06 ,  B08B3/04 ,  D06F23/04 ,  D06F37/12

CPC classification number: D06F35/002 ,  A61L2/025 ,  A61L2/26 ,  B06B1/0637 ,  B08B3/045 ,  D06F23/04 ,  D06F37/12 ,  A61L2202/11 ,  A61L2202/26 ,  B06B2201/71 ,  B08B2203/007

Abstract: A laundry appliance includes a drum that rotationally operates within a tub. A fluid delivery system selectively delivers wash fluid to the drum. A rotator rotationally operates within the drum. The rotator selectively operates independent of the drum and about a common rotational axis of the drum and the rotator. A sanitizing mechanism includes an ultrasonic transducer. The ultrasonic transducer selectively delivers waves of an ultrasonic frequency into an amount of the wash fluid disposed within the drum and the rotator. The ultrasonic frequency generates air bubbles and causes cavitation of the air bubbles that directs a micro jet of air through the wash fluid and into articles being processed within the drum.