公开(公告)号：US10100452B2

公开(公告)日：2018-10-16

申请号：US14885153

申请日：2015-10-16

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： Brent Burgess ,  Dale Mueller ,  Nicholas Vaive

IPC: D06F13/00 ,  D06F17/06 ,  D06F17/10 ,  D06F23/04 ,  D06F35/00 ,  D06F37/14 ,  D06F37/40 ,  F04D29/22 ,  F04D29/24 ,  D06F13/02

Abstract: An impeller with vanes extending above the upper surface of the impeller base plate along with a sweeper which extends beyond an outer periphery of the base plate. The sweeper pulls clothes from the basket that may have become stuck or lodged in a wet state back in toward the center of the impeller and in turn pushes them up by the impeller vane design.

公开(公告)号：US10202719B2

公开(公告)日：2019-02-12

申请号：US15072962

申请日：2016-03-17

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： Benjamin E. Alexander ,  Prakash S. Amte ,  Brent M. Burgess ,  Michael K. Cluskey ,  Nicholas C. Fugal ,  Christopher A. Jones ,  Dale Mueller ,  Michele A. Paustian ,  Brenner M. Sharp

IPC: B29C45/16 ,  D06F37/12 ,  D06F37/26

Abstract: A vertical axis laundry treating appliance including a chassis defining a chassis interior, a tub disposed within the chassis interior and defining a tub interior, and a perforated wash basket disposed for rotation within the tub interior, wherein the tub includes a lower tub portion, an upper tub portion, and a flexible intermediate portion.