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US 10,648,116 B2Granted
Laundry treating appliance lifter
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsMichael J. Bauman, Scott E. Carpenter, Peter N. Howes, Nicholas Leep, Lindsey A. Wohlgamuth
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Abstract
A laundry treating appliance having a tub with a tub interior that defines a liquid chamber, a rotatable drum located within the liquid chamber and rotatable about a rotational axis that at least partially defines a treating chamber, and a lifter housing carried by the drum and located within the treating chamber.
Claims20
A laundry treating appliance, comprising:
- a tub having a tub interior defining a liquid chamber;
- a rotatable drum located within the liquid chamber and rotatable about a rotational axis, and at least partially defining a treating chamber;
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- a lifter housing carried by the drum comprising an elongated body having a stationary outer surface and located within the treating chamber, the outer surface having a plurality of spaced grooves protruding into an interior of the lifter housing, with closed cross-sectional profiles, extending longitudinally along a length of the elongated body and having a flat and uniform width between each groove.
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A laundry treating appliance, comprising:
- a tub having a tub interior defining a liquid chamber;
- a rotatable drum located within the liquid chamber;
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- a lifter secured to the drum and adapted to lift laundry in the drum by upward rotation of the drum, wherein the lifter comprises:
- a lifter housing having at least one stationary outer surface with a plurality of uniformly spaced grooves protruding into an interior of the lifter housing, with closed cross-sectional profiles, along a length of the lifter and defining a flat width between each groove;
- wherein the width between each groove is less than the width of adjacent grooves.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.