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US 10,774,462 B2Granted
Laundry treating appliance with separate container
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsKevin B. Ayers, Seth E. Bixby, Trevor R. Haney, Sayer J. Murphy, Haley K. Rich, Anna C. Schelling
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Abstract
An apparatus and method towards a laundry treating appliance for drying laundry comprising a rotatable drum at least partially defining a treating chamber and having a front and a rear and a motor rotating the drum that tumbles laundry within the treating chamber while also including a separate container for drying a second load of laundry simultaneously.
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A laundry treating appliance for drying laundry comprising:
- a rotatable drum at least partially defining a first treating chamber and having a front and a rear;
- at least one opening in the front providing access to the first treating chamber;
- a first door selectively movable between an opened position and a closed position to open/close the at least one opening;
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- a separate container mounted to the first door and defining a second treating chamber disposed within the first treating chamber when the first door is in the closed position and configurable between a first and a second position, with the separate container forming a self-supporting structure in the second position;
- wherein the first door defines at least a portion of the second treating chamber.
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A laundry treating appliance for drying laundry comprising:
- a rotatable drum at least partially defining a first treating chamber and having a front and a rear;
- at least one opening in the front providing access to the first treating chamber;
- a first door selectively movable between an opened/closed position to open/close the at least one opening;
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- a separate container rotatably mounted within the first treating chamber with a set of bearings located between the front and the separate container and having a turning blade extending into the first treating chamber;
- wherein the separate container rotates independently of the rotatable drum.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.