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US 11,242,645 B2Granted
Laundry treating appliance having a door assembly
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsDarryl C. Bodine, Gregg P. Fitzgerald, Stephen D. Ostdiek, Marcel Schmidt, Todd Tunzi
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Abstract
A laundry treating appliance includes a chassis defining an interior and having a front panel defining a front panel opening. A rotatable treating chamber is located within the interior and accessible through the front panel opening. A door assembly is mounted to the chassis for movement between opened and closed positions to selectively open or close the front panel opening. The door assembly includes a window or panel slidable between first and second positions.
Claims19
A laundry treating appliance comprising:
- a chassis defining an interior and having a front panel defining a front panel opening;
- a rotatable treating chamber located within the interior and accessible through the front panel opening;
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- a door assembly movably mounted to the chassis for movement between opened and closed positions to selectively open or close the front panel opening, the door assembly comprising:
- an access opening coextensive with and confronting the front panel opening when the door assembly is in the closed position;
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- a panel coextensive with the entire height and width of the access opening, the entire panel vertically slidable within the door assembly between raised and lowered positions to selectively open or close the entire access opening.
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A laundry treating appliance comprising:
- a chassis defining an interior and having a front panel defining a front panel opening;
- a rotatable treating chamber located within the interior and accessible through the front panel opening;
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- a door assembly mounted to the chassis for movement between opened and closed positions to selectively open or close the front panel opening and movable from the closed position to the opened position from within the treating chamber, the door assembly comprising:
- an access opening coextensive with and confronting the front panel opening when the door assembly is in the closed position;
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- a panel coextensive with the entire height and width of the access opening, the entire panel vertically slidable within the door assembly between raised and lowered positions from an exterior of the laundry treating appliance to selectively open or close the entire access opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.