Laundry treating appliance having a tub with a closure
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsKenneth L. McConnell, Kevin Gene Schneider
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Abstract
A drawer-style laundry treating appliance includes a cabinet defining an interior and having an open face. A drawer body is slidably received within the cabinet for movement through the open face between a closed position wherein the drawer body is received within the interior and an opened position wherein the drawer body is at least partially withdrawn from the interior. A tub is located within the interior, carried by the drawer body, and has a tub opening accessible when the drawer body is in the opened position, the tub further at least partially defining a treating chamber accessible through the tub opening. A tub cover selectively closes the tub opening.
Claims20
A laundry treating system comprising a first laundry treating appliance and a drawer-style laundry treating appliance positioned below the first laundry treating appliance, the drawer-style laundry treating appliance comprising:
- a cabinet defining an interior and having an open face;
- a drawer body slidably received within the cabinet for movement through the open face between a closed position wherein the drawer body is received within the interior and an opened position wherein the drawer body is at least partially withdrawn from the interior;
- a tub located within the interior, carried by the drawer body, and having a tub opening accessible when the drawer body is in the opened position, the tub further at least partially defining a treating chamber accessible through the tub opening;
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- a tub cover selectively sealingly closing the tub opening and defining a lid opening, the tub cover comprising:
- a lid carried by and movably mounted to the tub cover for movement between opened and closed positions to selectively open or close the lid opening;
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- at least one automatic actuating assembly selectively automatically moving the lid toward at least one of the opened position or the closed position as the drawer body is moved between the closed position and the opened position.
A drawer-style laundry treating appliance comprising:
- a cabinet defining an interior and having an open face;
- a drawer body slidably received within the cabinet for movement through the open face between a closed position wherein the drawer body is received within the interior and an opened position wherein the drawer body is at least partially withdrawn from the interior;
- a tub located within the interior, carried by the drawer body, and having a tub opening accessible when the drawer body is in the opened position, the tub further at least partially defining a treating chamber accessible through the tub opening;
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- a tub cover selectively sealingly closing the tub opening and defining a lid opening, the tub cover comprising:
- a lid carried by and movably mounted to the tub cover for movement between opened and closed positions to selectively open or close the lid opening;
- at least one automatic actuating assembly selectively automatically moving the lid toward at least one of the opened position or the closed position as the drawer body is moved between the closed position and the opened position;
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- at least one hinge coupling the lid to the tub cover for movement between the opened and closed positions, the at least one hinge biasing the lid toward one of the opened position or the closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.