Laundry machine with bottom balance ring assembly
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsStephen Bernard Froelicher, Cody Ewing
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Abstract
A laundry machine appliance is provided, including a cabinet forming an interior volume, a tub positioned within the interior volume, and a wash basket rotatably mounted within the tub and forming a wash chamber. A balance ring assembly is positioned at a base of the wash basket. The balance ring assembly forms a sealed passage between a base wall, a sidewall, and a top wall. The sealed passage extends circumferentially along the wash basket. The balance ring assembly includes a balance member forming a puck positioned at the sealed passage.
Claims16
A laundry machine appliance, comprising:
- a cabinet forming an interior volume;
- a tub positioned within the interior volume;
- a wash basket rotatably mounted within the tub, the wash basket comprising a cylindrical wall extending from a base positioned at a bottom of the cylindrical wall, the wash basket forming a wash chamber extending along a vertical direction;
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- a balance ring assembly positioned in the wash chamber at the base of the wash basket, the balance ring assembly forming a sealed passage between a base wall, a sidewall, and a top wall, wherein the top wall comprises a transparent wall permitting a user to see into the sealed passage at which a balance member forming a puck is positioned and permitted to move freely through the sealed passage, the sealed passage extending circumferentially along the wash basket.
A top load washing machine appliance, comprising:
- a cabinet forming an interior volume;
- a tub positioned within the interior volume;
- a wash basket rotatably mounted within the tub, the wash basket comprising a cylindrical wall extending from a base positioned at a bottom of the cylindrical wall, the wash basket forming a wash chamber extending along a vertical direction;
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- a balance ring assembly positioned in the wash chamber at the base of the wash basket, the balance ring assembly forming a sealed passage between a base wall, a sidewall extending along the vertical direction from the base wall, and a top wall comprising a cover wall extending along the vertical direction adjacent to the sidewall, wherein the sidewall extending from the base wall and the cover sidewall extending from the top wall are bonded together to fluidly segregate from the wash chamber a liquid fluid contained in the sealed passage, wherein a transparent wall is positioned at the top wall and permitting a user to see into the sealed passage at which a balance member forming a puck is positioned and permitted to move freely through the sealed passage, the sealed passage extending circumferentially along the wash basket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.