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US 2013/0152641 A1Published application
Seal assembly for a laundry treating appliance
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorRAUL HERNANDEZ CARRILLO
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Abstract
A seal assembly and method for sealing a door and a tub in a laundry treating appliance.
Claims20
A laundry treating appliance configured to execute a cycle of operation for treating laundry, comprising:
- a tub at least partially defining an interior and having a tub opening providing access to the tub interior;
- a drum at least partially defining a treating chamber and having a drum opening providing access to the treating chamber;
- a door selectively moveable to close the tub opening and having a flat panel, with a rear planar side of the door facing the tub and lying exteriorly of the tub opening when the door closes the tub opening;
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- a seal assembly provided on at least one of the rear planar side and the tub to seal the rear planar side relative to the tub.
2 more elements
A method of sealing a door in a laundry treating appliance having a drum received within a tub, the method comprising:
- abutting a flexible seal projecting from the tub against a rigid seal element projecting from a rear planar side of a flat door to form a first seal when the door closes the tub.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.