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US 2013/0160217 A1Published application
Foreign object trap for a laundry treating appliance
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsDEAN L. TIETZ, GEORGE L. TURNER
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Abstract
A laundry treating appliance having a foreign object trap located in a portion of a wash basket defines a foreign object passageway for retaining foreign objects.
Claims20
A laundry treating appliance comprising:
- a tub defining an interior;
- a wash basket located within the interior and having a bottom from which extends a peripheral wall to at least partially define a laundry treating chamber;
- a clothes mover located within the laundry treating chamber in an overlying relationship to at least a portion of the bottom of the wash basket, and rotatable about an axis of rotation;
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- a foreign object trap provided in the portion of the bottom of the wash basket and having at least one outlet opening with a first portion that is not at a right angle to the axis of rotation.
2 more elements
A method of operating a laundry treating appliance having a foreign object trap located in a bottom of a wash basket underlying a clothes mover, with at least the wash basket rotatable about an axis of rotation, the method comprising:
- radially expelling liquid through the foreign object trap as the wash basket is rotated about the axis of rotation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.