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US 2015/0020553 A1Published application
Laundry treating appliance with embossed container
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsGREGG P. FITZGERALD, JOHN M. HUNNELL, JOHN W. MCCONNELL, STEPHEN D. OSTDIEK, DEAN L. TIETZ
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Abstract
A laundry treating appliance for treating laundry according to a cycle of operation, includes a container rotatable about a rotational axis and having a peripheral wall, a plurality of arranged embossments, and a plurality of arranged holes, wherein the plurality of embossments may be oriented at an angle to both of the rotational axis and the plurality of arranged holes.
Claims16
A laundry treating appliance for laundry treatment according to an automatic cycle of operation, comprising:
- a container rotatable about a rotational axis and having a peripheral wall and at least partially defining a treating chamber;
- a plurality of embossments provided on the peripheral wall and arranged in rows, with each embossment having an oblong shape defining a major body axis;
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- a plurality of holes formed in the peripheral wall and arranged in at least one row defining a row axis;
- wherein the major body axis may be oriented at an angle to both of the rotational axis and at least one row axis.
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