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US 2019/0100865 A1Published application
Laundry treating appliance lifter
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsMICHAEL J. BAUMAN, SCOTT E. CARPENTER, PETER N. HOWES, NICHOLAS LEEP, LINDSEY A. WOHLGAMUTH
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Abstract
A laundry treating appliance having a tub with a tub interior that defines a liquid chamber, a rotatable drum located within the liquid chamber and rotatable about a rotational axis that at least partially defines a treating chamber, and a lifter housing carried by the drum and located within the treating chamber.
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A laundry treating appliance, comprising:
- a tub having a tub interior defining a liquid chamber;
- a rotatable drum located within the liquid chamber and rotatable about a rotational axis, and at least partially defining a treating chamber;
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- a lifter housing carried by the drum comprising an elongated body having an outer surface and located within the treating chamber, the outer surface having a plurality of spaced grooves extending longitudinally along the length of elongated body and having a flat and uniform width between each groove.
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A laundry treating appliance, comprising:
- a tub having a tub interior defining a liquid chamber;
- a rotatable drum located within the liquid chamber;
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- a lifter secured to the drum and adapted to lift the laundry in the drum by upward rotation of the drum, wherein the lifter comprises:
- a lifter housing having at least one outer surface with a plurality of uniformly spaced grooves along a length of the lifter and defining a width between each groove;
- wherein the width between each groove is less than the width of adjacent grooves.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.