Foreign particulate removal assembly
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsMatthew Edward Borgerson, Mark Jason Christensen
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Abstract
A foreign particulate removal assembly for a laundry appliance includes a cabinet and a drum that is disposed within the cabinet. The drum includes a humidity sensor. The foreign particulate removal assembly further includes a fluid emitting feature that is operably coupled to a fluid housing proximate the drum. The fluid emitting feature is configured to selectively dispense fluid into the drum. A controller is communicatively coupled with the fluid emitting feature. The controller is configured to activate the fluid emitting feature when the humidity sensor detects a predetermined wetness of clothing items disposed within the drum.
Claims20
A foreign particulate removal assembly for a laundry appliance, the foreign particulate removal assembly comprising:
- a chemistry dispensing system that is in fluid communication with a processing space for treating articles, the processing space including a moisture sensor;
- a fluid housing in fluid communication with the processing space;
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- a fluid emitting feature operably coupled to the fluid housing and the moisture sensor and positioned proximate the processing space and separate from the chemistry dispensing system, wherein the fluid emitting feature selectively delivers a particulate separating fluid from the fluid housing and onto the processing space, wherein the fluid emitting feature activates when the moisture sensor senses a threshold level of moisture within the processing space, and wherein the fluid emitting feature is configured to activate during a drying cycle of a laundry processing cycle.
A foreign particulate removal assembly for a laundry appliance, comprising:
- a blower that delivers process air through an airflow path that includes a processing space for treating articles;
- a moisture sensor in communication with the processing space;
- a fluid housing having a fluid emitting feature, wherein the fluid housing is disposed proximate the processing space;
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- a controller communicatively coupled with the fluid emitting feature and the moisture sensor, wherein the controller is configured to activate the fluid emitting feature when the moisture sensor detects a threshold level of moisture within the processing space, wherein the fluid emitting feature selectively delivers a particulate separating fluid from the fluid housing and onto the processing space, wherein the fluid housing and the fluid emitting feature are separate from a chemistry dispensing system that is in communication with the processing space, and wherein the controller activates the fluid emitting feature during a pet hair removal drying cycle of a laundry processing cycle.
A foreign particulate removal assembly for a laundry appliance, comprising:
- a chemistry dispensing system that is in communication with a processing space of a rotating drum;
- a blower that delivers process air through an airflow path that includes the processing space;
- a moisture sensor in communication with the processing space;
- a fluid housing disposed proximate the processing space and separated from the chemistry dispensing system;
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- a fluid emitting feature operably coupled to the fluid housing and positioned proximate the processing space, wherein the fluid emitting feature is configured to selectively deliver a particulate separating fluid from the fluid housing and onto the processing space, wherein the particulate separating fluid is delivered at a start of a pet hair removal drying cycle and intermittently delivers additional amounts of the particulate separating fluid during performance of the pet hair removal drying cycle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.