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US 2026/0240408 A1Published application
Household sanitization appliance
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsCHRISTOPHER D. CULLEN, YU J. LIU, ROBERT S. MOSER, JOHN J. MYERS, JOHN G. OPFER, ISHA I. SIDDIQUI, TOLGA TUNCER
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Abstract
A household sanitization appliance has a tub and a sprayer. The tub at least partially defines a treating chamber. The treating chamber has a total volume and a wash volume. The wash volume is smaller than the total volume. The sprayer is adapted to provide a fluid into the treating chamber during a sanitization cycle of the household sanitization appliance.
Claims20
A household sanitization appliance comprising:
- a tub at least partially defining a treating chamber with an access opening, the treating chamber having:
- a total volume;
- and
- a wash volume defined by an unimpeded volume of the treating chamber, the wash volume being greater than or equal to seventy percent and less than or equal to ninety-nine percent of the total volume;
- and
- a sprayer provided within the tub and wherein the sprayer is adapted to provide a fluid into the treating chamber during a sanitization cycle.
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A household sanitization appliance comprising:
- a tub at least partially defining a treating chamber;
- a grate positioned within a lower portion of the tub, the grate having an upper surface and a lower surface, and wherein the treating chamber is defined above the upper surface of the grate, the tub at least in part defining the treating chamber and the treating chamber defining a volume;
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- a sprayer provided within the tub, below the grate such that the sprayer does not impede the volume of the treating chamber, and wherein the sprayer is adapted to provide a fluid into the treating chamber during a sanitization cycle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.