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US 9,003,838 B2Granted
Laundry treating appliance with balancing system
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsStephen D. Ostdiek, Vishal Verma
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Abstract
A laundry treating appliance having a drum, defining a treating chamber, with a lifter and a balancing system having at least one balancing ring and a reservoir located in the lifter and a liquid supply system fluidly coupled to the reservoir. Liquid may be supplied to the ring and to the reservoir through the ring to offset an imbalance in a laundry load located within the drum.
Claims11
A laundry treating appliance, comprising:
- a cabinet defining an interior;
- a tub located within the interior and defining a liquid-holding chamber;
- a drum located within the liquid-holding chamber for rotation about a rotational axis and having opposing ends connected by a peripheral side, which collectively at least partially define a treating chamber;
- multiple lifters provided on the drum and projecting into the treating chamber;
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- a balancing system comprising:
- a balancing ring provided on one of the opposing ends of the drum and having at least one fluid chamber;
- a liquid supply system;
- a supply conduit at least partially extending through one of the multiple lifters and fluidly coupled between the liquid supply system and the at least one fluid chamber;
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- a drain conduit at least partially extending through another of the multiple lifters and fluidly coupled between the at least one fluid chamber and the liquid-holding chamber,
- wherein liquid is supplied to the at least one fluid chamber through the one of the multiple lifters via the supply conduit and drained from the at least one fluid chamber through the another of the multiple lifters via the drain conduit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.