Laundry treating appliance having a rotatable blade for liquid extraction
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorNicholas Vaive
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Abstract
A laundry treating appliance for treating laundry according to an automatic cycle of operation, comprising a basket defining a treating chamber for receiving laundry to be washed. The basket has multiple perforations through which liquid may pass. A blade can be rotated about the exterior of the basket creating a suction force acting on the perforations to draw liquid from the treating chamber through the perforations.
Claims19
A laundry treating appliance for treating laundry according to an automatic cycle of operation, comprising:
- a basket defining a treating chamber for receiving laundry to be washed and having an inner wall and an outer wall, at least one of the inner and outer walls having perforations, and the inner and outer walls being movable relative to each other between first and second positions to selectively open and close at least some of the perforations;
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- at least one blade immediately adjacent an exterior of the outer wall and rotatable about and independently with respect to the exterior of the outer wall to generate a suction force on the exterior of the outer wall which acts on the perforations to draw liquid from the treating chamber through the perforations.
A laundry treating appliance for treating laundry according to an automatic cycle of operation, comprising:
- a basket defining a treating chamber for receiving laundry to be washed and having a wall with a plurality of perforations and defining an exterior;
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- at least one blade immediately adjacent the exterior and rotatable about and independently with respect to the exterior of the wall to generate a suction force on the exterior which acts on the perforations to draw liquid from the treating chamber through the perforations.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.