US 11,739,472 B2
Laundry appliance having a maintenance free lint removal system
Jordan Grider, Farmington Hills, MI (US); Alexander Halbleib, St. Joseph, MI (US); Christopher A. Jones, St. Joseph, MI (US); Roy E. Masters, Jr., St. Joseph, MI (US); Rodney M. Welch, Eau Claire, MI (US); Anthony B. Welsh, St. Joseph, MI (US); Erica L. Roberts, St. Joseph, MI (US); and Thomas Kessler, Stevensville, MI (US)
Assigned to Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US)
Filed by WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, Benton Harbor, MI (US)
Filed on Apr. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/219,963.
Application 17/219,963 is a continuation of application No. 16/123,352, filed on Sep. 6, 2018, granted, now 11,015,281.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/563,304, filed on Sep. 26, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0214882 A1, Jul. 15, 2021
Int. Cl. D06F 58/22 (2006.01); D06F 39/10 (2006.01); D06F 58/26 (2006.01); D06F 105/28 (2020.01)
CPC D06F 58/22 (2013.01) [D06F 39/10 (2013.01); D06F 58/26 (2013.01); D06F 2105/28 (2020.02)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A laundry appliance comprising:
a drum for processing laundry;
a blower that delivers process air through an airflow path that includes the drum;
a lint filter positioned within the airflow path that separates particulate material from the process air;
a lint disposal mechanism that removes entrapped lint particles from a surface of the lint filter wherein an inlet door is positioned between the lint filter and the lint disposal mechanism; and
a removable holding compartment of the lint disposal mechanism that collects removed lint, wherein the removable holding compartment is selectively removable from the lint disposal mechanism.