US 12,084,807 B2
Side access panel for lint filter of laundry appliance
Antonio Mazzarella, Fabriano (IT); Justin Nguyen, Wyoming, MI (US); Pedro Rouin, Stevensville, MI (US); Adriano Tebaldi, São Paulo (BR); and Daniel Schurr, Wyoming, MI (US)
Assigned to Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US)
Filed by WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, Benton Harbor, MI (US)
Filed on Apr. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/242,808.
Prior Publication US 2022/0349112 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. D06F 58/22 (2006.01); D06F 58/02 (2006.01)
CPC D06F 58/22 (2013.01) [D06F 58/02 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A laundry appliance comprising:
an outer cabinet having opposing sidewalls that extend between a front panel and a rear panel;
a blower positioned within the outer cabinet and that delivers process air through an airflow path;
a rotating drum that receives articles to be processed, wherein the airflow path includes the rotating drum;
a lint filter that is selectively operable to a filtering position within a filter receptacle of the airflow path, wherein the filtering position places a filter media of the lint filter within the airflow path; and
an access door that is operable to a closed position within a door receptacle defined within a vertical side panel of the opposing sidewalls, wherein the door receptacle is aligned with the filter receptacle and the access door conceals the filter receptacle in the filtering position.