US 12,442,125 B2
Foreign particulate collector for a laundry appliance
Ryan Robert Bellinger, St. Joseph, MI (US); Timothy Noah Blatchley, Stevensville, MI (US); Mark Jason Christensen, Stevensville, MI (US); Ryan Douglas Kuhn, St. Joseph, MI (US); Nolan Robert Maryanski, Stevensville, MI (US); and Wesley Paul Traylor, St. Joseph, MI (US)
Assigned to Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US)
Filed by WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, Benton Harbor, MI (US)
Filed on Jul. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/859,298.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/232,260, filed on Aug. 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0046936 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
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:
a cabinet defining an opening;
a drum disposed within the cabinet and defining a processing space;
a blower that directs process air through an airflow path that includes the drum;
a door operably coupled to the cabinet, wherein the door is operable to an open position that provides selective access through the opening and into the drum; and
a foreign particulate collector operably coupled to the door, the foreign particulate collector including a collection material configured to collect foreign particulates within the drum.