US 12,467,180 B2
Foreign particulate removal assembly
Matthew Edward Borgerson, St. Joseph, MI (US); and Mark Jason Christensen, Stevensville, MI (US)
Assigned to Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US)
Filed by WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, Benton Harbor, MI (US)
Filed on Oct. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/961,173.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/278,161, filed on Nov. 11, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0146075 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. D06F 33/37 (2020.01); D06F 25/00 (2006.01); D06F 39/02 (2006.01); D06F 39/10 (2006.01); D06F 58/20 (2006.01); D06F 58/22 (2006.01); D06F 58/44 (2020.01); D06F 103/08 (2020.01); D06F 105/30 (2020.01); D06F 105/38 (2020.01); D06F 105/42 (2020.01)
CPC D06F 33/37 (2020.02) [D06F 25/00 (2013.01); D06F 39/022 (2013.01); D06F 39/10 (2013.01); D06F 58/203 (2013.01); D06F 58/22 (2013.01); D06F 58/44 (2020.02); D06F 2103/08 (2020.02); D06F 2105/30 (2020.02); D06F 2105/38 (2020.02); D06F 2105/42 (2020.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A foreign particulate removal assembly for a laundry appliance, the foreign particulate removal assembly comprising:
a cabinet;
a drum disposed within the cabinet and having a processing space defined therein;
a chemistry dispensing system disposed within the cabinet and that is in fluid communication with the processing space;
a moisture sensor in communication with the processing space;
a fluid housing disposed within the cabinet proximate the drum; and
a fluid emitting feature operably coupled to the fluid housing and positioned proximate the drum, wherein the fluid emitting feature selectively delivers a particulate separating fluid from the fluid housing and onto the processing space of the drum, wherein the fluid emitting feature is in communication with the moisture sensor and wherein the fluid emitting feature activates when the moisture sensor senses a threshold level of moisture within the processing space, wherein the fluid housing and the fluid emitting feature are separate from the chemistry dispensing system, wherein the fluid emitting feature is configured to activate during a drying cycle of a laundry processing cycle.