US Patent Issued to Haier US Appliance Solutions on April 14 for "Pump assembly for dispenser cleaning in a washing machine appliance" (Kentucky Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,101, issued on April 14, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Pump assembly for dispenser cleaning in a washing machine appliance" was invented by Todd Anthony Reger (Crestwood, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A washing machine appliance includes a wash tub positioned within a cabinet and defining a wash chamber, a wash basket rotatably mounted within the wash tub for receiving a load of clothes, a dispensing assembly mounted within the cabinet for selectively adding wash fluid into the wash tub, and a pump assembly in fluid communication with a sump of the wash tub. The pump assembly includes a ...