US Patent Issued to Whirlpool on Aug. 25 for "Laundry appliance" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,165, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Laundry appliance" was invented by Sayer James Murphy (St. Joseph, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laundry appliance includes a cabinet that defines an opening, a drum accessible via the opening and configured for processing laundry, a blower that conveys process air along an airflow path, and a vortex lint filter coupled to the cabinet and at least selectively disposed within the airflow path. The vortex lint filter has a receptacle that includes an outer side wall that defines an inlet, a floor that extends inboard from the outer side wall, and ...