US Patent Issued to Whirlpool on July 28 for "Laundry treating appliance with induction heat" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,643, issued on July 28, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Laundry treating appliance with induction heat" was invented by Claudio Civanelli (Travedona Monate, Italy) and Davide Parachini (Cassano Magnago, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combination washer/dryer having a cabinet defining an interior, a tub provided within the interior, and a drum rotatably provided within the tub and defining a treating chamber, an induction coil carried by the tub and generating a magnetic field encompassing at least a portion of the container, and a cooling element providing on at least one of the tub or closure to form...