ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,180, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).
"Foreign particulate removal assembly" was invented by Matthew Edward Borgerson (St. Joseph, Mich.) and Mark Jason Christensen (Stevensville, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foreign particulate removal assembly for a laundry appliance includes a cabinet and a drum that is disposed within the cabinet. The drum includes a humidity sensor. The foreign particulate removal assembly further includes a fluid emitting feature that is operably coupled to a fluid housing proximate the drum. The fluid emitting feature is configured to selectively dispense flu...