US Patent Issued to Whirlpool on Nov. 3 for "Drying appliance having an accessory port for providing external airflow for powered accessories" (American, Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,420, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Drying appliance having an accessory port for providing external airflow for powered accessories" was invented by Ryan R. Bellinger (St. Joseph, Mich.), Seth E. Bixby (Stevensville, Mich.), Timothy Eric Heater (Hartford, Mich.), Jacob C. Ickes (Baroda, Mich.), Sayer J. Murphy (St. Joseph, Mich.), Giuseppe Netti (Varese, Italy) and Michael T. Roche (St. Joseph, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laundry appliance includes a processing chamber positioned within a cabinet. A blower delivers process air through an airflow path and through the processing ch...