US Patent Issued to Whirlpool on Oct. 27 for "Particulate removal system for laundry drying appliances" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,552, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Particulate removal system for laundry drying appliances" was invented by Ryan Robert Bellinger (St. Joseph, Mich.) and Jesse De Freitas Goncalves (Stevensville, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laundry appliance includes a drum that defines a processing space for drying articles. A blower delivers process air through an airflow path that includes the processing space. A heater is in thermal communication with the airflow path and delivers thermal energy to the process air. A controller is in communication with the drum, the blower, and the heater....