US Patent Issued to Whirlpool on Feb. 25 for "Back wall enclosure for a drum within a laundry appliance that separates a processing space from a blower housing" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,234,595, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Back wall enclosure for a drum within a laundry appliance that separates a processing space from a blower housing" was invented by Marco Angelini (Ascoli Piceno, Italy), Matteo Carnevale (Esanatoglia, Italy), Crescenzo Iannicelli (Fabriano, Italy) and Mauro Mancini (Fabriano, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combination washing and drying appliance includes a tub that is disposed within a cabinet. A drum is rotationally operable within the tub about a rotational axis. An airflow path is defined within an interstitial space between the drum and the ...