US Patent Issued to WHIRLPOOL on March 11 for "Dryer with external vent" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,346, issued on March 11, was assigned to WHIRLPOOL Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Dryer with external vent" was invented by Eric W. Merrow (Benton Harbor, Mich.), Marcos Javier Rios (St. Joseph, Mich.), Brian K. Rogers (Watervliet, Mich.), Dennis J. Tuckowski (Stevensville, Mich.) and Nicholas B. Vaive (St. Joseph, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dryer includes a drum configured to accommodate an article; a blower configured to propel air to form an air circulation path into the drum, wherein the blower is upstream along the air circulation path from the drum; a condenser downstream from the drum along the air circulation pat...