US Patent Issued to Whirlpool on Nov. 11 for "Apparatus for heating inlet air in a combination washer/dryer" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,179, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Apparatus for heating inlet air in a combination washer/dryer" was invented by Roy Edward Masters Jr. (St. Joseph, Mich.) and Robert Unglenieks (Holland, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laundry appliance including a cabinet, a tub, and a drum. The tub is positioned inside the cabinet. The tub includes a front tub wall having a front tub opening, a rear tub wall, and a tub sidewall that extends between the front tub wall and the rear tub wall. The drum is rotatably supported within the tub. The drum includes a front drum opening, a rear drum wall, ...