US Patent Issued to Whirlpool on Sept. 9 for "Three-dimensional steam generating system for performing a steam cycle within a laundry appliance" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,552, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Three-dimensional steam generating system for performing a steam cycle within a laundry appliance" was invented by Ryan R. Bellinger (St. Joseph, Mich.), Shannon Wynne (Holland, Mich.) and Mark J. Christensen (Stevensville, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laundry appliance includes a blower that delivers process air through an airflow path. A rotating drum defines a processing chamber. The processing chamber is part of the airflow path. A steam generating system disposes steam into the processing chamber. A plurality of fluid nozzles direct the s...