Household appliance having a tub with a fluid guide

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8485001
APP PUB NO 20110132041A1
SERIAL NO

13025452

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A household appliance includes a housing having a door formed in a front panel thereof for accessing an interior of the housing, a tub disposed inside the housing, and a rotatable drum within the tub and having an axis of rotation, the rotatable drum for receiving laundry through the door. The tub includes a tub body, a heater pocket integrally formed in a lower portion of the tub body, the heater pocket forming a cavity in fluid communication with the drum, the heater pocket for at least partially surrounding a heating element for heating a fluid in the tub, and a fluid guide on an interior surface of the tub, the fluid guide one of guiding the fluid from the tub body into the heater pocket and disrupting a fluid ring formed in the tub body during rotation of the rotatable drum.

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  • BSH HOME APPLIANCES CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Mette, Uwe New Bern, US 4 22
Murrell, Jonathan Cookeville, US 7 48
Rodriguez, Ramon New Bern, US 7 90
Schuck, Rolf New Bern, US 7 66

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