Patents by Inventor Michael Jon Vriezema
Michael Jon Vriezema has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20240110327Abstract: A drain system for a laundry appliance is provided. The laundry appliance may be configured as a clothes dryer having a heat exchanger to cool and condense moisture-laden air received from the laundry drum. The drain system utilizes a drain structure to catch condensate from the heat exchanger and evacuate the condensate to a sump area. A blower and blower channel moves the dry air from the heat exchanger back to the drum. To prevent negative pressure in the blower channel from moving the condensate to the sump area, an air channel between the blower channel and sump area provides air flow communication.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Daniel A. Schurr, Michael Jon Vriezema
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Patent number: 11866882Abstract: A drain system for a laundry appliance is provided. The laundry appliance may be configured as a clothes dryer having a heat exchanger to cool and condense moisture-laden air received from the laundry drum. The drain system utilizes a drain structure to catch condensate from the heat exchanger and evacuate the condensate to a sump area. A blower and blower channel moves the dry air from the heat exchanger back to the drum. To prevent negative pressure in the blower channel from moving the condensate to the sump area, an air channel between the blower channel and sump area provides air flow communication.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Daniel A. Schurr, Michael Jon Vriezema
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Publication number: 20230041533Abstract: A drain system for a laundry appliance is provided. The laundry appliance may be configured as a clothes dryer having a heat exchanger to cool and condense moisture-laden air received from the laundry drum. The drain system utilizes a drain structure to catch condensate from the heat exchanger and evacuate the condensate to a sump area. A blower and blower channel moves the dry air from the heat exchanger back to the drum. To prevent negative pressure in the blower channel from moving the condensate to the sump area, an air channel between the blower channel and sump area provides air flow communication.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Daniel A. Schurr, Michael Jon Vriezema
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Patent number: 11530508Abstract: A drain system for a laundry appliance is provided. The laundry appliance may be configured as a clothes dryer having a heat exchanger to cool and condense moisture-laden air received from the laundry drum. The drain system utilizes a drain structure to catch condensate from the heat exchanger and evacuate the condensate to a sump area. A blower and blower channel moves the dry air from the heat exchanger back to the drum. To prevent negative pressure in the blower channel from moving the condensate to the sump area, an air channel between the blower channel and sump area provides air flow communication.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2020Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Daniel A. Schurr, Michael Jon Vriezema
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Publication number: 20200199803Abstract: A drain system for a laundry appliance is provided. The laundry appliance may be configured as a clothes dryer having a heat exchanger to cool and condense moisture-laden air received from the laundry drum. The drain system utilizes a drain structure to catch condensate from the heat exchanger and evacuate the condensate to a sump area. A blower and blower channel moves the dry air from the heat exchanger back to the drum. To prevent negative pressure in the blower channel from moving the condensate to the sump area, an air channel between the blower channel and sump area provides air flow communication.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2020Publication date: June 25, 2020Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Daniel A. Schurr, Michael Jon Vriezema
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Patent number: 10655266Abstract: A lint removal system for a laundry appliance includes a lint washing assembly adapted to deliver wet lint to a disposal area. An impeller is disposed within a continuous processing chamber of a pump casing, the impeller operable to deliver a fluid from the disposal area to a drain outlet. A blade assembly is disposed within the continuous processing chamber, the blade assembly rotationally operable to process the wet lint from the disposal area to define lint particles that are delivered with the fluid to the drain outlet.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2016Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Arun Rajendran, Michael Jon Vriezema
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Patent number: 10604882Abstract: A drain system for a laundry appliance is provided. The laundry appliance may be configured as a clothes dryer having a heat exchanger to cool and condense moisture-laden air received from the laundry drum. The drain system utilizes a drain structure to catch condensate from the heat exchanger and evacuate the condensate to a sump area. A blower and blower channel moves the dry air from the heat exchanger back to the drum. To prevent negative pressure in the blower channel from moving the condensate to the sump area, an air channel between the blower channel and sump area provides air flow communication.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2017Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Daniel A. Schurr, Michael Jon Vriezema
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Publication number: 20190024295Abstract: A drain system for a laundry appliance is provided. The laundry appliance may be configured as a clothes dryer having a heat exchanger to cool and condense moisture-laden air received from the laundry drum. The drain system utilizes a drain structure to catch condensate from the heat exchanger and evacuate the condensate to a sump area. A blower and blower channel moves the dry air from the heat exchanger back to the drum. To prevent negative pressure in the blower channel from moving the condensate to the sump area, an air channel between the blower channel and sump area provides air flow communication.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2017Publication date: January 24, 2019Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Daniel A. Schurr, Michael Jon Vriezema
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Publication number: 20180148883Abstract: A lint removal system for a laundry appliance includes a lint washing assembly adapted to deliver wet lint to a disposal area. An impeller is disposed within a continuous processing chamber of a pump casing, the impeller operable to deliver a fluid from the disposal area to a drain outlet. A blade assembly is disposed within the continuous processing chamber, the blade assembly rotationally operable to process the wet lint from the disposal area to define lint particles that are delivered with the fluid to the drain outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2016Publication date: May 31, 2018Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Arun Rajendran, Michael Jon Vriezema