Abstract: A laundry appliance may include a tub positioned within a cabinet, a wash basket rotatably mounted within the tub, the wash basket defining a chamber for receipt of articles for washing and drying, a dispensing assembly positioned near a top of the cabinet, and a blower assembly coupled to the dispensing assembly. The blower assembly may include a base plate, a blower cover attached to the base plate, a locating pin extending from the base plate, at least one locating knob extending from the base plate, and a blower fan including an exhaust port and defining a plurality of mounting apertures, wherein each of the plurality of mounting apertures are configured to receive one of the locating pin or the at least one locating knob respectively therein to align the exhaust port with the blower cover.

Abstract: A laundry appliance includes a tub positioned within a cabinet, a basket supported for rotation within the tube and defining a chamber for receipt of laundry articles for washing and drying, a drive motor operatively coupled to the basket, an air duct system providing fluid communication between an air inlet, the chamber, and an air outlet defining an air flow path, an air filter within the air flow path, a fan operable to move a flow of air through the air flow path, and a controller operably coupled to the drive motor and the fan. The controller is configured to perform a pet hair removal cycle on the load of laundry articles. The pet hair removal cycle includes simultaneously operating the fan to circulate air through the air duct system and the chamber and operating the drive motor to rotate the basket at a tumble speed for a tumble duration.

Abstract: A laundry appliance and a method of operating the laundry appliance to reduce textile microfiber release includes performing an air wash cycle of a load of laundry articles before performing a wet wash cycle of the laundry load. The air wash cycle includes operating a fan to circulate an airflow through a laundry basket containing a load of laundry articles to release microfibers from the articles. A wet wash cycle follows the dry wash cycle, the wet wash cycle introduces a wash fluid to the load of laundry articles.