Patents by Inventor RODNEY MICHAEL WELCH

RODNEY MICHAEL WELCH 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).

  • Fabric treating appliance with pelletizer
    Patent number: 11753763
    Abstract: A laundry treating appliance having a lint pelletizer whereby clothing fibers retained within a fluid can be extracted from the fluid and formed into a pellet. The laundry treating appliance can be a clothes washer or a clothes dryer. The clothes washer or clothes dryer can be a vertical or horizontal axis, either of which can be top-loading or front loading.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Rodney Michael Welch, Erica Roberts
  • FABRIC TREATING APPLIANCE WITH PELLETIZER
    Publication number: 20220106728
    Abstract: A laundry treating appliance having a lint pelletizer whereby clothing fibers retained within a fluid can be extracted from the fluid and formed into a pellet. The laundry treating appliance can be a clothes washer or a clothes dryer. The clothes washer or clothes dryer can be a vertical or horizontal axis, either of which can be top-loading or front loading.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: RODNEY MICHAEL WELCH, ERICA ROBERTS
  • Fabric treating appliance with pelletizer
    Patent number: 11230806
    Abstract: A laundry treating appliance having a lint pelletizer whereby clothing fibers retained within a fluid can be extracted from the fluid and formed into a pellet. The laundry treating appliance can be a clothes washer or a clothes dryer. The clothes washer or clothes dryer can be a vertical or horizontal axis, either of which can be top-loading or front loading.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Rodney Michael Welch, Erica Roberts
  • FABRIC TREATING APPLIANCE WITH PELLETIZER
    Publication number: 20200208337
    Abstract: A laundry treating appliance having a lint pelletizer whereby clothing fibers retained within a fluid can be extracted from the fluid and formed into a pellet. The laundry treating appliance can be a clothes washer or a clothes dryer. The clothes washer or clothes dryer can be a vertical or horizontal axis, either of which can be top-loading or front loading.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: RODNEY MICHAEL WELCH, ERICA ROBERTS
  • Home appliance having a filter
    Patent number: 10449552
    Abstract: A household appliance can include a tub at least partially defining a treating chamber for holding liquid with an access opening, a nozzle emitting liquid into the treating chamber, a recirculation circuit fluidly coupling the treating chamber to the nozzle. The recirculation circuit can include a recirculation pump and a filter having a housing with an inlet and an outlet, ferrite particles located within the housing, and a magnet having a first operational state and a second operational state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventor: Rodney Michael Welch
  • HOME APPLIANCE HAVING A FILTER
    Publication number: 20190176165
    Abstract: A household appliance can include a tub at least partially defining a treating chamber for holding liquid with an access opening, a nozzle emitting liquid into the treating chamber, a recirculation circuit fluidly coupling the treating chamber to the nozzle. The recirculation circuit can include a recirculation pump and a filter having a housing with an inlet and an outlet, ferrite particles located within the housing, and a magnet having a first operational state and a second operational state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventor: RODNEY MICHAEL WELCH