Abstract: Disclosed is a front load laundry appliance comprises a cabinet having a cabinet inlet vent, a drum positioned within the cabinet and accessible through the opening, and a cabinet duct fluidly coupling the cabinet inlet vent to the drum. The appliance defines an inlet flow path through a door duct, the cabinet inlet vent, and the drum. An induction heater comprising an induction coil and a heat transfer element is located within the inlet flow path such that a flow of inlet air in the inlet flow path passes over the heat transfer element.

Abstract: A dryer appliance and steam generation system is provided. The dryer appliance includes a drum rotatably mounted within a cabinet. The drum defines a chamber for receipt of articles for drying. The drum includes a plurality of openings allowing fluid communication into the chamber. An induction heating element is positioned on a non-ferrous substrate. The non-ferrous substrate is positioned between the induction heating element and a ferrous substrate. The ferrous substrate is positioned in an interior volume, and a nozzle is positioned in the interior volume to eject water onto the ferrous substrate. The induction heating element is positioned fluidly separate from the water ejected from the nozzle.

Abstract: An appliance includes at least one chamber accessible via an opening and a cover member for providing selective access to the opening. The cover member includes a flexible portion and a rigid portion. The flexible portion includes a plurality of elongated rib members and a flexible skin covering surrounding the plurality of elongated rib members. The plurality of elongated rib members aligned in a side-by-side configuration and secured together in a spatially consecutive arrangement. Thus, the flexible portion is movable with respect to the rigid portion between a flat, closed position that covers a portion of the opening and a curved, open position that exposes the portion of the opening.

Abstract: A discharge pump and a horizontal axis combination washer and dryer employing the discharge pump is provided. The discharge pump includes an impeller with a first portion having a plurality of closed vanes and a second portion having a plurality of open vanes, the impeller received within a shroud. In the horizontal axis combination washer and dryer, the discharge pump selectively discharges wash water to a drain and drying air to a vent.

Abstract: A washing appliance having a removable service tray. The tray may include a cartridge removably received within a door of the appliance. A spring assembly may be positioned within the cartridge for assisting in opening the door. The cartridge and its components may be concealed from the view of a user at the front of the appliance.

Abstract: A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet that cabinet defines a food storage chamber therein. The refrigerator appliance also includes a shelf having an upper surface and a lower surface opposite the upper surface along the vertical direction. A flexible telescopic storage container mounted to the shelf. A top flange of the flexible storage container may be flush with the upper surface of the shelf. The shelf may include an aperture extending through the shelf from the upper surface to the lower surface and the flexible telescopic storage container may be mounted to the shelf through the aperture.

Abstract: A door assembly for a horizontal axis laundry appliance and a horizontal axis laundry appliance with the door assembly are disclosed. The door assembly includes a an appliance door with an outer face opposite and spaced apart from an inner face with the inner and outer faces defining a compartment. The compartment includes a door rotatably mounted to the appliance top provide selective access to the compartment. One or more nozzles are provided for selectively supplying a treatment fluid to the compartment.

Abstract: A washing machine appliance may include a cabinet, a tub, a wash basket, a drawer, an air inlet, and an air outlet. The cabinet defining an opening to receive articles therethrough. The tub being positioned within the cabinet. The wash basket being rotatably mounted within the tub. The wash basket defining a wash chamber for receiving articles for washing. The drawer mounted to the cabinet. The drawer defining a compartment to receive a scent additive therein. The air inlet line extending from the compartment in downstream fluid communication with the wash chamber to direct air therefrom. The air outlet line extending to the compartment in upstream fluid communication with the wash chamber to direct air thereto.

Abstract: A laundry appliance includes an infuser into which users may insert a dissolvable treatment material, such as detergent pods of scented pellets. The diffuser may be removably inserted into a receptacle at least partially contained within the cabinet of the laundry appliance. One or more of a moveable cap or lid may be configured to cover an opening at the top of the receptacle, thereby sealing the receptacle. Water or air may be introduced into the receptacle through a fluid inlet line. The water or air may pass through openings in the infuser and interact with the dissolvable treatment material to produce a treatment mixture of treatment material and water or air. The treatment material may then exit the receptacle through a fluid output line, where it may be delivered to a fluid distribution element extending into the laundering chamber of the laundry appliance. The fluid distribution may then distribute the treatment solution into the chamber and onto the articles of laundry.

Abstract: A laundry treatment appliance includes a cabinet forming a receiving space, a tub provided within the receiving space, a laundry door to provide selective access to the receiving space, a reservoir attached to an external surface of the laundry door, the reservoir storing a quantity of liquid, and a nozzle in fluid communication with the reservoir, the nozzle being positioned within the receiving space to selectively release the liquid from the reservoir into the tub.

Abstract: A shipping spacer assembly is configured to be removably attached to a wash tub of a washing machine for fixing a distance between a wash tub and a cabinet of a washing machine appliance in an installed position. The shipping spacer assembly includes a bolt, a cord retention mechanism, and a grommet. The bolt includes a shaft extending along an axial direction, a head located at one end of the shaft, and a threaded portion located opposite the head in the axial direction. The cord retention mechanism is configured for receipt of a power cord. The cord retention mechanism is positioned between the head of the bolt and the rear panel in the installed position. The grommet defines a grommet cavity. The shaft is removably positioned through the grommet cavity.

Abstract: A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet. The cabinet defines a food storage chamber therein. A door is rotatably mounted to the cabinet. The refrigerator appliance also includes a food storage unit. The food storage unit includes a rigid structural frame surrounding a flexible element. The flexible element is deformable and movable relative to the rigid structural frame.

Abstract: A laundry appliance includes a cabinet, a drum rotatably mounted within the cabinet for receipt of clothes, and an integrated ironing assembly including an induction coil assembly positioned within the cabinet, such as below a top panel of the cabinet, and being selectively energized to generate a magnetic field for heating an ironing tool, such as a ferromagnetic ironing plate, when the ironing tool is positioned within the magnetic field generated by the induction coil assembly.

Abstract: A laundry appliance includes an infuser into which users may insert a dissolvable treatment material, such as detergent pods of scented pellets. The diffuser may be removably inserted into a receptacle at least partially contained within the cabinet of the laundry appliance. One or more of a moveable cap or lid may be configured to cover an opening at the top of the receptacle, thereby sealing the receptacle. Water or air may be introduced into the receptacle through a fluid inlet line. The water or air may pass through openings in the infuser and interact with the dissolvable treatment material to produce a treatment mixture of treatment material and water or air. The treatment material may then exit the receptacle through a fluid output line, where it may be delivered to a fluid distribution element extending into the laundering chamber of the laundry appliance. The fluid distribution may then distribute the treatment solution into the chamber and onto the articles of laundry.

Abstract: A laundry appliance including a cabinet and a flow control device is provided. The cabinet includes a drum rotatably mounted within the cabinet. The drum defines a chamber for receipt of articles for drying. The flow control device includes a body forming a plurality of inlet openings. The body forms a flowpath from each inlet opening to an outlet opening. The plurality of inlet openings is each configured to receive a fluid. The body is in fluid communication with the chamber through the outlet opening to provide a fluid received through one or more of the plurality of inlet openings. The flow control device includes a valve positioned at the flowpath.

Abstract: A dryer appliance including a drum, a heater assembly, a reservoir, and a controller is provided. The drum defines a chamber for receipt of articles for drying. The heater assembly is in fluid communication with the chamber to flow air thereto. The reservoir is configured to receive a fluid, such as a cleaning solution, a disinfecting solution, or a perfume solution. The reservoir is in selective fluid communication with the chamber to provide the fluid to the chamber. The controller is configured to perform operations that, when executed by the controller, causes the dryer appliance to perform operations. The operations include flowing fluid to the chamber from the reservoir.

Abstract: A dryer appliance may include a cabinet, a drum, a supply line, an infuser reservoir, and an air impeller. The drum may be rotatably mounted within the cabinet, the drum defining a drying chamber for the receipt of clothes for drying. The supply line may define an air path in upstream fluid communication with the drying chamber. The supply line may extend from a line inlet to a line outlet. The infuser reservoir may be attached to the supply line along the air path and in fluid communication therewith. The air impeller may be mounted along the supply line in rotational engagement with the drum to be rotated by the same.

Abstract: Exemplary dryer appliances are provided herein including a cabinet having an upper portion and a lower portion. A drum is rotatably mounted in the upper portion of the cabinet. A slideable first drawer housing a filter is mounted in the lower portion of the cabinet. A slideable second drawer is mounted below the drum. One or more fans circulates air through the drum, through the filter of the first drawer, and through the second drawer before the air is exhausted from the dryer appliance, providing drying of articles within both the drum and the second drawer.

Abstract: A washing machine includes a cabinet defining a lateral direction, a transverse direction, and a vertical direction. The lateral, transverse, and vertical directions are mutually orthogonal. The washing machine appliance also includes a top panel on the cabinet that defines an opening. A wash chamber is defined within the cabinet below the opening of the top panel. The washing machine appliance also includes a lid which is rotatable through a plane defined by the transverse direction and the vertical direction between a closed position to sealingly enclose the wash chamber and an open position to permit access to the wash chamber. A hinge rotatably connects the lid to the top panel. The hinge defines a compound pivot axis. The lid rotates relative to the top panel about the compound pivot axis.

Abstract: A washing machine appliance may include a cabinet, a tub, a wash basket, a drawer, an air inlet, and an air outlet. The cabinet defining an opening to receive articles therethrough. The tub being positioned within the cabinet. The wash basket being rotatably mounted within the tub. The wash basket defining a wash chamber for receiving articles for washing. The drawer mounted to the cabinet. The drawer defining a compartment to receive a scent additive therein. The air inlet line extending from the compartment in downstream fluid communication with the wash chamber to direct air therefrom. The air outlet line extending to the compartment in upstream fluid communication with the wash chamber to direct air thereto.