MUMBAI, India, April 20 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202514091853 A) filed by Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, U.S.A., on Sept. 25, 2025, for 'active carrier channel for lint management within an appliance.'
Inventor(s) include Arun Rajendran.
The application for the patent was published on April 17, under issue no. 16/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A laundry appliance includes a blower that delivers process air through an airflow path, an air filter having a filter media that separates particulate from the process air to define captured particulate, a fluid spray system having at least one cleaning nozzle and a carrier nozzle, and a sump that receives the stream of carrier fluid, the cleaning stream and the captured particulate. The carrier nozzle delivers a stream of carrier fluid below the air filter, and the at least one cleaning nozzle directs a cleaning stream onto the filter media. The cleaning nozzle operates after activation of the carrier nozzle to direct the captured particulate into the stream of carrier fluid."
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