Patent ID: 11920280
Assignee: HAIER US APPLIANCE SOLUTIONS, INC.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC D | IPC D

Claim 0:
1. A washing machine appliance, comprising:
a cabinet defining an opening;
a tub disposed within the cabinet;
a wash basket rotatably mounted within the tub to rotate about a rotation axis;
a plurality of stationary vanes attached to the tub;
a plurality of rotatable blades attached to the tub to generate a vortex airflow with the plurality of stationary vanes; and
an infuser basket defining an infuser compartment to hold a scent additive therein, the infuser basket further defining a plurality of slots to permit the vortex airflow to flow through the infuser compartment within the cabinet,
wherein the plurality of stationary vanes and the plurality of rotatable blades are disposed at a common height within the cabinet in parallel relative to a vertical direction.