Patent ID: 11873599
Assignee: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC D | IPC D

Claim 15:
16. A drum assembly for a front-load laundry appliance, the drum assembly comprising:
an outer tub having a fluid inlet that is disposed proximate an outer wall of the outer tub;
a drum that rotationally operates within the outer tub about a rotational axis, the drum comprising:
a rear wall having inlet slots that align with the fluid inlet and are concentric with respect to the rotational axis;
an outer cylindrical wall that is attached to the rear wall;
a perimeter fluid channel that is attached to each of the rear wall and the outer cylindrical wall, the perimeter fluid channel aligned with the inlet slots; and
lifters that are coupled with the outer cylindrical wall and the perimeter fluid channel to define an interior flow space therein, wherein wash fluid is delivered to a processing space within the drum via the interior flow space and though flow apertures that are defined within the lifters, and wherein the wash fluid is delivered through the lifters and into the drum as the drum rotates about the rotational axis, the perimeter fluid channel including an undulating wall that defines an enlarged space of the perimeter fluid channel proximate a corresponding inlet slot and a narrowed space of the perimeter fluid channel proximate a respective lifter.