Patent ID: 8991223
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
1. A laundry treating appliance, comprising: a cabinet defining an interior; a tub located within the interior and defining a liquid-holding chamber; a rotatable drum located within the liquid-holding chamber and having an inner periphery at least partially defining a treating chamber; at least one lifter provided on the inner periphery and having opposing first and second end portions connected by a middle portion, the at least one lifter extending along the inner periphery such that the first end portion is closer to a first end of the drum and the second end portion is closer to a second end of the drum; and a balancing system comprising: wherein the treating chamber has a third three-dimensional geometric center, and the first three-dimensional geometric center is located closer to the first end of the drum than a midpoint between the first end of the drum and the third three-dimensional geometric center, and the second three-dimensional geometric center is located closer to the second end of the drum than a midpoint between the second end of the drum and the third three-dimensional geometric center such that liquid in the first reservoir chamber and the second reservoir chamber is closer to ends of the drum.