Patent ID: 8695383

Claim:
A laundry treating appliance, comprising: a cabinet defining an interior, a tub located within the interior and defining a liquid-holding chamber; a drum located within the liquid-holding chamber for rotation about a rotational axis and having opposing ends connected by a peripheral side, which collectively at least partially define a treating chamber; at least one lifter provided on the drum and projecting into the treating chamber; and a balancing system comprising: a balancing ring provided on one of the opposing ends of the drum and having at least one fluid chamber; a liquid supply system provided on the other of the opposing ends of the drum; and a tube extending through the at least one lifter and having: a first end fluidly coupled to the liquid supply system and having a bottom wall, a center, and a top wall; and a second end fluidly coupled to the at least one fluid chamber and having a bottom wall, a center, and a top wall; wherein at least one of the bottom wall, the center, and the top wall of the second end is radially farther from the rotational axis than a corresponding one of the bottom wall, the center, and the top wall of the first end such that liquid supplied to the first end will flow toward the second end in response to the centrifugal force applied to the liquid from the rotation of the drum; wherein the at least one lifter defines an internal volume and the tube is provided within the internal volume of the at least one lifter.