Patent ID: 8701451

Claim:
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 opposing ends connected by a peripheral side, which collectively at least partially define a treating chamber; a balancing ring provided on one of the opposing ends of the drum and having a first fluid chamber and a second fluid chamber which are separated from each other by a gap; a passage extending into the gap and fluidly coupled to the first fluid chamber; a lifter provided on the drum and projecting into the treating chamber, with the lifter overlying a portion of the gap and spanning portions of the first and second fluid chambers; a liquid supply; a supply conduit provided in the lifter and fluidly coupling the liquid supply to the passage; a first drain conduit provided in the lifter and fluidly coupling the first fluid chamber to the liquid-holding chamber; and a second drain conduit provided in the lifter and fluidly coupling the second fluid chamber to the liquid-holding chamber; wherein liquid may be supplied to the first fluid chamber from the liquid supply via the supply conduit and drained from the first and second fluid chamber via the first and second drain conduits, respectively.