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(43) Date of publication: 07.10.2020 Bulletin 2020/41 (21) Application number: 17933690.4 (22) Date of filing: 30.11.2017

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  F25D 11/00(2006.01) F16L 59/06(2006.01) F25D 21/04(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/US2017/063947 (87) International publication number: WO 2019/108204 (06.06.2019 Gazette 2019/23)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR Designated Extension States: BA ME Designated Validation States: MA MD (71) Applicant: Whirlpool Corporation Benton Harbor, MI 49022 (US)

(72) Inventors: DEKA, Lakshya J. Benton Harbor, Michigan 49022 (US) DHERDE, Eric J. Benton Harbor, Michigan 49022 (US) HUNTER, Lynne F. Benton Harbor, Michigan 49022 (US) LIU, Hua Benton Harbor, Michigan 49022 (US) MILLER, Dustin M. Benton Harbor, Michigan 49022 (US) MUKHERJEE, Diptesh Benton Harbor, Michigan 49022 (US) NAIK, Abhay Benton Harbor, Michigan 49022 (US) PATHAK, Sanjesh Kumar Benton Harbor, Michigan 49022 (US) (74) Representative: Spina, Alessandro  Whirlpool EMEA SpA Via Carlo Pisacane, 1 20016 Pero (MI) 20016 Pero (MI) (IT)