COMPOSITE MATERIAL STRUCTURAL PANEL HAVING AN INTEGRAL AIR CHANNEL

A laundry appliance (12) includes a drum (14) that processes laundry. A blower (16) delivers process air (20) from a heater (50) to the drum (14) via an airflow path (22). A structural panel (10) defines a front aperture (24) for accessing an interior (26) of the drum (14) and an air channel (28) th...

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Hauptverfasser:	Mazzarella, Antonio, Pirola, Gianbattista, Nimkar, Samir, Rouin, Pedro A
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:	A laundry appliance (12) includes a drum (14) that processes laundry. A blower (16) delivers process air (20) from a heater (50) to the drum (14) via an airflow path (22). A structural panel (10) defines a front aperture (24) for accessing an interior (26) of the drum (14) and an air channel (28) that defines a portion of the airflow path (22). The structural panel (10) includes a lower first portion (30) that is made of a first material (32) and an upper second portion (34) that is made of a second material (36) that is different from the first material (32). The first and second materials (32, 36) meet at a predetermined seam (38) that extends through the structural panel (10) and the air channel (28).