Whirlpool Corporation

Whirpool Corporation

Layne E Heilman

Richard A McCoy

Matthew Peter Ebrom

Anthony E Jenkins

Wallace J Elston, Iii

Farhad Ashrafzadeh

Mark Eugene Glotzbach

James Phillips Carow

Shreecharan Kanchanavally

Michael T Dalton

Randy A Voss

Phillip A Molloy

James P O'Shaughnessy

Claudio Civanelli

Gale Richard Horst

Stephen David Krefman

Sarah Ihne

The invention relates to a method of determining a fluffing state of laundry based on a determined temperature indicative of the surface of the laundry.

Laundry treating appliance with fluffing-state detection

An appliance network comprising a networked appliance and capable of communicating with a consumable such that information related to the consumable is communicated to the networked appliance.

Network for communicating information related to a consumable to an appliance

An appliance network has a networked appliance configured to perform a food preparation operation on an article and a cooking sensor accessory in communication with the networked appliance and configured to sense a state of at least one of the article, the cooking sensor accessory, and the networked appliance.

Appliance network for a networked appliance and a cooking sensor accessory

A recipe wand reads meal plans and recipes for a recipe book, and with data about the appliance and one or more cycles of operation, sends data about a consumable to the appliance to automatically create and selectively commence a cycle of operation oh the consumable according to the recipe book.

Recipe wand and recipe book for use with a networked appliance

An appliance network has messaging protocol to establish communication between a first networked appliance and a remote user interface.

Appliance network for a networked appliance and a remote user interface

A laundry treating appliance and a method for operating the appliance to supply air into a treating chamber through an air inlet and controlling the supplied air by varying the effective area of the air inlet.

Variable airflow in laundry dryer having variable air inlet

An appliance having a smart device in communication with multiple components of the appliance and a user interface of the appliance, the smart device having an updatable demonstration software that takes over control of the multiple components from the controller when executing the demonstration software to implement a demonstration of the appliance by controlling the actuation of the components and display related multimedia information on the multimedia user interface.

System for product demonstration

An appliance network having a first networked appliance, an energy controller, at least one of a smart dimmer and smart adapter, and a communication network coupling the first networked appliance, energy controller, and the at least one of the smart dimmer and smart adapter for communication therebetween.

Smart current attenuator for energy conservation in appliances

A method of demonstrating an appliance by customizing a multimedia presentation in real time based on the consumer information.

Method of product demonstration

A method for controlling a laundry treating appliance having a treating chamber for treating laundry may provide a wash liquid including an enzyme into the treating chamber to effect an enzymatic reaction having at least one constituent product, monitor the concentration of the at least one constituent product, and alter the control of the laundry treating appliance in response to the concentration reaching a plateau.

Method for controlling a cycle of operation in a laundry treating appliance

An appliance network has a service key accessory to facilitate remote diagnosis and service of an appliance.

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Osceola, IN, United States of America

Layne E Heilman