Whirlpool Corporation

Thomas Benne

Casey J Tubman

Matthew Travis Doll

Carolyn Y Groppel

Claudia Schuler

Christoph Herkle

Markus Beck

Robert Pöettger

Claudia Michel

A method and appliance for controlling a household washing machine for washing laundry includes receiving, in a user interface, a user-selected steam sanitize cycle, displaying, on the user interface, a first indicator, and executing, by the controller, the sanitize cycle, and displaying a sanitized indicator, for example, on the user interface.

Method for controlling a household washing machine

A fabric treatment appliance capable of indicating when a fabric load is sanitized, implementing a sanitizing by modifying a predetermined operation cycle, or implementing a sanitizing cycle after the completion of a predetermined operation cycle.

Fabric treatment appliance control panel and associated steam operations

A method of controlling the operation of a steam generator in a fabric treatment appliance may include controlling the operation of the steam generator in response to a rate of temperature change of the steam generator and/or controlling the operation of the steam generator in response to a rate of temperature change of a receptacle for receiving fabric items to be treated.

Method for detecting abnormality in a fabric treatment appliance having a steam generator

A method of controlling the operation of a steam generator in a fabric treatment appliance may include setting an operational temperature for the steam generator based on calcification of the steam generator. A change in the calcification of the steam generator may be determined by behavior of the actual temperature of the steam generator in response to changing a flow rate of water supplied to the steam generator.

Method for operating a steam generator in a fabric treatment appliance

A method of controlling the operation of a steam generator in a fabric treatment appliance by changing a flow rate of water supplied to the steam generator to determine a change in calcification of the steam generator.

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Schorndorf, Germany

Thomas Benne