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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2016
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Benjamin E. Alexander, Stevensville, MI (US);
Gregory R. Fulmer, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Kaustav Ghosh, Woodbury, MN (US);
Kurt L. Masciovecchi, Stevensville, MI (US);
Robert J. Pinkowski, Baroda, MI (US);
Brian K. Rogers, Watervliet, MI (US);
Raymond Thompson, South Bend, IN (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
Systems, components, and methodologies for uniformly distributing fabric enhancers onto laundry loads in laundry treating appliances. The methods may include accepting one or more of a laundry detergent, a fabric softener, and a bleach for dispensation into the laundry treating appliance, accepting a plurality of fabric enhancers in respective compartments of a fabric enhancer storage assembly, receiving indications of the types of fabric enhancers stored in the respective compartments, selecting dispensation patterns suitable for each of the types of fabric enhancers, and dispensing the plurality of fabric enhancers in accordance with the selected dispensation patterns.