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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2018
Applicant:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Inventors:
Paul E. Beshears, Jr., Stevensville, MI (US);
Sathish A. Sundaram, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Assignee:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 15/44 (2006.01); A47L 15/00 (2006.01); A47L 15/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 15/44 (2013.01); A47L 15/0047 (2013.01); A47L 15/0055 (2013.01); A47L 15/4293 (2013.01); A47L 15/449 (2013.01); A47L 15/4463 (2013.01); A47L 2401/023 (2013.01); A47L 2401/20 (2013.01); A47L 2401/26 (2013.01); A47L 2501/26 (2013.01);
Abstract
A dispensing assembly including at least one treating chemistry container configured to store a treating chemistry and selectively fluidly coupled to the treating chamber, a sensor configured to detect a characteristic of the dispensing assembly and output a first signal based thereon, an illumination detector outputting a second signal indicative of ambient illumination and an indicator outputting a human-detectable signal.