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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2020
Filed:
May. 15, 2017
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Darryl C. Bodine, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Donald E. Erickson, Stevensville, MI (US);
Michelle K. Flachs, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Terry K. Litaker, Watervliet, MI (US);
Chris W. Paraskevopoulos, Sterling, VA (US);
Scott Albright, Buchanan, MI (US);
Robert Blake, Three Oaks, MI (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A home appliance for treating an article according to an automatic cycle of operation, includes a treating chamber having an open face, a door for closing the open face of the treating chamber, two or more sensors on a housing of the home appliance, an actuator operably coupled with the door to move the door from a closed position of the door to an opened position of the door, and a controller.