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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2021
Filed:
May. 11, 2018
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Amberdeep S. Aurora, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Michael J. Bauman, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Donald Erickson, Stevensville, MI (US);
Sarah E. Ihne, Stevensville, MI (US);
Nicholas Leep, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Karl David McAllister, Stevensville, MI (US);
Daniel Polonsky, Stevensville, MI (US);
Ryan James Van Zoest, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
The laundry treating device has a user interface configured to receive a user selection of a preprogrammed wash cycle. A treating chemistry dispenser has multiple treating chemistry cups configured to dispense treating chemistry to the treating chamber during the selected washing cycle. A controller configured to activate dispensing from each of the treating chemistry cups at preprogrammed times during the wash cycle. A performance enhancement selector configured to receive a user selection such that activation of the performance enhancement selector causes the controller to dispense one of the treating chemistry cups at a different time than the preprogrammed time during the wash cycle.