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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2021
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Benjamin E. Alexander, Stevensville, MI (US);
Brent M. Burgess, Edwardsburg, MI (US);
Michael K. Cluskey, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Christopher A. Jones, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Dale E. Mueller, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Zachary Bohenick, Troy, MI (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A method of operating a laundry treating appliance having a tub with a terminal edge and a dual-wall basket, with outer and inner walls, the inner wall having perforations above the terminal edge, and the basket located within the tub and having at least one drain opening in a bottom of the basket. The method comprising altering a level of liquid in the tub to correspondingly alter a height of a float valve in the tub to selectively open/close the drain opening to effect a filling of liquid in the basket above the tub terminal edge when the float valve is in the closed position.