Laundry washing machine for use with unit dose detergent packages

Abstract

A laundry washing machine having a casing (), a tub () supported in the casing, a drum () mounted in the tub and configured to rotate about a vertical axis (Av), an agitator () mounted in the drum and configured to rotate about the vertical axis, a motor () and transmission () operatively connected to the drum and the agitator, a valve () operatively connected to control a flow of water from a water supply to the tub, a user interface () configured to receive operator input, and a control unit () having a processor () and a memory (), the memory having stored therein instructions. When executed, the instructions cause the control unit to operate the laundry washing machine to: receive a selection of user preferences via the user interface, the user preferences comprising at least a washing program having a default wash filling process in which the valve is opened to direct water into the tub at a beginning of the washing program, receive a user command to operate the washing machine according to the user preferences, determine whether or not the user preferences include a selection of a unit dose package mode having instructions to modify the default wash filling process, and based on this determination: operate the washing machine to execute the user preferences without applying the instructions to modify the default wash filling process if the user preferences do not include the selection of the unit dose package mode, or operate the washing machine to execute the user preferences with applying the instructions to modify the default wash filling process if the user preferences do include the selection of the unit dose package mode.