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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2022
Electrolux Home Products, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);
Brian Hobbs, Charlotte, NC (US);
Eduardo Palmeira, Charlotte, NC (US);
Flavio Bernardino, Charlotte, NC (US);
Electrolux Consumer Products, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
A laundry washing machine having configured to receive a laundry cycle selection from a user interface; identify the cycle selection; upon receiving a normal laundry cycle selection, select a respective program comprising default instructions for: opening the valve one or more times to fill the drum to a default normal maintenance phase liquid level, and operating the drum motor during a normal maintenance phase to rotate the drum; and upon receiving a selection of the whites laundry cycle, select a respective program comprising default instructions for: opening the valve one or more times to fill the drum to a default whites maintenance phase liquid level, and operating the drum motor during a whites maintenance phase to cyclically rotate the drum. The default whites maintenance phase liquid level is equal to or less than the default normal maintenance phase liquid level. Methods of operating a laundry machine are also provided.