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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2024
Haier Us Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Nicholas Matthew Dillon, Louisville, KY (US);
Cody Ewing, Floyds Knobs, IN (US);
Robert Curtin, Louisville, KY (US);
Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A washing machine appliance includes a wash tub positioned within a cabinet, a wash basket rotatably mounted within the wash tub and defining a wash chamber for receiving a load of clothes, a drain pump fluidly coupled to the wash tub for selectively draining wash fluid from the wash tub, a drain hose fluidly coupled to the drain pump for draining wash fluid from the wash tub, and a controller operably coupled to the drain pump. The controller is configured to operate the drain pump until the wash fluid is drained to a target wash fluid level, determine that a predetermined amount of time has passed since stopping operation of the drain pump, and operating the drain pump after the predetermined amount of time has passed to drain an excess amount of the wash fluid from the wash tub.