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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 29, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jordan S Bruntz, Baxter, IA (US);
David I Ellingson, Newton, IA (US);
Assignee:
Maytag Corporation, Newton, IA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
318 66 ; 318254 ; 318138 ; 318439 ; 318779 ; 318778 ; 318811 ;
Abstract
A wash action control system is used to control the agitation speed of a washing machine. The invention includes a wash speed selection switch which controls the agitation speed of the agitator. The wash speed selection switch has an infinite number of possible wash speed settings and includes various secondary switches for affecting various aspects of the wash speed control.