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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 15, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark Edward Dausch, Cohoes, NY (US);
Seth Alexander Capello, Saratoga, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
8158 ; 8159 ; 68 1202 ; 68 1205 ;
Abstract
A system and method for providing flow rate compensation in a washing machine. This invention provides flow rate compensation by monitoring the flow rate of the inlet liquid and the agitator load while agitating. A controller uses a flow rate compensation algorithm to compensate for the varying flow rate of the inlet liquid and an adaptive fill algorithm to determine an optimal level of liquid to be added to the washer basket and washer tub during a wash cycle operation.