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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jordan S. Bruntz, Baxter, IA (US);
Brent A. England, Newton, IA (US);
Steven J. Sousek, Lincoln, NE (US);
Assignee:
Maytag Corporation, Newton, IA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 3/302 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 3/302 ;
Abstract
A vertical axis clothes washing appliance is configured to meet predetermined energy and water usage factors by establishing a balance between water temperature, water level, and wash performance parameters. In accordance with the overall invention, additional controls for the washing machine enable an energy saving hot wash cycle to be established, with this wash cycle being designed to automatically establish a wash temperature which is intermediate warm and hot water temperature settings.