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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2002
Raveendran Vaidhyanathan, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Robert R. Williams, Stevensville, MI (US);
Michael A. Dirlam, St. Joseph, MI (US);
George Angelov, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Edward L. Thies, Creola, OH (US);
Raveendran Vaidhyanathan, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Robert R. Williams, Stevensville, MI (US);
Michael A. Dirlam, St. Joseph, MI (US);
George Angelov, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Edward L. Thies, Creola, OH (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
Methods and system consistent with the present invention provide an appliance having inlet valves connected to respective supply lines with a control system that senses a temperature of a fluid supplied by a first of the supply lines, associates the first inlet valve connected to the first supply line with one of a plurality of predetermined temperature ranges, one of which includes the sensed temperature of the fluid in first supply line, and activates the first inlet valve upon a request by the appliance for a fluid in the one predetermined temperature range.