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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2002
John F. Broker, Colfax, IA (US);
Jordan S. Bruntz, Baxter, IA (US);
Donald E. Erickson, Newton, IA (US);
Scott E. Griffith, Newton, IA (US);
Douglas A. Ochsner, Newton, IA (US);
Gary T. Ostrander, Newton, IA (US);
Evan R. Vande Haar, Pella, IA (US);
John F. Broker, Colfax, IA (US);
Jordan S. Bruntz, Baxter, IA (US);
Donald E. Erickson, Newton, IA (US);
Scott E. Griffith, Newton, IA (US);
Douglas A. Ochsner, Newton, IA (US);
Gary T. Ostrander, Newton, IA (US);
Evan R. Vande Haar, Pella, IA (US);
Maytag Corporation, Newton, IA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus, method and system of wash action control for an automatic washing machine. A manually operable user interface allows selection from between a plurality of discrete agitation speed selections which comprise at least a continuous speed agitation mode for a given agitation period during a wash cycle and an intermittent speed agitation mode for at least a part of a given agitation period. The intermittent speed agitation mode automatically varies agitation speed between at least two sub-periods of the given agitation period. The variation in agitation speed can be between a faster and a slower speed or a certain speed and no agitation.