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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2002
Applicants:
William Henry Lueckenbach, Louisville, KY (US);
Christopher Gregory Hoppe, Louisville, KY (US);
Inventors:
William Henry Lueckenbach, Louisville, KY (US);
Christopher Gregory Hoppe, Louisville, KY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 33/02 (2006.01); D06F 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A controller for a washing machine including an agitation element operable at a plurality of speeds during an agitation phase of a wash cycle is provided. The controller comprises a microcomputer configured to adjust an actuation of the agitation element in response to at least one input, said at least one input indicative of a characteristic of a laundry load.