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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2006
Nyik Siong Wong, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Raveendran Vaidhyanathan, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Dengming Peng, Stevensville, MI (US);
Nyik Siong Wong, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Raveendran Vaidhyanathan, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Dengming Peng, Stevensville, MI (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A fabric treatment appliance comprises a steam generator having a chamber configured to hold water, a supply conduit configured to transport water to the steam generator chamber, a weight sensor outputting a signal responsive to the weight of the steam generator, and a controller coupled to the weight sensor and configured to control a flow of water through the supply conduit based on the signal from the weight sensor. The disclosure provides methods of water supply control that can employ the weight sensor.