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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2005
Radislav Alexandrovich Potyrailo, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Patrick Edward Pastecki, Albany, NY (US);
Derek Lee Watkins, Elizabethtown, KY (US);
Jeffrey Bernard Fortin, Niskayuna, NY (US);
William Guy Morris, Rexford, NY (US);
Radislav Alexandrovich Potyrailo, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Patrick Edward Pastecki, Albany, NY (US);
Derek Lee Watkins, Elizabethtown, KY (US);
Jeffrey Bernard Fortin, Niskayuna, NY (US);
William Guy Morris, Rexford, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for controlling a laundering process includes determining a concentration of a detergent within a wash fluid during at least one cycle of an article laundering process, and dynamically adjusting at least one characteristic of the laundering process based at least in part upon the determined concentration of the detergent. An apparatus for controlling a laundering process includes a fluid chamber to contain a wash fluid, a sensor coupled to the fluid chamber to determine a detergent concentration within the wash fluid, and a controller coupled to the sensor and configured to dynamically adjust at least one characteristic of the laundering process based at least in part upon the determined detergent concentration.