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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2006
Kalyanakrishnan Vadakkeveedu, College Station, TX (US);
Farhad Ashrafzadeh, Stevensville, MI (US);
Raveendran Vaidhyanathan, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Kalyanakrishnan Vadakkeveedu, College Station, TX (US);
Farhad Ashrafzadeh, Stevensville, MI (US);
Raveendran Vaidhyanathan, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
An automatic clothes washer comprises a wash tub in which is disposed a wash basket defining a wash chamber for receiving fabric articles, and an article mover located within the wash chamber and driven by a motor to impart mechanical energy to the fabric articles upon contact. A method for controlling the operation of the automatic clothes washer comprises determining the work imparted to the fabric articles by the article mover, and controlling an operating cycle of the automatic washer based on the determined work.