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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2005
John Kenneth Hooker, Louisville, KY (US);
Brendan Moser, Independence, KY (US);
Timothy Martin Wetzel, Louisville, KY (US);
James White, Crestwood, KY (US);
Shelly Elizabeth Warms, Louisville, KY (US);
Joseph Duane Tobbe, Taylorsville, KY (US);
John Kenneth Hooker, Louisville, KY (US);
Brendan Moser, Independence, KY (US);
Timothy Martin Wetzel, Louisville, KY (US);
James White, Crestwood, KY (US);
Shelly Elizabeth Warms, Louisville, KY (US);
Joseph Duane Tobbe, Taylorsville, KY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A control system for controlling a fill operation of a dishwasher having a pump and a pump motor driving the pump, and the dishwasher having a valve for controlling the flow of water to the dishwasher includes a monitoring device configured to be coupled to at least one of the pump and the pump motor. The monitoring device generates an output relating to at least one of an operating current and a speed of the pump motor. The control system also includes a controller configured to be operatively coupled to the valve, wherein the controller receives the output and is configured to operate the valve based on the output. The output relates to a fill condition of the dishwasher.