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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2007
Christopher Hoppe, Louisville, KY (US);
Craig R. Vitan, Louisville, KY (US);
Ashley Burt, Louisville, KY (US);
John Schuckmann, Louisville, KY (US);
Steven Recio, Louisville, KY (US);
Carl Risen, Louisville, KY (US);
John M. Todd, Louisville, KY (US);
Keerthi Vasan, Pondicherry, IN;
Christopher Hoppe, Louisville, KY (US);
Craig R. Vitan, Louisville, KY (US);
Ashley Burt, Louisville, KY (US);
John Schuckmann, Louisville, KY (US);
Steven Recio, Louisville, KY (US);
Carl Risen, Louisville, KY (US);
John M. Todd, Louisville, KY (US);
Keerthi Vasan, Pondicherry, IN;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for delivering an additive to an appliance are disclosed. The systems may include a user interface configured to accept a user input and a controller connected to the user interface. The controller may be configured to receive the user input and cause an additive delivery system to deliver at least one additive to the appliance. The methods include receiving an amount of the additive to be delivered to the appliance and receiving a time at which the additive is to be delivered to the appliance during a cycle. The method may further include activating an additive delivery system to deliver the amount of the additive at the time to the appliance.