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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2006
Applicants:
Nyik Siong Wong, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Raveendran Vaidhyanathan, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Anthony H. Hardaway, Stevensville, MI (US);
Joel A. Luckman, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Inventors:
Nyik Siong Wong, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Raveendran Vaidhyanathan, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Anthony H. Hardaway, Stevensville, MI (US);
Joel A. Luckman, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 35/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A fabric treatment appliance, such as a washing machine, comprises at least one of a tub and drum configured to hold a fabric load. A method of operating the fabric treatment appliance comprises heating the fabric load and, after heating the fabric load, sanitizing the fabric load by heating the fabric load with steam.