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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2007
Christopher John Woerdehoff, Sawyer, MI (US);
Joshua Paul Carroll, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Andrew Charles Reck, Watervliet, MI (US);
David John Kmet, Paw Paw, MI (US);
Christopher John Woerdehoff, Sawyer, MI (US);
Joshua Paul Carroll, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Andrew Charles Reck, Watervliet, MI (US);
David John Kmet, Paw Paw, MI (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A household appliance functions according to multiple operating cycles, wherein each operating cycle comprises at least one step characterized by a parameter having a factory-set default value. A user can access a controller of the household appliance through a user interface to simultaneously set new default values for a parameter common to at least two of the multiple operating cycles.