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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012
Filed:
May. 07, 2007
Joel Adam Luckman, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Michael Stephen Hendrickson, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Tremitchell Wright, Elkhart, IN (US);
Katherine E. Warner, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Joel Adam Luckman, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Michael Stephen Hendrickson, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Tremitchell Wright, Elkhart, IN (US);
Katherine E. Warner, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A wash cycle for a clothes washer, the clothes washer having a wash zone defined within a rotating drum having an outer wall, for receiving a load of fabric. The steps include dispensing a volume of a first wash liquor to the wash zone, rotating the drum to move the fabric load toward the outer wall and recirculating the first wash liquor through the fabric load and wash zone, all during a first period of time. The fabric load is then flexed during a second period of time. The cycle continues with the steps of dispensing a volume of a second, different wash liquor to the wash zone, rotating the drum to move the fabric load toward the outer wall and recirculating the second liquor through the fabric load and wash zone during a third period of time. One of the two wash liquors is an oxidizing agent wash liquor. Then the remainder of the wash cycle is completed.