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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2008
Applicants:
Jenn-yeu Nieh, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
James Andrew Oskins, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Inventors:
Jenn-Yeu Nieh, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
James Andrew Oskins, Saint Joseph, 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 method and apparatus according to one embodiment for determining laundry load size in an automatic clothes washer includes supplying water to predetermined water levels higher than a saturate water level and determining the amount of water supplied to reach each predetermined water level from a prior water level, and determining a load size based on the determined amount of water supplied between the current predetermined water level and the prior water level.