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Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2014

Filed:

Aug. 13, 2012
Applicants:

Joel Adam Luckman, Benton Harbor, MI (US);

Michael Stephen Hendrickson, Saint Joseph, MI (US);

Tremitchell Wright, Elkhart, IN (US);

Katherine E. Warner, Saint Joseph, MI (US);

Inventors:

Joel Adam Luckman, Benton Harbor, MI (US);

Michael Stephen Hendrickson, Saint Joseph, MI (US);

Tremitchell Wright, Elkhart, IN (US);

Katherine E. Warner, Saint Joseph, MI (US);

Assignee:

Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 35/00 (2006.01); D06F 39/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A wash cycle for a clothes washer with a wash zone defined within a rotating drum having an outer wall, for receiving a fabric load. 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 time period. The fabric load is flexed during a second time period. The cycle continues with 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 time period. One of the two wash liquors is an oxidizing agent wash liquor. Then the remainder of the wash cycle is completed.


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