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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2014
Filed:
May. 17, 2011
Applicants:
Marcelo Campos Silva, Joinville, BR;
Alvaro Vallejo Noriega, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Inventors:
Marcelo Campos Silva, Joinville, BR;
Alvaro Vallejo Noriega, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Assignee:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 33/00 (2006.01); C11D 3/00 (2006.01); D06F 33/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 33/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for controlling the operation of a laundry treating appliance having a rotatable treating chamber for holding laundry and a motor for rotating the treating chamber based on a monitored torque signal from the motor of the laundry treating appliance.