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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2010
Applicants:
Douglas B. Beaudet, Mattawan, MI (US);
Vincent A. Ireland, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Inventors:
Douglas B. Beaudet, Mattawan, MI (US);
Vincent A. Ireland, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Assignee:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 15/42 (2006.01); A47L 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 15/0021 (2013.01); A47L 15/4293 (2013.01); A47L 2301/04 (2013.01); A47L 2401/023 (2013.01); A47L 2401/04 (2013.01); A47L 2401/20 (2013.01); A47L 2501/20 (2013.01); A47L 2501/26 (2013.01); A47L 2501/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for controlling the operation of an automatic dishwasher including receiving input for a zonal wash cycle from a user interface to a controller indicating a selection of a first cleaning cycle corresponding to a first wash zone and a second cleaning cycle, different from the first cleaning cycle, corresponding to a second wash zone, and implementing a zonal wash cycle by implementing each of the first and second cleaning cycles during a single cycle of operation of the dishwasher to define the zonal wash cycle.