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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2010
Jerrod Aaron Kappler, Louisville, KY (US);
Michael F. Finch, Louisville, KY (US);
Steven Keith Root, Louisville, KY (US);
Daniel S. Frazer, West Chester, OH (US);
Chad Michael Helms, Louisville, KY (US);
Jerrod Aaron Kappler, Louisville, KY (US);
Michael F. Finch, Louisville, KY (US);
Steven Keith Root, Louisville, KY (US);
Daniel S. Frazer, West Chester, OH (US);
Chad Michael Helms, Louisville, KY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A clothes washer is provided comprising one or more power consuming functions and a controller in signal communication with an associated utility. The controller can receive and process a signal from the associated utility indicative of current state of an associated utility. The controller operates the clothes washer in one of a plurality of operating modes, including at least a normal operating mode and an energy savings mode in response to the received signal. The controller is configured to change the power consuming functions by changing the duty cycling profile of the heater and/or mechanical action of the basket in the energy savings mode.