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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2013
Applicant:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Inventors:
Karl David McAllister, Stevensville, MI (US);
Andrew J. Leitert, Eau Claire, MI (US);
Daniel C. Conrad, Newburgh, IN (US);
Assignee:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 35/00 (2006.01); D06F 33/02 (2006.01); D06F 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 35/006 (2013.01); D06F 21/00 (2013.01); D06F 33/02 (2013.01); D06F 2202/10 (2013.01); D06F 2204/065 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatuses consistent with the present invention provide for improved cleaning while minimizing mechanical damage to clothes in automatic washer cycles using time-varying wash chamber oscillations. An automatic washer has a wash chamber with a central axis and is rotatable about the central axis. Items are loaded into the wash chamber. Wash liquid is supplied into the wash chamber. The wash chamber is oscillated about the central axis by time-varying oscillations.