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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2014
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Barbara A. Balinski, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Jason L. Barr, Lawton, MI (US);
Andrew Leitert, Eau Claire, MI (US);
Karl David McAllister, Stevensville, MI (US);
James A. Oskins, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Matthew J. Quock, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Jamal O. Wilson, Stevensville, MI (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for operating a laundry treating appliance to indicate an amount of laundry in a treating chamber are disclosed. An example method includes as laundry is being placed in the treating chamber, illuminating the treating chamber with light, and as the laundry is being placed in the treating chamber, repeatedly adjusting at least one or a color and/or an intensity of the light based on an amount of laundry in the treating chamber.