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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2013
Applicant:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Inventors:
Brian P. Janke, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Stephen L. Keres, Watervliet, MI (US);
Assignee:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 35/00 (2006.01); D06F 39/08 (2006.01); D06F 33/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 39/088 (2013.01); D06F 33/02 (2013.01); D06F 35/006 (2013.01); D06F 39/087 (2013.01); D06F 2202/065 (2013.01); D06F 2202/085 (2013.01); D06F 2202/10 (2013.01); D06F 2202/12 (2013.01); D06F 2204/065 (2013.01); D06F 2204/086 (2013.01); Y10T 137/0318 (2015.04);
Abstract
A laundry treating appliance having a tub, a drum located within the tub and at least partially defining a treating chamber in which laundry may be received for treatment according to an automatic cycle of operation and a liquid supply system for introducing liquid thereto and a method for filling the laundry treating appliance including supplying liquid, determining a load inertia value and stopping the supply of liquid based thereon.