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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2015
Applicant:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Inventors:
Brian P. Janke, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Farhad Ashrafzadeh, Bowling Green, KY (US);
Peter E. Zasowski, Yantis, TX (US);
Assignee:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 33/02 (2006.01); D06F 37/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 33/02 (2013.01); D06F 37/203 (2013.01); D06F 2202/065 (2013.01); D06F 2202/08 (2013.01); D06F 2202/10 (2013.01); D06F 2202/12 (2013.01); D06F 2204/065 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for determining an inertia of a laundry load for a laundry treating appliance during an acceleration phase, wherein the rotational speed of a rotatable drum of the laundry is controlled based on the determined inertia.