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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2015
Applicant:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Inventors:
Farhad Ashrafzadeh, Bowling Green, KY (US);
Brian P. Janke, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Peter J. Richmond, Berrien Springs, MI (US);
Marcelo C. Silva, Joinville, BR;
Rodrigo Stanziola Teixeira, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Assignee:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 33/02 (2006.01); D06F 37/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 37/203 (2013.01); D06F 33/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for detecting an imbalance in the laundry load and effecting a redistribution of the imbalance by reducing the rotational speed of the treating chamber such that part of the load may redistribute while part of the load remains satellized, without ceasing rotation, and increasing the rotational speed back to a spin speed after redistribution.