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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2014
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Benjamin E. Alexander, Stevensville, MI (US);
Kaustav Ghosh, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Robert J. Pinkowski, Baroda, MI (US);
Brian K. Rogers, Watervliet, MI (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A cycle of operation for a laundry treating appliance having a rotatable treating chamber in which laundry is received for treatment according to an automatic cycle of operation, the cycle of operation including a pre-wetting phase which includes misting an exposed surface of the laundry with a pre-wetting liquid and a pre-wash phase which includes supplying a dye fixative to the surface of the laundry wet by the pre-wetting liquid for distributing a dye fixative to a laundry surface.