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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2015
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventor:
Roberto Obregon, Louisville, KY (US);
Assignee:
Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 39/08 (2006.01); D06F 35/00 (2006.01); D06F 33/02 (2006.01); D06F 33/00 (2006.01); D06F 39/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 39/087 (2013.01); D06F 33/00 (2013.01); D06F 33/02 (2013.01); D06F 35/006 (2013.01); D06F 39/003 (2013.01); D06F 2202/085 (2013.01); D06F 2202/12 (2013.01); D06F 2204/086 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present subject matter provides a method for detecting underfilling of a washing machine appliance. The method includes rotating an impeller of the washing machine appliance with a motor operating at a reduced power relative to a full power of the motor. The method also includes determining a maximum angular velocity of the impeller when the impeller is rotated at the reduced power and adding liquid to a tub of the washing machine appliance if the maximum angular velocity of the impeller when the impeller is rotated at the reduced power is less than a threshold angular velocity.