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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2012
Hirak Chanda, Troy, MI (US);
Kaustav Ghosh, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Andrew J. Leitert, Eau Claire, MI (US);
Karl David Mcallister, Stevensville, MI (US);
Amy L. Rapson, Holland, MI (US);
Jon D. Strait, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Yingqin Yuan, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Hirak Chanda, Troy, MI (US);
Kaustav Ghosh, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Andrew J. Leitert, Eau Claire, MI (US);
Karl David Mcallister, Stevensville, MI (US);
Amy L. Rapson, Holland, MI (US);
Jon D. Strait, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Yingqin Yuan, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a method of operating a laundry treating appliance having a treating chamber that receives a laundry load for treatment according to a cycle of operation. The method includes determining the size of the laundry load in the treating chamber; supplying a predetermined amount of liquid to the treating chamber based on the determined load size; applying mechanical energy to the laundry treating chamber by driving a clothes mover with an electric motor; determining a difference between an in-rush current to the electric motor and a steady-state current of the electric motor during the applying of the mechanical energy; and determining a laundry load type of the laundry load based on the determined difference.