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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2015
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Nicholas C. Fugal, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Brian P. Janke, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Stephen L. Keres, Stevensville, MI (US);
Bradley D. Morrow, Stevensville, MI (US);
Erol D. Sumer, East Lansing, MI (US);
Ran Zhao, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
Methods of reducing a likelihood of contact between a rotating laundry-container, such as a basket or drum, located within a tub of a laundry treating appliance where the method includes accelerating a rotational speed of the rotating laundry-container during an extraction cycle speed ramp, monitoring the friction associated with the rotating laundry-container during the speed ramp and comparing to a threshold and altering the accelerating of the rotational speed of the rotating laundry-container when the comparing indicates the threshold is satisfied.