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US 11,993,886 B2Granted
Method for controlling a household washing machine
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsThomas Benne, Matthew T. Doll, Carolyn Y. Groppel, Claudia Schuler, Casey J. Tubman
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Abstract
A method and appliance for controlling a household washing machine for washing laundry includes receiving, in a user interface, a user-selected steam sanitize cycle, displaying, on the user interface, a first indicator, and executing, by the controller, the sanitize cycle, and displaying a sanitized indicator, for example, on the user interface.
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A method for controlling a household laundry treating appliance, the method comprising:
- receiving, via a user interface, an input indicative of a user-selected steam sanitizing option;
- displaying, on the user interface, a first indicator indicative of the received user-selected steam sanitizing option;
- executing, by a controller, a cycle of operation with the user-selected steam sanitizing option based on the input;
- and
- illuminating, by the controller, a sanitized indicator on the user interface indicating sanitization of laundry, during a step of the cycle of operation in which the laundry is sanitized, and wherein the sanitized indicator remains illuminated for a predetermined portion of the cycle of operation beyond the step of the cycle of operation in which the laundry is sanitized.
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A method for controlling a household laundry treating appliance, the method comprising:
- receiving, via a user interface, an input indicative of a user-selected steam sanitizing option;
- displaying, on the user interface, a first indicator indicative of the received user-selected steam sanitizing option;
- executing, by a controller, a cycle of operation with the user-selected steam sanitizing option based on the input;
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- illuminating, by the controller, a sanitized indicator on the user interface indicating sanitization of laundry, non-concurrently with the step of the cycle of operation in which the laundry is sanitized and only after the step of the cycle of operation in which the laundry is sanitized, and wherein the sanitized indicator remains illuminated for a predetermined portion of a remainder of the cycle of operation.
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