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US 12,264,429 B2Granted
Method for operating a laundry washing machine using a unit dose package and laundry washing machine
AssigneeElectrolux Consumer Products, Inc.
InventorsAllison White, Yihong Li, Oscar Madalena
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Abstract
A laundry washing machine and a method for operating the washing machine offer ways to load a unit dose package into a compartment of the washing machine. A control unit controls the washing machine to add water to a compartment having a unit dose package. The tub is then filled with hot or cold water depending on the temperature of the water in the tub, or whether a sanitizing cycle of a washing program has been selected.
Claims14
A laundry washing machine, comprising:
- a cabinet supporting a washing tub;
- a washing drum rotatably mounted within the washing tub and configured to receive a laundry load;
- a treating agents dispenser comprising a compartment configured to receive a unit dose package containing a pre-measured amount of a treating agent;
- and
- one or more water conveying lines configured to convey water to the compartment;
- a supply line fluidly connecting the treating agents dispenser and the washing tub;
- and a control unit configured to control the laundry washing machine to:
- activate a controllable valve to provide a first water supply to the washing tub through the one or more water conveying lines and the compartment;
- measure a temperature of water in the washing tub and store a value of the measured temperature in a memory of the control unit;
- and
- perform a selection process based at least in part on the value of the measured temperature, the selection process comprising electing between one of:
- (a) filling the washing tub with a volume of hot water when the value of the measured temperature is equal to or below a predetermined value;
- and
- (b) filling the washing tub with a volume of cold water when the value of the measured temperature is above the predetermined value.
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