Domestic appliances and methods of automatic calibration
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsNathan Domagalski, Jose Efren Rodriguez Munoz
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Abstract
A domestic appliance or method of operating a domestic appliance may include receiving power from an unpowered state. The method may also include determining an appliance relocation in response to receiving power from the unpowered state. The method may further include directing a calibration routine based on determining the appliance relocation. The calibration routine may include opening a water valve and closing the water valve according to a predetermined valve sequence or activating a motor mounted within a cabinet of the domestic appliance according to a predetermined motor sequence.
Claims10
A laundry appliance comprising:
- a cabinet defining a chamber for the receipt of articles;
- a water valve attached to the cabinet in fluid communication within the chamber to selectively flow liquid thereto;
- a motor mounted within the cabinet in mechanical communication with the chamber;
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- a controller in operative communication with the water valve and the motor, the controller being configured to initiate a calibration operation, the calibration operation comprising
- receiving power from an unpowered state,
- determining an appliance relocation in response to receiving power from the unpowered state, and
- directing a calibration routine based on determining the appliance relocation, the calibration routine comprising opening the water valve and closing the water valve according to a predetermined valve sequence or activating a motor mounted within a cabinet of the laundry appliance according to a predetermined motor sequence,
- wherein the controller comprises a counter configured to record each instance of power reception, and
- wherein determining the appliance relocation comprises determining the counter exceeds a predetermined value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.