Laundry treating appliance with tumble pattern control
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsFARHAD ASHRAFZADEH, RYAN R. BELLINGER
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Abstract
An apparatus and a method of operating a laundry treating appliance treating laundry according to a cycle of operation having by determining a parameter indicative of a change in packing density of the laundry in a treating chamber and taking an operating action based on the determined parameter.
Claims32
A method of operating a laundry treating appliance having a rotatable drum defining a treating chamber in which laundry is received and treated according to a cycle of operation implemented by a controller, the method comprising:
- determining a load size of the laundry in the treating chamber;
- rotating the drum with laundry in the treating chamber;
- determining a parameter indicative of a packing density of the laundry in the treating chamber based on the relative rotation of the drum and the laundry;
- using the controller to take an operating action based on the determined parameter and load size.
A method of operating a laundry treating appliance having a rotatable drum defining a treating chamber in which laundry is received and treated according to a cycle of operation, the method comprising:
- rotating the drum;
- determining a change in a parameter indicative of a packing density of the laundry in the treating chamber based on the relative rotation of the drum and laundry;
- and
- taking an operating action based on the determined change.
The method of claim 21 wherein the selecting at least a phase of operation comprises selecting at least one of an untwisting cycle and an untangling cycle.
A laundry treating appliance for treating laundry according to a treating cycle of operation, comprising:
- a rotatable drum defining a treating chamber in which laundry is received and treated according to the treating cycle of operation;
- a motor operably coupled to the drum to effect the rotation of the drum;
- at least one component operably coupled to the treating chamber for carrying out the cycle of operation;
- and
- a controller operably coupled to the motor and the least one component and configured to control the motor and the at least one component to execute the treating cycle of operation and to determine a change in the packing density during the execution of the treating cycle of operation and alter the execution of the cycle of operation accordingly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.