Laundry treating appliance and method of filling a laundry treating appliance with liquid
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsBRIAN P. JANKE, STEPHEN L. KERES
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Abstract
A laundry treating appliance having a tub, a drum located within the tub and at least partially defining a treating chamber in which laundry may be received for treatment according to an automatic cycle of operation and a liquid supply system for introducing liquid thereto and a method for filling the laundry treating appliance including supplying liquid, determining a load inertia value and stopping the supply of liquid based thereon.
Claims23
A method of filling a laundry treating appliance with liquid where the laundry treating appliance includes a tub, a drum located within the tub and at least partially defining a treating chamber in which laundry may be received for treatment according to an automatic cycle of operation, and a liquid supply system for introducing liquid into one of the drum and tub, the method comprising:
- supply liquid from the liquid supply system to wet a laundry load located within the drum;
- repeatedly determine a load inertia value while wetting the laundry load to define a set of load inertia values;
- determine a rate of change of the load inertia values;
- and
- stop the supply of liquid when the determined rate of change satisfies a predetermined threshold.
A laundry treating appliance comprising:
- a tub;
- a drum located within the tub;
- a liquid supply system for introducing liquid into one of the drum and tub;
- a motor drivingly coupled with the drum for rotating the drum;
- and
- a controller operably coupled with the liquid supply system to supply liquid from the liquid supply system to wet a laundry load located within the drum and configured to repeatedly determine a load inertia while wetting the laundry load, determine a rate of change of the repeatedly determined load inertia, and stop the supply of liquid when the determined rate of change satisfies a predetermined threshold.
A method of filling a laundry treating appliance with liquid where the laundry treating appliance includes a tub, a drum located within the tub and at least partially defining a treating chamber in which laundry may be received for treatment according to an automatic cycle of operation, and a liquid supply system for introducing liquid into one of the drum and tub, the method comprising:
- determine a dry inertia value of a dry laundry load within the drum;
- and
- supply an amount of liquid from the liquid supply system based on the determined load inertia of the dry load to wet the laundry load.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.