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US 2021/0062384 A1Published application
Dispensing treating chemistry in a laundry treating appliance
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsMICHAEL S. HENDRICKSON, JANICE M. KAEDING
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Abstract
An appliance and method of operating a laundry treating appliance having a treating chamber for receiving laundry for treatment and a dispensing system having a dispensing pump for dispensing a treating chemistry for use in treating the laundry, the method comprising determining a soil level of laundry in the treating chamber and determining a dispensing parameter based on the determined soil level.
Claims20
A laundry treating appliance, comprising:
- a treating chamber configured for receiving a laundry load;
- a dispensing system adapted to dispense a treating chemistry to the treating chamber;
- at least one system configured to operate during a treatment cycle of the laundry load;
- at least one sensor configured to provide an output related to a characteristic of the at least one system or a laundry load characteristic;
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- a controller configured to receive the output and determine a dispensing parameter based on the output wherein the dispensing parameter is defined by one or more of a delivery rate of the treating chemistry, a dilution rate of the treating chemistry, a flow rate of a water supply, a flow rate of a dispensing pump, or a length of a dispensing interval and the controller configured to operate the dispensing system in accordance with the dispensing parameter.
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