Laundry appliance with energy saving feature
AssigneeMaytag Corporation
InventorsJordan S. Bruntz, Brent A. England, Steven J. Sousek
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Abstract
A vertical axis clothes washing appliance is configured to meet predetermined energy and water usage factors by establishing a balance between water temperature, water level, and wash performance parameters. In accordance with the overall invention, additional controls for the washing machine enable an energy saving hot wash cycle to be established, with this wash cycle being designed to automatically establish a wash temperature which is intermediate warm and hot water temperature settings.
Claims17
A vertical axis washing appliance adapted to receive and perform a laundering operation on a load of clothes as part of a washing operation comprising:
- first control means for selecting a desired water level for the washing operation;
- second control means for selecting a wash temperature for the washing operation;
- third control means for selecting a wash time for the washing operation;
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- means for establishing an energy saving wash mode for the washing operation wherein the wash temperature selected through the second control means is automatically reduced to a lower temperature not available through the second control means.
A method of programming a vertical axis clothes washing appliance for a washing operation comprising:
- selecting a desired water level for the washing operation;
- selecting a wash temperature for the washing operation;
- selecting a wash time for the washing operation;
- establishing an energy saving wash mode for the washing operation;
- and
- automatically reducing the wash temperature to a lower temperature for the energy saving wash mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.