Washing machine rinse cycle method and apparatus
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsBrian Johanski, Christopher Gregory Hoppe, Mark Aaron Weaver
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for operating a washing machine in a rinse cycle is provided for a washing machine including a rotatable basket and a fresh water spraying device. The method comprises rotating the basket at a first rate of rotation, spraying water into the basket while the basket is rotating at the first rate, and rotating the basket at a second rate of rotation, the second rate of rotation greater than the first rate of rotation.
Claims15
A method for operating a washing machine in a rinse cycle, the washing machine including a wash tub, a rotatable basket within the wash tub, the rotatable basket containing clothes to be rinsed, and a water spraying device, said method comprising:
- rotating the basket at a first rate of rotation;
- spraying fresh water into the basket while the basket is rotating at the first rate;
- terminating spray when a saturation point of the clothes is reached;
- and
- rotating the basket at a second rate of rotation, the second rate of rotation greater than the first rate of rotation.
A method for operating a washing machine in a rinse cycle, the washing machine including a wash tub, a rotatable basket within the wash tub, the rotatable basket containing clothes to be rinsed, and the rotatable basket drivingly engaged to a multi-speed drive system, and a spraying device, said method comprising:
- driving the basket at a low speed;
- spraying fresh water into the basket;
- terminating spraying into the basket when a saturation point of the clothes is reached;
- and
- driving the basket at a high speed.
A method for operating a washing machine in a rinse cycle, the washing machine including a wash tub, a rotatable clothes basket within the wash tub, the rotatable clothes basket containing clothes to be rinsed, and the rotatable clothes basket drivingly engaged to a multi-speed drive system, a spraying device, and a drain assembly, said method comprising:
- rotating the basket at a low speed with the drive system;
- spraying fresh water into the basket with the spraying device;
- saturating clothes in the basket;
- terminating spraying into the basket when a saturation point of the clothes is reached ;
- and
- rotating the basket at a high speed with the drive system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.