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US 8,393,183 B2Granted
Fabric treatment appliance control panel and associated steam operations
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsThomas Benne, Claudia Michel, Carolyn Y. Groppel, Matthew Travis Doll, Casey J. Tubman
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Abstract
A fabric treatment appliance capable of indicating when a fabric load is sanitized, implementing a sanitizing by modifying a predetermined operation cycle, or implementing a sanitizing cycle after the completion of a predetermined operation cycle.
Claims17
A fabric treatment appliance, comprising:
- a fabric treatment zone receiving fabric for treatment;
- a steam generator supplying steam to the fabric treatment zone;
- a temperature sensor;
- a sanitizing cycle selector operable to provide a signal indicative of a desired sanitization cycle;
- a sanitized indicator;
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- a controller having sanitization data in the form of time and temperature data indicative of sanitizing and programmed to control the steam generator, the sanitizing cycle selector, and the sanitized indicator to implement the sanitization cycle by actuating the steam generator to heat the fabric to a predetermined temperature as sensed by the temperature sensor for a predetermined time according to the sanitization data to sanitize the fabric and to actuate the sanitized indicator upon the sanitizing of the fabric.
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A fabric treatment appliance for treating laundry, comprising:
- a tub defining a washing chamber;
- a drum rotatably mounted within the washing chamber and defining a laundry receiving chamber receiving laundry for treatment;
- a steam generator supplying steam to the laundry receiving chamber;
- a temperature sensor;
- a sanitizing cycle selector operable to provide a signal indicative of a desired sanitization cycle;
- a sanitized indicator;
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- a controller having sanitization data in the form of time and temperature data indicative of sanitizing and programmed to control the steam generator, the sanitizing cycle selector, and the sanitized indicator to implement the sanitization cycle by actuating the steam generator to heat the laundry to a predetermined temperature as sensed by the temperature sensor for a predetermined time according to the sanitization data to sanitize the laundry and to actuate the sanitized indicator upon the sanitizing of the laundry.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.