Invention Grant
US08381341B2 Method and apparatus for determining load size in a washing machine
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用于确定洗衣机中的负荷大小的方法和装置
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for determining load size in a washing machine
- Patent Title (中): 用于确定洗衣机中的负荷大小的方法和装置
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Application No.: US12209466Application Date: 2008-09-12
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Publication No.: US08381341B2Publication Date: 2013-02-26
- Inventor: Jenn-Yeu Nieh , James Andrew Oskins
- Applicant: Jenn-Yeu Nieh , James Andrew Oskins
- Applicant Address: US MI Benton Harbor
- Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
- Current Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Benton Harbor
- Agency: McGarry Bair PC
- Agent Clifton G. Green
- Main IPC: D06F35/00
- IPC: D06F35/00

Abstract:
A method and apparatus according to one embodiment for determining laundry load size in an automatic clothes washer includes supplying water to predetermined water levels higher than a saturate water level and determining the amount of water supplied to reach each predetermined water level from a prior water level, and determining a load size based on the determined amount of water supplied between the current predetermined water level and the prior water level.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100064445A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING LOAD SIZE IN A WASHING MACHINE Public/Granted day:2010-03-18
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