公开(公告)号：US20180355549A1

公开(公告)日：2018-12-13

申请号：US16106736

申请日：2018-08-21

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： PETER I. BILIONIS ,  TIMOTHY E. HEATER

IPC: D06F58/28 ,  D06F39/04 ,  D06F33/02 ,  D06F35/00 ,  D06F29/00

Abstract: A washing machine can have at least one heating element and be configured to perform a cycle of operation. A method of operation of the washing machine can include signaling a relay circuit to switch operation of the at least one heating element. A washing machine and a dryer can each have at least one heating element and be configured to perform a cycle of operation. The washing machine and dryer can be connected to a shared power source. A method of sharing power between the washing machine and the dryer can include allocating power between the washing machine and the dryer.

公开(公告)号：US20180230640A1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-16

申请号：US15434527

申请日：2017-02-16

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： PETER I. BILIONIS ,  TIMOTHY E. HEATER

IPC: D06F58/28 ,  D06F33/02 ,  D06F35/00 ,  D06F39/04 ,  D06F29/00

CPC classification number: D06F58/28 ,  D06F29/005 ,  D06F33/02 ,  D06F35/00 ,  D06F39/04 ,  D06F2058/289 ,  D06F2202/12 ,  D06F2204/04

Abstract: A pair of laundry treating appliances having power sharing capabilities through a piggyback plug with a rear facing electric socket. The rear facing electric socket is designed to receive a power plug from a compatible laundry treating appliance. The piggyback plug is connected to a terminal block of one of the laundry treating appliance wherein the terminal block is adapted to be selectively connected to one of a 120V or 240V electric power source. A controller is adapted with an algorithm to prevent electrical overloading by automatically reducing the electrical power consumed by one of the appliance when simultaneous energization of both appliances occur.