Colleen B Doyle

US Patent:

7904985, Mar 15, 2011

Filed:

May 7, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/745015

Inventors:

Michael Stephen Hendrickson - St. Joseph MI, US
Timothy Nicholas Aykroyd - Brookline MA, US
Tremitchell Wright - Elkhart IN, US
Joel Adam Luckman - Benton Harbor MI, US
Colleen M. Doyle - Stevensville MI, US

Assignee:

Whirlpool Corporation - Benton Harbor MI

International Classification:

D06F 33/02

US Classification:

8159

Abstract:

A substrate treating appliance utilizing a plurality of different chemistries for different cycles or different wash loads with a plurality of receptacles for receiving a plurality of cartridges containing the different chemistries. Each receptacle has one half of a lock and key connection arrangement providing a unique interconnection configuration at each receptacle, relative to the remaining receptacles, permitting only a selected type of chemistry cartridge to be accepted at a particular receptacle. A connection effected between the cartridge and the receptacle occurs by rotation of the cartridge relative to the receptacle between an insertion orientation and a locking orientation. Each receptacle is shaped to receive a cylindrical mouth wall of a particular type of chemistry cartridge. Each receptacle may also be uniquely sized, relative to the remaining receptacles, to accept only a selected type of chemistry cartridge. The plurality of receptacles may be arranged adjacent to one another with each cartridge having a configuration that prevents insertion of a cartridge into a receptacle unless every cartridge located in an adjacent receptacle is rotated to the locking orientation.

US Patent:

8490440, Jul 23, 2013

Filed:

May 7, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/745088

Inventors:

Timothy Nicholas Aykroyd - Brookline MA, US
Colleen M. Doyle - Stevensville MI, US
Tremitchell Wright - Elkhart IN, US
Joel Adam Luckman - Benton Harbor MI, US
Janice M. Kaeding - Lawrence MI, US
Michael Stephen Hendrickson - St. Joseph MI, US

Assignee:

Whirlpool Corporation - Benton Harbor MI

International Classification:

D06F 33/00

US Classification:

68 1212

Abstract:

A control for an automatic washer to operate the washer through a wash cycle determined based upon various soils and stains in the substrate load to be washed with a wash liquor in a wash zone of the washer. The control has a plurality of stain/soil type entrées, which can be at least one of selected and detected, and cleaned with a particular wash cycle. The control has dispensing control over at least one wash liquor additive. The control has a user input to permit the user to customize the operation of the control with regard to the dispensing of the various wash liquor additive and a timing mechanism. The control has operational control over the particular wash cycles using the dispensing control to dispense additives to the wash liquor at selected times during the wash cycle.

US Patent:

20080276963, Nov 13, 2008

Filed:

May 7, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/744948

Inventors:

Michael Stephen Hendrickson - St. Joseph MI, US
Timothy Nicholas Aykroyd - Brookline MA, US
Joel Adam Luckman - Benton Harbor MI, US
Colleen M. Doyle - Stevensville MI, US
Tremitchell Wright - Elkhart IN, US

Assignee:

WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION - BENTON HARBOR MI

International Classification:

B08B 7/04

US Classification:

134 18

Abstract:

A wash cycle used in a clothes washer with a wash zone for receiving a load of fabric defined within a rotating drum having an outer wall. The wash cycle includes a step of dispensing a detergent wash liquor into the wash zone, washing the fabric load in the wash zone with the detergent wash liquor, dispensing an oxidizing agent wash liquor into the wash zone and washing the fabric load in the wash zone with the oxidizing agent wash liquor. The washing steps include steps of sensing for an oversuds condition. If an oversuds condition is detected, steps are undertaken to reduce the oversuds condition during the step of washing the fabric load.