HIRAK CHANDA - SAINT JOSEPH MI, US MICHAEL L. JACKEMEYER - BUCHANAN MI, US CHRISTOPH J. MILLER - SAINT JOSEPH MI, US JAMES A. OSKINS - SAINT JOSEPH MI, US ANDRE PETRONILHO - RIO CLARA, BR ROBERT A. SCHEITLIN - SAINT JOSEPH MI, US JON D. STRAIT - SAINT JOSEPH MI, US MATTHEW S. WASSON - SAINT JOSEPH MI, US
Assignee:
WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION - BENTON HARBOR MI
International Classification:
D06L 1/20 D06F 33/00
US Classification:
8137, 68 1216
Abstract:
A method and apparatus determines a load size of a laundry load located in a laundry treating appliance having a drum defining a treatment chamber that is rotated by a motor based on a given amount of energy applied to the motor, and a measurement of coast time after the given amount of energy is removed.