Clothes washer wash cycle method and apparatus
CA 2446623 C · Owner: General Electric Company · Inventors: Shaffer, Timothy Scott
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A method for operating a washing machine in a wash cycle is provided. The washing machine includes a rotatable basket disposed in a wash tub and an agitator disposed in the basket. The method includes in an exemplary embodiment, adding a predetermined amount of wash liquid to the wash tub oscillating the agitator at a first speed and oscillating the agitator at a second speed that is greater than the first speed.
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- Filed October 23, 2003 and granted October 18, 2011. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 23, 2023.
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