Control and wash cycle for activation and deactivation of chemistry in the wash bath of an automatic washer

• Main Authors: RIEHLE ROBERT D, KAEDING JANICE M, YUSUF ZAKI, AYKROYD TIMOTHY NICHOLAS, DOYLE COLLEEN M, LUCKMAN JOEL ADAM, WRIGHT TREMITCHELL, HENDRICKSON MICHAEL STEPHEN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 01.11.2011
• Subjects: FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; LAUNDERING; LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILEARTICLES; TEXTILES; TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE

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 operational control over activators and deactivators for members of the additives group. 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 and operating the activators and deactivators at selected times during the wash cycle.