Patent ID: 9523170
Filing Date: 2016-12-20
CPC Classification: D06F

Claim Text:
1. A method of washing items in an automatic washer having a wash chamber rotatable about a central axis, the method comprising the steps of: receiving items into the wash chamber; supplying wash liquid into the wash chamber; oscillating the wash chamber about the central axis during a wash cycle for at least twenty periods, each period having one clockwise rotation movement, and one counter-clockwise movement, and each period occupying a certain time duration in the range of about 0.5 seconds to about 8 seconds; receiving, by a controller of the automatic washer, an input related to the items received into the wash chamber; determining, by the controller, at least one of a first time duration or a second time duration for each period based on the configuration information wherein each of the first time duration and second time duration is at least one of a random time duration or a predetermined time duration; and, switching the time duration of the rotation movements for the periods multiple times during the wash cycle, including from the first time duration, to the second, different, time duration, back to the first time duration and back again to the second time duration, based on the input related to the items received into the wash chamber, during substantially the entire wash cycle.