Patent ID: 9493897
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: D06F,G05D

Claim Text:
1. A method of operating a laundry treating appliance having a rotatable drum at least partially defining a treating chamber for receiving a laundry load for treatment according to an automatic cycle of operation and a ball balance ring mounted to a rotatable drum and defining an internal raceway in which a plurality of balls are located, the method comprising: rotating the drum at or above a satellizing speed; determining when the plurality of balls is angularly aligned with an imbalance of laundry in the drum during the rotation of the drum based on a peak torque of a motor rotating the drum; determining when in the future the plurality of balls will be angularly opposite the imbalance of laundry in the rotatable drum based on the determination of angular alignment of the plurality of balls and the imbalance; and accelerating a rotational speed of the drum through a natural frequency of the laundry treating appliance when the plurality of balls is determined to be angularly opposite the imbalance of laundry in the rotatable drum.