Patent ID: 9279206
Filing Date: 2016-03-08
CPC Classification: D06F

Claim Text:
1. A method for operating a laundry treating appliance having a rotating treating chamber for receiving a laundry load formed of multiple articles for treatment, a motor rotating the treating chamber, and a controller operably coupled to the motor to control the rotation of the treating chamber according to a cycle of operation, the method comprising: a) rotating the treating chamber, with a laundry load therein, at a first rotational speed; b) determining a presence of an imbalance in the laundry load; and c) forming a counterbalance to the determined imbalance with a subset of the multiple articles forming the laundry load by controlling a rotational speed of the treating chamber to satellize the subset of the multiple articles into a counterbalancing mass substantially diametrically opposite to the present imbalance.