Patent ID: 8381341
Filing Date: 2013-02-26
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
1. A method for determining laundry load size in an automatic clothes washer having a laundry chamber for receiving the laundry load for treatment according to a cycle of operation, a water level sensor associated with the laundry chamber for detecting a water level in the laundry chamber, and a controller for controlling the clothes washer according to the cycle of operation, the method comprising: supplying water to a saturate water level in the laundry chamber sufficient to saturate the laundry load; supplying water to a plurality of predetermined water levels higher than the saturate water level subsequent to saturating the laundry load; determining by the controller an amount of water supplied to reach each of the plurality of predetermined water levels from a prior water level; and determining a load size by the controller based on the determined amount of water supplied between at least one of the plurality of predetermined water levels and the prior water level.