Patent ID: 8047024
Filing Date: 2011-11-01
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
1. A control for an automatic washer to operate the washer through a wash cycle determined based upon various soils and stains in a substrate load to be washed with a wash liquor in a wash zone of the washer, the control comprising: the control including a stain/soil sensor and an electronic input for receiving a signal indicative of detected stains/soils and displaying and also including a user interface for accepting a user input of a plurality of stain/soil type entrées, the stains/soil types represented by the entrées being able to be cleaned with a particular wash cycle, the control having dispensing control over at least one wash liquor additive from the group consisting of detergents, chlorine bleaches, color safe bleaches, cleaning boosters, oxidizing agents, pre-wash stain removers, pre-wash chemistries, switchable or tunable surfactants, wrinkle guard, color finishes, water repellency, stain guard, functional finishes, fabric softeners, water softeners, fragrances, anti-static agents, drying aids, de-wrinkling chemistries, deodorizers, surfactants, emulsifiers, enzyme activated stain removers, sudsing agents, builders, anti-redeposition polymers, in-wash stain removers and perfumes, the control having operational control over activators and separate operational control over deactivators for members of the additives group, the activators and deactivators being from the group consisting of biological, chemical and electromagnetic, and the control having 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.