Method and apparatus for controlling the liquid filling in a laundry treating appliance

摘要

Disclosed is a method of operating a horizontal axis laundry treating appliance to correct for an error in sensing an amount of supplied liquid caused by a determined change in the attitude of an associated wash tub.

主权项

1. A laundry treating appliance configured to automatically treat laundry according to a cycle of operation, comprising:
a tub defining an interior; a drum defining a treating chamber for receiving laundry for treatment, with the drum located within the interior and rotatable about a rotational axis; a liquid supply valve selectively providing liquid to at least one of the interior and the treating chamber; a liquid level sensor providing a level output indicative of the level of the liquid in the tub; an attitude sensor providing an attitude output indicative of a change in attitude of the tub; and a controller configured for receiving the level output and the attitude output and operably coupled to the liquid supply valve to control the amount of liquid supplied for the cycle of operation based on the level of liquid indicated by the level output and using the attitude output to correct for an error in the level output induced by a change in attitude for the cycle of operation; wherein the change in attitude of the tub is based on the laundry loaded into the drum for the cycle of operation.