Method for detecting satellization speed of clothes load in a horizontal axis laundry treating appliance

摘要

A laundry treating appliance may include a rotatable treating chamber for receiving a laundry load for treatment, and a motor for rotating the treating chamber, and may be operated such that during the acceleration of the laundry load toward a satellizing speed, the satellizing of the laundry load may be detected, whereby subsequent operation of the laundry treating appliance may be controlled based on the detection.

主权项

1. A method of operating a laundry treating appliance having a rotatable drum defining a treating chamber for receiving a laundry load for treatment, and a motor for rotating the treating chamber, the method comprising:
accelerating the rotational speed of the treating chamber from a non-satellizing speed to a satellizing speed by increasing the rotational speed of the motor; generating a first torque signal indicative of the motor torque over time for at least a portion of the accelerating; comparing the shape of the first torque signal to the shape of a second torque signal indicative of rotating the treating chamber when the laundry load is satellized within the treating chamber; and determining the laundry load is satellized when the shape of the first torque signal matches the shape of the second torque signal.