Method for implementing cleaning cycles in commercial washing machine appliances

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United States of America

PATENT NO 11970808
APP PUB NO 20230323583A1
SERIAL NO

17715285

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A method of operating a washing machine appliance in a commercial laundromat setting includes receiving a request to start a new wash cycle from a user of the washing machine appliance, determining that a self-clean condition exists, identifying an anticipated laundromat capacity, determining that the anticipated laundromat capacity falls below a predetermined capacity threshold, prompting the user to initiate a self-clean cycle in response to determining that the self-clean condition exists and that the anticipated laundromat capacity falls below the predetermined capacity threshold, receiving a command to initiate the self-clean cycle from the user, and initiating the self-clean cycle and providing the user with an incentive for initiating the self-clean cycle.

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  • HAIER US APPLIANCE SOLUTIONS, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Chung, Myunggeon Seoul, KR 22 0
Jo, Jaewon Seongnam-si, KR 4 0
Yoon, Je Kwon Seongnam, KR 49 20

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