ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,182, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Systems and methods for dispensing an additive for a washing machine appliance" was invented by FikreAdam Abebe Damtew (Louisville, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for operating a washing machine may include a step of receiving an input indicative of a first wash cycle command. The method may also include a step of selecting an active tank of two or more tanks based on the first wash cycle command. The method may further include a step of supplying a dose of additive to the tub from the active tank."
The patent was filed on Oct...