A washing machine appliance for performing timed wash cycles is provided. The washing machine appliance receives a total cycle time for a timed wash cycle. A fill time of a fill cycle portion of the timed wash cycle is determined. Then, one or more cycle times of the remaining one or more cycle portions of the timed wash cycle are adjusted based at least in part on the total cycle time and the fill time such that the timed wash cycle is completed by the total cycle time.

The present disclosure discloses a washing method of a washing machine. The washing method comprises the following steps: a, identifying information of the laundry tags when laundries with laundry tags are placed into the washing machine, and screening the laundries according to the acquired information of the laundry tags; b, starting the washing machine, and determining a washing program according to the acquired information of the laundry tags in the step a; and c, identifying the information of the laundry tags again before water inflow of the washing machine, and screening the laundries and determining the washing program according to the acquired information of the laundry tags in the step c. By using the washing method of the washing machine, the laundry identification rate of the washing machine can be increased, the misreading rate can be reduced, and the washed laundry washing effect can be improved.

A laundry treating appliance includes a wash basket defining a treating chamber, having a clothes mover in the treating chamber to agitate the clothes during a cycle of operation for cleaning. A method of operating the laundry treating appliance can include supplying a wash liquid to the treating chamber and rotating the clothes mover within the treating chamber with an electric motor operating at a first duty cycle to define a high duty cycle wash phase and at a second duty cycle to define a low duty cycle wash phase after the first duty cycle.

A washing machine appliance with smart dispensing capability is provided. The washing machine appliance has features that dispense a predetermined volume of wash additive (e.g., a detergent, fabric softener, and/or bleach) based at least in part on the viscosity of the wash additive. Methods for operating the washing machine appliance are also provided.

A clothes treating apparatus comprises a cabinet; a drum that is installed in the cabinet so as to be rotatable and accommodates objects to be treated; and a door installed on the front side of the cabinet, wherein one or more removable storage tanks are detachably provided on the door to store at least one of a detergent and a fabric softener. The fluid storage tanks are filled, in advance, with a predetermined amount of detergent and/or fabric softener sufficient for operating the clothes treating apparatus a plurality of times so that it is possible to solve the inconvenience of having to introduce a detergent and/or a fabric softener in the clothes treating apparatus whenever operating the clothes treating apparatus.

A laundry washing machine includes a wash tub that allows laundry and water to be loaded therein, a holding unit that separates some of the water in the wash tub and holds the some of the water, where the water contains a substance that was attached to the laundry and that is dissolved therein, a detection unit that detects a predetermined substance contained in the some of the water held by the holding unit and outputs information indicating a result of detection, and a laundry detergent dispenser that dispenses a laundry detergent into the wash tub or instructs a user to add the laundry detergent to the wash tub after the some of the water is separated.

A washing machine appliance, including methods for operation thereof, is provided herein. The washing machine appliance may include a cabinet, a user interface, a tub, a rotation element, a motor, and a controller. The user interface may be mounted to the cabinet. The tub may be housed within the cabinet. The rotation element may be rotatably mounted within the tub. The motor may be in mechanical communication with the rotation element to selectively rotate the rotation element within the tub. The controller may be in operative communication with the motor and the user interface. The controller may be configured to initiate a washing operation.

Device (1) for dispensing laundry product according to a predetermined recipe, having five reservoirs (6a, 6b, 6c, 6d, 6e) containing different laundry product components which are dispensed according to input from the user, wherein the device (1) may be integral to a washing machine or standalone.

The invention relates to methods for providing laundry product and a device (1) for dispensing laundry product according to a recipe. The laundry product is dispensed as a result of input by the user. The device has reservoirs (17a, 17b, 17c) containing different laundry product components which are dispensed according to input from the user. The device (1) may be integral to a washing machine (10) or stand-alone.

A method of treating laundry in a laundry treating appliance having a treating chamber for receiving the laundry for treatment according to an automatic cycle of operation implemented by a controller of the laundry treating appliance includes receiving by the controller an input indicative of the laundry comprising at least one new laundry item.