Method of operating a household appliance
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1. A method of operating a household appliance having a treating chamber in which is received an article for treatment, a treating chemistry dispenser configured to receive a single unit dose container of treating chemistry, and a controller for executing at least one cycle of operation, the method comprising:
- physically altering the single unit dose container in conjunction with a first cycle of operation to define a physically altered single unit dose container;
sensing, by a sensor, the physically altered single unit dose container in conjunction with the first cycle of operation;
executing a remainder of the first cycle of operation after the sensing of the physically altered single unit dose container;
determining a presence of a physical alteration of the physically altered single unit dose container, in conjunction with a second cycle of operation; and
when the presence of the physical alteration of the physically altered single unit dose container is determined, providing an indication of the determination via a user interface.
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Abstract
A household appliance having a treating chamber in which is received an article for treatment, a treating chemistry dispenser configured to receive a unit dose container for the treating chemistry, and a controller for executing at least one cycle of operation and a method of operating the household appliance to physically alter a unit dose container in conjunction with a cycle of operation and sensing same.
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1. A method of operating a household appliance having a treating chamber in which is received an article for treatment, a treating chemistry dispenser configured to receive a single unit dose container of treating chemistry, and a controller for executing at least one cycle of operation, the method comprising:
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physically altering the single unit dose container in conjunction with a first cycle of operation to define a physically altered single unit dose container; sensing, by a sensor, the physically altered single unit dose container in conjunction with the first cycle of operation; executing a remainder of the first cycle of operation after the sensing of the physically altered single unit dose container; determining a presence of a physical alteration of the physically altered single unit dose container, in conjunction with a second cycle of operation; and when the presence of the physical alteration of the physically altered single unit dose container is determined, providing an indication of the determination via a user interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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