Control circuits for automatic clothes washing machines

Claim 1

IN AN AUTOMATIC CLOTHES WASHING MACHINE INCLUDING A TUB ADATPED TO RECEIVE CLOTHES TO BE WASHED, A WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM CONTAINING WATER UNDER GAUGE PRESSURE, VALVE MECHANISM OPEATIVE TO INTRODUCE WATER FROM SAID WATEWR SUPPLY SYSTEM INTO SAID TUB, AGITATION MECHANISM OPERATIVE TO AGITATE THE CLOTHES IN THE WATER IN SAID TUB, EXPLUSION MECHANISM OPERATIVE TO EXPEL THE WATER FROM SAID TUB AND FROM THE CLOTHES THEREIN, AND A PROGRAM CONTROLLER OPERATIVE THROUGH A TIMED CYCLE SELECTIVELY TO OPERATE SAID THREE MECHANISMS NAMED IN ORDER TO PRODUCE A CLOTHES PROCESSING PROGRAM IN SAID MACHINE AND INCLUDING A PRESELECTED FILL TIME INTERVAL AND AN AGITATION TIME INTERVAL AND AN EXPULSION TIMIE INTERVAL, WHEREIN THE VOLUME OF WATEWR THAT IS INTRODUCED FROM SAID WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM INTO SAID TUB FOR USE IN SAID CLOTHES PROCESSING PROGRAM IS DETERMINED JOINTLY BY THE PRESSURE OF THE WATER IN SAID WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM AND BY SAID PRESELECTED FULL TIME INTERVAL; THE COMBINATION COMPRISING A MANULLY OPERABLE FILL CONTROLLER SELECTIVELY PRESETTABLE INTO A NUMBER OF CONTROL POSITIONS, A DEVICE CONTROLLED BY THE PRESSURE OF THE WATER IN SAID WATEWR SUPPLY SYSTEM AND SELECTIVELY OPERATED THEREBY INTO A NUMBER OF CONTROL POSITIONS, AND APPARATUS CONTROLLED JOINTLY BY THE PRESET POSITION OF SAID FILL CONTROLLER AND BY THE OPERATED POSITION OF SAID DEVICE FOR PRESELECTING SAID FILL TIME INTERVAL, WHEREBY THE OPERATED POSITIONS OF SAID DEVICE COMPENSATE THE PRESET POSITIONSA OF SAID FILL CONTROLLER FOR VARIATIONS IN THE PRESSURE OF THE WATER IN SAID WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM.