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Method of automatically controlling the drying process in a laundry-drying system, and equipment for performing the method

US4412389A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 6, 1981
Grant dateNov 1, 1983
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Expiry dateAug 6, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD06F2105/58
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

Method and device of automatically controlling the drying process of a laundry drying system until a given desired degree of dryness is reached, including heating means, a drive for the drying system, a control device for controlling the drive and heating means, and means for supplying system-related fixed data concerning the drying of particular laundry, which includes determining the gradient of rising temperature in the drying system during a given early phase of the drying process, calculating a required operating time for the heating means and the drive from the determined gradient and the system-related fixed data, and feeding the calculated operating time as an input to the control device.

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