Clothes dryer with neurocontrol device
US5172490A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 5, 1991 |
| Grant date | Dec 22, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 5, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S706/906
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A clothes dryer of the dehumidification type is disclosed in which hot air induced by a heater is circulated from a drying compartment through a heat exchanger. A volume, wetness, wetness unevenness, temperature, temperature unevenness of clothes to be dried and the temperature of the hot air blown out of the drying compartment are detected by respective detectors. Results of detection are input to a control device incorporating a neural network. The control device operates in the manner of neurocontrol to control a volume of outside air supplied to the heat exchanger and a heating value of the heater.
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