Drying mode for automatic clothes dryer
US7594343B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 14, 2006 |
| Grant date | Sep 29, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 14, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
- CPC primaryD06F2105/56
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A method of drying clothes in a clothes dryer comprising a clothes chamber for receiving clothes, an air supply system for directing air through the clothes chamber, and a heater for heating the air supplied by the air supply system. The method comprises cycling the heater between an ON state by energizing the heater until a heater trip condition is met and an OFF state by deenergizing the heater until a heater reset condition is met, determining a heater off time by determining the time between the heater trip condition and the heater reset condition, and determining a drying time based on the heater off time.
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