公开(公告)号：US20230243085A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-03

申请号：US18133737

申请日：2023-04-12

Applicant: Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag

Inventor： Federico Del Maschio ,  Giorgio Pattarello

IPC: D06F58/38 ,  D06F105/56 ,  D06F103/04 ,  D06F25/00 ,  D06F105/12 ,  D06F103/38 ,  D06F103/08 ,  D06F103/10

CPC classification number: D06F58/38 ,  D06F2105/56 ,  D06F2103/04 ,  D06F25/00 ,  D06F2105/12 ,  D06F2103/38 ,  D06F2103/08 ,  D06F2103/10

Abstract: An appliance having a drying chamber for performing a drying cycle, a capacitive sensing arrangement within the drying chamber and configured to generate an electric signal indicative of a degree of humidity of a load contained in the drying chamber, and a control unit arranged for carrying out at least one among: estimating a mass of the load; estimating a residual humidity of the load; estimating a residual time to the end of the drying cycle, and detecting an end of the drying cycle according to the electric signal.

公开(公告)号：US20240295064A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-05

申请号：US18575388

申请日：2022-06-30

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Dami CHOE

IPC: D06F34/32 ,  A61L2/07 ,  A61L2/24 ,  D06F25/00 ,  D06F34/18 ,  D06F34/30 ,  D06F39/08 ,  D06F39/40 ,  D06F58/20 ,  D06F103/08 ,  D06F103/62 ,  D06F105/40 ,  D06F105/52 ,  D06F105/58

CPC classification number: D06F34/32 ,  A61L2/07 ,  A61L2/24 ,  D06F25/00 ,  D06F34/18 ,  D06F34/30 ,  D06F39/088 ,  D06F39/40 ,  D06F58/203 ,  A61L2202/11 ,  A61L2202/122 ,  A61L2202/17 ,  A61L2202/26 ,  D06F2103/08 ,  D06F2103/62 ,  D06F2105/40 ,  D06F2105/52 ,  D06F2105/58

Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus including a cabinet, a drum provided inside the cabinet to accommodate laundry, a driver to provide power to rotate the drum, a steam part to supply steam to an inside of the drum, a water supply to supply water to the steam part, a manipulation portion to receive a command for selecting a course or option for performing one or more of rotation of the drum or a supply of steam to the inside of the drum, a controller to generate insufficiency information that steam is not capable of being generated, and a display portion to display the insufficiency information. The display portion can display the insufficiency information at any one of a booting time point at which power is supplied to the display portion, a selection time point of the course or option, an execution time point at which the course or option is executed, and a completion time point at which the course or option is completed, when the insufficiency information is generated.

公开(公告)号：US20240271354A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-15

申请号：US18645251

申请日：2024-04-24

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Geonho LEE ,  Dokyeong KIM ,  Minhyung LEE ,  Youngsu LEE ,  Hocheol LEE ,  Seungeun CHUNG

IPC: D06F58/36 ,  D06F34/18 ,  D06F34/26 ,  D06F34/32 ,  D06F58/08 ,  D06F58/24 ,  D06F103/04 ,  D06F103/08 ,  D06F103/46 ,  D06F103/58 ,  D06F105/30 ,  D06F105/58

CPC classification number: D06F58/36 ,  D06F34/18 ,  D06F34/26 ,  D06F34/32 ,  D06F58/08 ,  D06F58/24 ,  D06F2103/04 ,  D06F2103/08 ,  D06F2103/46 ,  D06F2103/58 ,  D06F2105/30 ,  D06F2105/58

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a dryer that performs an ice removal operation. To this end, provided are: a drum configured to receive a drying item, at least one first sensor configured to detect a presence of the drying item in the drum, a pump chamber configured to store condensate, a drain pump configured to discharge the condensate from the pump chamber, and a controller configured to, when detecting the drying item in the drum based on a signal of the at least one first sensor, limit a number of forced drains of the drain pump to reduce a water level of the pump chamber.

公开(公告)号：US20240200259A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-20

申请号：US18503895

申请日：2023-11-07

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Hyejoon SEOK ,  Minjoon JUNG ,  Hyungwoo LEE ,  Jihaeng HEO

IPC: D06F58/44 ,  D06F34/18 ,  D06F34/26 ,  D06F58/20 ,  D06F58/38

CPC classification number: D06F58/44 ,  D06F34/18 ,  D06F34/26 ,  D06F58/203 ,  D06F58/38 ,  D06F2103/08

Abstract: The dryer apparatus according to the disclosure includes a drum configured to accommodate subjects to be dried, a dryness sensor configured to sense the humidity of the subjects to be dried, a hot wind supplying device configured to provide hot wind to the drum, and at least one processor configured to, based on a user input for a predetermined drying cycle being acquired, acquire a humidity value of the subjects to be dried through the dryness sensor, based on the humidity value of the subjects to be dried being less than a threshold value, perform a washing pre-processing cycle, and based on the humidity value of the subjects to be dried being greater than or equal to the threshold value, control the hot wind supplying device to perform the predetermined drying cycle, wherein the washing pre-processing cycle includes at least one of a cycle of rotating the drum, a cycle of providing moisture to the drum, or a cycle of providing hot wind to the drum based on threshold temperature information.

公开(公告)号：US11976409B2

公开(公告)日：2024-05-07

申请号：US17050675

申请日：2019-04-25

Applicant: LAVATEC LAUNDRY TECHNOLOGY GMBH

Inventor： Wolf-Peter Graeser ,  Joachim Krause

IPC: D06F58/20 ,  D06F58/02 ,  D06F58/26 ,  D06F58/38 ,  D06F95/00 ,  D06F103/02 ,  D06F103/04 ,  D06F103/06 ,  D06F103/08 ,  D06F103/12 ,  D06F103/24 ,  D06F103/32 ,  D06F103/34 ,  D06F103/36 ,  D06F105/24 ,  D06F105/28 ,  D06F105/30 ,  D06F105/32 ,  D06F105/48

CPC classification number: D06F58/20 ,  D06F58/26 ,  D06F95/00 ,  D06F58/02 ,  D06F58/38 ,  D06F2103/02 ,  D06F2103/04 ,  D06F2103/06 ,  D06F2103/08 ,  D06F2103/12 ,  D06F2103/24 ,  D06F2103/32 ,  D06F2103/34 ,  D06F2103/36 ,  D06F2105/24 ,  D06F2105/28 ,  D06F2105/30 ,  D06F2105/32 ,  D06F2105/48

Abstract: A disclosed dryer includes a receptacle configured to contain material to be dried, an air duct configured to route recirculating air and/or fresh air to the receptacle, a heating device configured to heat the recirculating air, and at least one sensor. The sensor is configured to determine a relative humidity and/or temperature, and the air duct includes at least one adjusting element configured to modify a portion of recirculating air routed to the receptacle. The dryer further includes a control or regulating device configured to control or regulate the portion of recirculating air routed to the receptacle and/or a heating capacity of the heating device during a drying process. A disclosed method includes controlling a portion of recirculating air routed to the receptacle and/or a heating capacity of the heating device. Further, a mixture of recirculating air and fresh air are varied during heat-up, drying, and cool-down phases.

公开(公告)号：US11913160B2

公开(公告)日：2024-02-27

申请号：US17532063

申请日：2021-11-22

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： Barbara A. Balinski ,  Floyd G. Jackson ,  Karl David McAllister

IPC: D06F25/00 ,  D06F34/18 ,  D06F34/20 ,  D06F39/04 ,  D06F58/38 ,  D06F103/08 ,  D06F103/36 ,  D06F105/24 ,  D06F103/02 ,  D06F103/40 ,  D06F105/12 ,  D06F105/22 ,  D06F105/28 ,  D06F105/30 ,  D06F101/00

CPC classification number: D06F39/04 ,  D06F58/38 ,  D06F25/00 ,  D06F34/18 ,  D06F34/20 ,  D06F2101/00 ,  D06F2103/02 ,  D06F2103/08 ,  D06F2103/36 ,  D06F2103/40 ,  D06F2105/12 ,  D06F2105/22 ,  D06F2105/24 ,  D06F2105/28 ,  D06F2105/30

Abstract: A method of operating a laundry treating appliance for treating laundry according to a treating cycle of operation. The laundry treating appliance comprises a treating chamber for receiving the laundry that is selectively accessible through a door movable between opened and closed positions. The method comprises determining at the end of a laundry treating cycle whether the door has been opened and subsequently reclosed and reducing humidity in the treating chamber after the determination that the door has been reclosed.

公开(公告)号：US20240044068A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-08

申请号：US18488540

申请日：2023-10-17

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： Barbara A. BALINKSI ,  Floyd G. JACKSON ,  Karl David McALLISTER

IPC: D06F39/04 ,  D06F58/38

CPC classification number: D06F39/04 ,  D06F58/38 ,  D06F2103/08

Abstract: A method of operating a laundry treating appliance for treating laundry according to a treating cycle of operation. The laundry treating appliance comprises a treating chamber for receiving the laundry that is selectively accessible through a door movable between opened and closed positions. The method comprises determining at the end of a laundry treating cycle whether the door has been opened and subsequently reclosed and reducing humidity in the treating chamber after the determination that the door has been reclosed.

公开(公告)号：US20230265592A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-24

申请号：US18141006

申请日：2023-04-28

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： JAMES P. CAROW ,  MOEED MUKHTAR ,  SANJIDA TAMANNA

IPC: D06F34/26 ,  D06F58/40

CPC classification number: D06F34/26 ,  D06F58/40 ,  D06F2103/08

Abstract: A method and system for drying laundry in a laundry treating appliance. The laundry treating appliance having a treating chamber in which the laundry is received for drying. The method comprising supplying air to the treating chamber, exhausting the supplied air from the treating chamber, actuating a heater to a first temperature value, actuating the heater to a second temperature value, and maintaining a maximum evaporation rate.

公开(公告)号：US20230220607A1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-13

申请号：US17571627

申请日：2022-01-10

Applicant: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.

Inventor： David Scott Dunn ,  Jivko Ognianov Djerekarov ,  Daniele Martinello

IPC: D06F58/38 ,  D06F34/18

CPC classification number: D06F58/38 ,  D06F34/18 ,  D06F2103/08

Abstract: A dryer appliance, a controller, and a method for operation are provided. The controller is configured to execute steps of a method including receiving an input indicative of a drying cycle end time; determining a moisture extraction rate based at least in part on the received input indicative of drying cycle end time, the moisture extraction rate indicative of a rate at which moisture is removed from articles within a chamber of the dryer appliance; determining a rate of change of moisture extraction rate corresponding to the drying cycle end time; and adjusting a condensation rate based at least on the rate of change of moisture extraction rate and the received input indicative of the drying cycle end time.

公开(公告)号：US11686041B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-27

申请号：US16472996

申请日：2016-12-28

Applicant: Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag

Inventor： Federico Del Maschio ,  Giorgio Pattarello

IPC: D06F58/38 ,  D06F103/04 ,  D06F103/10 ,  D06F103/38 ,  D06F103/08 ,  D06F105/12 ,  D06F105/56 ,  D06F25/00

CPC classification number: D06F58/38 ,  D06F25/00 ,  D06F2103/04 ,  D06F2103/08 ,  D06F2103/10 ,  D06F2103/38 ,  D06F2105/12 ,  D06F2105/56

Abstract: An appliance having a drying chamber for performing a drying cycle, a capacitive sensing arrangement within the drying chamber and configured to generate an electric signal indicative of a degree of humidity of a load contained in the drying chamber, and a control unit arranged for carrying out at least one among: estimating a mass of the load; estimating a residual humidity of the load; estimating a residual time to the end of the drying cycle, and detecting an end of the drying cycle according to the electric signal.