公开(公告)号：US10443938B2

公开(公告)日：2019-10-15

申请号：US12941163

申请日：2011-02-13

申请人： Malcolm Clare Charles Armstrong

发明人： Malcolm Clare Charles Armstrong

IPC分类号： F26B19/00 ,  F26B21/08 ,  D06F58/28

摘要： The present invention provides a retrofit device to automatically shut off a clothes dryer to prevent over drying. The device includes a humidity sensor apparatus for placement inside a clothes dryer. The Sensor communicates with a Receiver device connected to an electrical wall outlet and to the electrical plug of the clothes dryer. The Receiver turns off the power to the clothes dryer when the humidity level in the clothes dryer drops to a predetermined level, as detected by the Sensor.

公开(公告)号：US20110203131A1

公开(公告)日：2011-08-25

申请号：US12941163

申请日：2011-02-13

申请人： Malcolm Clare Charles Armstrong

发明人： Malcolm Clare Charles Armstrong

IPC分类号： F26B21/06

CPC分类号： F26B21/08 ,  D06F58/28 ,  D06F2058/2819 ,  D06F2058/2838

摘要： This invention is applicable to new and old clothes dryers, even clothes dryers that have a moisture sensor built-in because this invention measures the humidity. The invention, Retrofit Moisture and Humidity Sensor and Automatic Shutoff device for Clothes Dryers, relates to an apparatus and methods for reducing energy consumption for gas and electric domestic or industrial clothes dryers by placing or retrofitting a moisture/humidity sensing apparatus inside or unto the drum of a clothes dryer. The Sensor is able to remotely/wirelessly communicate to a Receiver device. The clothes dryer is directly plugged into the Receiver. The Receiver device serves the purpose of shutting the power to the clothes dryer when the items in the clothes dryer are dry as indicated by the Sensor. The moisture/humidity detecting sensor has various levels of dryness to choose from. Although moisture detecting dryers are readily available, these types of dryers are not in the price range of most consumers. The advantage of this inexpensive power saving concept is that it does not require any mechanical alterations to the clothes dryer (unless being installed on a gas operated clothes dryer). It can be installed on older clothes dryers or newer dryers. Second, the Sensor can detect the humidity which is a far more accurate way of determining when the items are dry. In brief, the small moisture/humidity detecting sensor apparatus is placed inside the drum of the clothes dryer. The clothes dryer is directly plugged into a Receiver which is plugged into the 120V or 240V electrical outlet. When the Moisture/Humidity Sensor apparatus detects that the items are dry it wirelessly communicates to the Receiver which cuts the power to the clothes dryer. The Receiver can be overridden from on/off.

摘要翻译： 本发明适用于新旧衣物干衣机，即使是内置湿度传感器的干衣机，因为本发明测量湿度。 本发明是一种用于干衣机的改型湿度传感器和自动关闭装置，涉及一种通过将湿度/湿度传感装置放置或改装到滚筒内或将其改装成用于降低气体和家用或工业干衣机的能量消耗的装置和方法 的干衣机。 传感器能够远程/无线地与Receiver设备进行通信。 干衣机直接插入接收器。 接收器装置用于当干衣机中的物品如传感器所示的干燥时关闭干衣机的电源。 湿度/湿度检测传感器具有多种干燥度可供选择。 尽管水分检测干燥器很容易获得，但这些类型的干燥器不在大多数消费者的价格范围内。 这种廉价省电概念的优点在于它不需要对干衣机进行任何机械改动（除非安装在气动干衣机上）。 它可以安装在较旧的干衣机或较新的烘干机上。 第二，传感器可以检测湿度，这是确定物品何时干​​燥的更准确的方法。 简而言之，将小湿度/湿度检测传感器装置放置在干衣机的滚筒内。 干衣机直接插入到插入120V或240V电源插座的接收器中。 当湿度/湿度传感器装置检测到物品干燥时，它无线地与接收器通信，该接收器切断干衣机的电源。 接收器可以从开/关中覆盖。