WASHING MACHINE APPLIANCE AND METHODS FOR DRYING A WASH CHAMBER

    公开(公告)号:US20240011210A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-11

    申请号:US17857693

    申请日:2022-07-05

    IPC分类号: D06F33/74

    CPC分类号: D06F33/74 D06F2103/34

    摘要: A washing machine appliance may include a cabinet, a tub, a wash basket, a ventilation line, a humidity sensor, and a controller. The ventilation line may define an air path from the tub through the cabinet. The humidity sensor may be mounted along the ventilation line to detect humidity therein. The controller may be in operative communication with the humidity sensor. The controller may be configured to direct a dry cycle that includes detecting a humidity level at the humidity sensor reaching a predetermined level target, measuring an elapsed time period to detecting the humidity level, determining the elapsed time period exceeds a baseline time period, recording an excess instance in response to determining the elapsed time period exceeds the baseline time period, determining a previous excess instance corresponding to a prior dry cycle, and determining a fault condition based on the excess instance and previous excess instance.

    Odor eliminating equipment bag
    8.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11771191B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-03

    申请号:US17096233

    申请日:2020-11-12

    摘要: An equipment bag includes a shell comprising interior surfaces defining an interior volume defined by a first height, a first width, and a first length, where the shell comprises lengthwise portions forming a circumferential enclosure along the first length shell and two end portions positioned at opposite ends of the lengthwise portions enclosing the interior volume about the first height and the first width of the shell, a removable heating element, where the removable heating element includes heating panels defined by a second length and a second width, the second length corresponding to dimensions of a perimeter of the interior volume defined by the first width and the first height and the second width corresponding to the first length of the interior volume, and fasteners positioned at locations on interior surfaces of the shell such that the removable heating element is selectively attached to the interior surfaces of the shell.

    DRYER ECO CYCLE CONTROL ALGORITHM
    10.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240254684A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-01

    申请号:US18160707

    申请日:2023-01-27

    IPC分类号: D06F58/38

    摘要: A duty cycle heating portion of a drying cycle is initiated, in which a heating element of the clothes dryer is cycled on and off. An average baseline value is established for one or more of peak exhaust temperature of exhaust temperature of the clothes dryer or peak evaporation rate of evaporation rate of the clothes dryer. The duty cycle heating portion is continued until a peak delta between current exhaust temperature or the evaporation rate and the average baseline value exceeds a predefined threshold difference. The dryer transitions from the duty cycle heating portion to a continuous heating portion of the drying cycle, in which the heating element of the clothes dryer is continuously powered. The heating element is disengaged responsive to one or more criteria indicating completion of the drying cycle.