公开(公告)号：US11447910B2

公开(公告)日：2022-09-20

申请号：US17011896

申请日：2020-09-03

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Jungchul Choi ,  Sungmo Lee ,  Jeonghoon Kang ,  Hyungwoo Lee

IPC: F26B13/10 ,  D06F58/38 ,  D06F58/46 ,  D06F103/04 ,  D06F103/10 ,  D06F105/32 ,  D06F105/46 ,  D06F105/56

Abstract: A controlling method for a dryer is provided. The controlling method includes the steps of rotating a drum in a first direction and a second direction which is an opposite direction to the first direction by a motor, measuring the load of the motor and identifying the weight of drying materials based on the lower motor load among the load of the motor measured during rotation in the first direction and the load of the motor measured during rotation in the second direction.

公开(公告)号：US11377779B2

公开(公告)日：2022-07-05

申请号：US14647609

申请日：2013-11-20

Applicant: Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V.

Inventor： Francesco Cavarretta ,  Elena Pesavento ,  Maurizio Ugel

IPC: D06F58/38 ,  D06F103/10 ,  D06F103/34 ,  D06F103/36 ,  D06F103/38 ,  D06F103/44 ,  D06F105/24 ,  D06F105/46 ,  D06F103/04 ,  D06F103/32 ,  D06F105/28 ,  D06F105/32 ,  D06F105/48 ,  D06F101/20

Abstract: A method is provided for controlling a drying cycle of a laundry dryer having a laundry drum and an air stream fan for circulating drying air through said laundry drum. The method includes the steps of: starting a drying cycle (14); performing the drying cycle (16); detecting an electric resistance and/or conductivity of the laundry during the drying cycle (16) for estimating a dryness level of the laundry; comparing the electric resistance and/or conductivity of the laundry with an end cycle condition (20; 28, 30; 36); and finishing the drying cycle (16), if the end cycle condition (20; 28, 30; 36) is fulfilled. The end cycle condition (20; 28, 30; 36) depends on the rotation speed (SD) of the laundry drum and/or on the rotation speed (SF) of the air stream fan.

公开(公告)号：US11920272B2

公开(公告)日：2024-03-05

申请号：US16978004

申请日：2018-03-07

Applicant: Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag

Inventor： Federico Del Maschio ,  Giorgio Pattarello ,  Lorenzo Corso

IPC: D06F34/18 ,  D06F58/04 ,  D06F58/38 ,  D06F103/10 ,  D06F105/52

CPC classification number: D06F34/18 ,  D06F58/04 ,  D06F58/38 ,  D06F2103/10 ,  D06F2105/52

Abstract: A laundry appliance having: a treatment chamber; and a humidity measuring arrangement for measuring the humidity of at least one item to be treated. The humidity measuring arrangement has a sensing capacitor and a capacitance sensing unit for measuring a capacitance of the sensing capacitor and obtaining an indication of the humidity of the item to be treated according to the measured capacitance. The sensing capacitor has first and second electrical conductors and a dielectric. A volume of the chamber forms part of the dielectric. The appliance has an extension member configured to be positioned within the chamber for extending the first electrical conductor within the laundry treatment chamber. The extension member has an extension conductor and a coupling conductor, and the extension conductor can be electrically coupled to the first electrical conductor through a capacitive coupling via the coupling electrical conductor.

公开(公告)号：US11486081B2

公开(公告)日：2022-11-01

申请号：US16977997

申请日：2018-03-07

Applicant: Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag

Inventor： Giorgio Pattarello ,  Federico Del Maschio

IPC: D06F58/34 ,  D06F103/10 ,  D06F103/00 ,  D06F105/00 ,  D06F105/56 ,  D06F105/58 ,  D06F105/60 ,  D06F34/14 ,  D06F34/18 ,  D06F34/32

Abstract: A laundry treatment appliance having a humidity measuring arrangement comprising a sensing unit for sensing an electric parameter associated with a laundry load housed in a laundry treatment chamber, a processing unit for determining the humidity of the laundry load according to the sensed electric parameter, and a conductive element electrically coupled to the processing unit and arranged such that, when an at least partially conductive body is in proximity of the conductive element, an electric signal is generated by capacity coupling between the conductive element and the least partially conductive body, wherein the processing unit is configured to access a presence or absence of a user near the appliance according to a pattern of the electric signal at the processing unit.

公开(公告)号：US10718083B2

公开(公告)日：2020-07-21

申请号：US16091025

申请日：2017-02-16

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Taewan Kim

IPC: D06F58/30 ,  D06F58/04 ,  D06F58/20 ,  D06F58/38 ,  D06F58/50 ,  D06F103/00 ,  D06F103/02 ,  D06F103/10 ,  D06F103/34 ,  D06F103/44 ,  D06F105/46

Abstract: A method for controlling a laundry processing apparatus, according to an embodiment of the present invention, is a method for controlling a clothes processing apparatus, comprising the steps of: inputting a “drying” start command; forwardly rotating a drying drum and a drying fan; supplying hot air into the drying drum; operating a timer so as to calculate drying time; and operating a dryness sensor so as to detect the dryness of laundry, wherein a controller determines that the laundry is tangled, if a dryness sensing value (K) detected by the dryness sensor is greater than or equal to a first set value (k1) before a first set time (T1) elapses after “drying” starts, and the controller performs a primary laundry untangling process for reversely rotating the drying drum for a second set time (T2).

公开(公告)号：US12234599B2

公开(公告)日：2025-02-25

申请号：US17357284

申请日：2021-06-24

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Hyuksoo Lee ,  Woohee Kang ,  Taewoong Kim

IPC: D06F58/48 ,  D06F58/20 ,  D06F103/10 ,  D06F103/50 ,  D06F105/26 ,  D06F105/48

Abstract: Disclosed is a laundry treating apparatus including a cabinet, a drum, a fluid circulator including a compressor sensor, an air circulator including a fan, a driver including a first driver and a second driver, and a controller, wherein a drying operation includes an efficiency increasing process for increasing drying efficiency inside the drum, an efficiency maintaining process for maintaining the drying efficiency, and an efficiency decreasing process for reducing the drying efficiency, wherein the controller performs the drying operation while distinguishing the efficiency increasing process, the efficiency maintaining process, and the efficiency decreasing process from each other through a measured value of the compressor sensor.

公开(公告)号：US11248333B2

公开(公告)日：2022-02-15

申请号：US16212635

申请日：2018-12-06

Applicant: WATERGEN Ltd.

Inventor： Sharon Dulberg ,  Arye Kohavi

IPC: D06F58/20 ,  F26B21/00 ,  D06F58/38 ,  D06F101/14 ,  D06F103/08 ,  D06F103/36 ,  D06F103/38 ,  D06F105/24 ,  D06F103/10 ,  D06F103/30 ,  D06F103/32 ,  D06F103/34 ,  D06F105/58 ,  D06F37/42 ,  D06F58/26

Abstract: A dryer apparatus is disclosed comprising a container having a container inlet and outlet, a pump that is configured to motivate a first air-vapor mixture flow via the container inlet and via the container outlet, a heating device configured to heat the first air-vapor mixture, a selector with at least two states, a compressor that is configured to compress and motivate a part of the first air-vapor mixture flow as a second air-vapor mixture flow, to flow through a first heat exchanger and to flow through a second heat exchanger and a pressure reducing device that is configured to reduce the pressure of said second air-vapor mixture downstream said first heat exchanger. The selector is configured to direct most of the first air-vapor mixture to flow in a closed cycle through the container, or configured to exchange most of the first air-vapor mixture with air located outside the apparatus.

公开(公告)号：US11168437B2

公开(公告)日：2021-11-09

申请号：US16657083

申请日：2019-10-18

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Jin Young Choi ,  Da Eun Kim ,  Sun Soo Kim ,  Dong Woo Lee ,  Seung Eun Chung ,  Jin Han Kim ,  Hyun Soo Park ,  Sung Chan Yun ,  Seok-Mo Chang

IPC: F26B13/10 ,  D06F58/12 ,  D06F58/38 ,  D06F103/02 ,  D06F103/10 ,  D06F103/12 ,  D06F103/34 ,  D06F103/44 ,  D06F105/46 ,  D06F105/52 ,  D06F34/32

Abstract: A dryer includes a main body, a drying chamber provided inside the main body and configured to accommodate objects to be dried, a conveying unit configured to convey the objects to be dried, a sensor unit configured to sense information on states of the objects to be dried, and a control unit configured to control the conveying unit to move the objects to be dried based on the information sensed by the sensor unit.

公开(公告)号：US10738409B2

公开(公告)日：2020-08-11

申请号：US15798759

申请日：2017-10-31

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： Andrew Adkins

IPC: D06F58/04 ,  D06F57/12 ,  D06F58/30 ,  D06F58/38 ,  D06F103/00 ,  D06F103/02 ,  D06F103/10 ,  D06F103/38 ,  D06F103/50 ,  D06F105/26

Abstract: An apparatus and method towards a laundry treating appliance for drying laundry comprising a rotatable drum at least partially defining a treating chamber and having a front and a rear where at least one conductivity sensor is located within the treating chamber, and a motor rotating the drum tumbles laundry within the treating chamber to enable contact of the laundry with the conductivity sensor.

公开(公告)号：US12060674B2

公开(公告)日：2024-08-13

申请号：US18200948

申请日：2023-05-23

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： Nicholas B. Vaive

IPC: D06F58/30 ,  D06F29/00 ,  D06F29/02 ,  D06F49/00 ,  D06F49/08 ,  D06F58/26 ,  D06F58/38 ,  D06F103/00 ,  D06F103/02 ,  D06F103/04 ,  D06F103/10 ,  D06F103/34 ,  D06F103/44 ,  D06F105/46

CPC classification number: D06F58/30 ,  D06F29/005 ,  D06F29/02 ,  D06F49/006 ,  D06F49/08 ,  D06F58/26 ,  D06F58/38 ,  D06F2103/00 ,  D06F2103/02 ,  D06F2103/04 ,  D06F2103/10 ,  D06F2103/34 ,  D06F2103/44 ,  D06F2105/46

Abstract: A method of operating a laundry treating appliance with a treating chamber for treating a load of laundry the method comprising supplying a rinse to the treating chamber during a rinse cycle, spinning the treating chamber in an extraction cycle to remove excess moisture from the load of laundry, sensing a parameter indicative of a remaining moisture content value in the load of laundry, comparing the remaining moisture content value to a pre-determined remaining moisture content value.