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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7891115 | Material drying system A material drying apparatus for removing moisture from material positioned in an envelope interior. The apparatus comprises an inlet structure, an air removal assembly to remove air from the interior, and a moisture removal assembly for removing moisture from gases ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7448145 | Dryer control method and dryer using the same A dryer and a dryer control method using a sensing unit and a timer to vary drying operations depending on the state of drying laundry are disclosed. The method for controlling an automatic dryer having a drying part including a heater, a fan, and a drum includes th... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7425688 | Heating assembly for a tumble dryer A heating assembly for heating a hot air stream flowing in a flow passage of a tumble dryer. The heating assembly is configured for installation in the flow passage and comprises at least one heating element and at least one temperature sensor. The heating element i... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7353624 | Clothing drying machine and method for sensing dryness level using the same A clothing drying machine, which terminates drying operation when a dryness level of the drying machine reaches a target level desired by a user, and a method for sensing the dryness level using the same. The method includes counting the frequency of a case, in whic... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7347008 | System and method for controlling the operating parameters of a setting system A system includes a device for setting a material, such as ink, deposited on a textile or graphic. A programmable logic controller includes a power intensity selector and an application module and is operably connected to the device. The application module is capabl... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7313874 | Dryer and method for controlling the same A dryer is disclosed. The dryer includes dryer includes a door opening sensing unit sensing an opening of a door, a heater heating air provided in a drum, and a microcomputer determining an error in the heater based on an internal temperature condition of the drum, ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7310893 | Household appliance with user selected default settings A household appliance functions according to multiple operating cycles, wherein each operating cycle comprises at least one step characterized by a parameter having a factory-set default value. A user can access a controller of the household appliance through a user... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7194823 | Clothes drier A clothes drying apparatus includes a heat pump mechanism, an air path for guiding drying air into a drying drum accommodating therein clothes, a blower for supplying drying air to the air path, and a controller for controlling a driving of a compressor, wherein the... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7171763 | Dryer control method and dryer using the same A dryer and a dryer control method using a sensing unit and a timer to vary drying operations depending on the state of drying laundry are disclosed. The method for controlling an automatic dryer having a drying part including a heater, a fan, and a drum includes th... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7127832 | Control method of clothes dryer and apparatus thereof Disclosed are a control method of a clothes drier capable of preventing a laundry damage due to an over-drying and capable of decreasing a power dissipation, and an apparatus thereof. The control method of a clothes drier comprises the steps of: dividing a section t... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7082695 | Power-saving drying machine control A power-saving drying machine control method used in a drying machine is disclosed to include the steps of (a) enabling the temperature (or relative humidity) control unit of a central control unit to start working and to detect the temperature (or relative humidity... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7024801 | Drying apparatus having front support mounting assembly In a drying apparatus having a drum and a front support mounting assembly, a front support is fixed directly to a cabinet using fixing brackets, to maintain a consistent distance between opposing surfaces of the drum and the front support. The front support mounting... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6941678 | Sensor assembly for automatic dryer A sensor assembly is provided for an automatic drying machine having a rotatable drum containing a load of wet clothes to be dried wherein at least one sensing element is disposed on a surface of an elongated sensor body and is exposed to inside of the drum so as to... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6941674 | Method and apparatus for detecting residual drying time of clothes dryer In a method and an apparatus for detecting a residual drying time of a clothes dryer, by detecting a quantity of moisture contained in clothes in a clothes dryer and displaying a residual clothes drying time on the basis of the detected moisture quantity, a residual... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6931760 | Dryer control method and apparatus using the same A dryer control method provides for selection among a plurality of dryness levels so that the user may select a desired degree of dryness for any given type of laundry. The method includes steps of selecting one among a plurality of dryness levels; driving a drying ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6928749 | Laundry dryer A laundry drier determines an amount of laundry placed in the drier's drum and controls a dry pattern based on the amount of laundry. The laundry drier includes a rotatable drum having an interior for holding laundry; a moisture sensor, installed with respect to the... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6928745 | Clothes dryer with control panel seal An appliance with an internal working space has a door to provide access to the working space. A control panel is operatively mounted on the appliance. A seal mounted on the door sealingly engages with an upright wall on the control panel when the door is closed to ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6907680 | Method for drying laundry and machine implementing such a method Method for drying laundry and a machine able to implement such a method, which provides for the use of only one electric resistance for heating the air utilized for drying purposes. According to the invention, during the starting phase of the drying process, ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6775923 | Laundry drier control method A laundry drier control method is provided, by which drying time is dynamically controlled according to an amount and type of a drying object, using a calculated medium temperature to determine a medium temperature time. The method includes steps of initiating a dry... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6751888 | Clothes dryer adaptive heater control A control system for a clothes dryer including a temperature sensor and a thermostat for regulating at least one dryer heating element is provided. The control system includes a microcomputer programmed to compensate for a conflict between the thermostat temperature... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6446357 | Fuzzy logic control for an electric clothes dryer A method and apparatus for controlling the drying cycle of a dryer by utilizing fuzzy logic control. Control is accomplished by first monitoring the moisture level of a clothes load in the dryer. From the monitored moisture information, variables such as ... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6216362 | Method and apparatus for control of the cooling rate of cast steel railway wheels The disclosure provides an apparatus for controlling the rate of heat transfer from as-cast railroad wheels after their removal from the mold utilizing a plurality of vertically adjustable caps with a cap positioned over each wheel to control the rate of ... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6185841 | Enhanced heat transfer system A method and apparatus for heating or cooling a solid material (93) in a process vessel (80) is disclosed. The Method includes supplying a working fluid to a vessel which holds a packed bed (93) of the solid material. The method is characterised by revers... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6122840 | Systems and methods for determining drying time for a clothes dryer A clothes dryer includes a control system for determining the drying time for a partial load in a clothes dryer. The system includes a humidity sensor, a signal processor, and a fuzzy logic control system. The humidity sensor generates a humidity signal r... | 09/26/2000 |
| 5901464 | E-1 twin tower air dryer for an air compressor unit A twin tower air drying system for cleaning and drying a stream of unpurified pressurized air including a centrifugal separator having a baffle horizontally disposed therein to generally separate the centrifugal chamber into an upper sub-chamber and a low... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5852881 | Clothes dryer The inventive clothes dryer is provided with a system for preventing the overheating of the clothes in the drum caused by the abnormality in the V-belt, such as the break or derailment thereof. By the system, the power supply to the motor is halted tempor... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5737852 | Dryness control for clothes dryer A dryness control circuit for a household clothes dryer including a power supply circuit and a moisture sensing circuit. The power supply circuit converts high voltage AC power into low voltage, DC power. The low voltage, DC power is supplied to the moist... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5729914 | Preconditioned paperboard containers and method and apparatus for making the same Containers and a method for forming such containers having larger brims with reduced brim curl defects is disclosed including providing a plurality of container blanks for forming containers, forming a plurality of container shells from the plurality of b... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5704135 | Instant photographic print drying device An instant photographic print drying device. The device has a stand which carries a fan and a heating coil. Downstream of the fan the photograph is held in place by clips. A timer is provided which can be set to a prescribed time to dry the photographs. A... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704136 | Drying operation adjusting method for washing machine A method of controlling the drying operation of a washing machine which comprising proceeding with an initial drying operation by applying a power voltage to a motor for a predetermined period of time according to the volume of laundry being treated; proc... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5673497 | Clothes dryer temperature control system A clothes dryer temperature control system or circuit is provided with a thermally biased thermostat adjacent to the air outlet of the drying drum. Further, a thermally biased control thermostat is provided adjacent the air inlet of the dryer drum. The tw... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5651193 | Grain dryer and control system therefor A grain dryer for providing a controlled drying process through a housing. The housing has a path for grain to be dried such that the grain is dried as the grain moves along the path. The grain dryer also has a fan and heater assembly for supplying heated... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5651194 | Apparatus and method for controlling reversible dryer A dryer and a method for controlling a dryer for drying items in a rotating drum by supplying hot air therein. In the rotating drum, electrodes are provided in a position at which the items in the rotating drum enable to come into contact with the items. ... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5619614 | Appliance electronic control system with programmable and reconfigurable fuzzy logic controller An electronic control system, particularly adaptable to coin-operated laundry appliances, which enables owners of such machines to customize machine operation. Laundry parameters are stored in random access memory, and timing functions are performed in co... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5444924 | Electronic control of clothes dryer A control system for a clothes dryer is disclosed. A microprocessor monitors the heated inlet air temperature and the exhaust temperature. If the inlet temperature exceeds a high limit value a given number of times, an air blockage indicator is activated.... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5443541 | Dual element electrical clother dryer with single element interrupt circuit This invention relates to a clothes dryer which can successfully cope with operation when the air circulation path is partially blocked. The dryer is of a type having dual heating elements and during conditions where blocking exists, the heat generation i... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5410230 | Variable speed HVAC without controller and responsive to a conventional thermostat A system for conditioning air in a space by heating or cooling the air to change its temperature. A thermostat located within the space generates a two state temperature signal having a cyclic parameter which corresponds to the temperature of the air in t... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5402586 | Device for controlling drying period of time in a washing machine A device for controlling a drying period of time in a washing machine which can control drying of laundry with an optimum period of time, comprises a non-conductive pipe arranged to drain water extracted from laundry well, a transmission voltage generatin... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5345694 | Drying machine A clothes drying machine has a drum where clothes to be dried are placed. A detection electrodes of a degree-of-dryness detecting circuit are positioned in the drum, by which a microcomputer determines whether the clothes are dried. The drying machine has... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5299365 | Electric dryer circuit system An electric dryer circuit system is disclosed consisted of a 110 V/220 V power voltage selection switch, a low/high/off power switch, a load circuit, an automatic circuit breaker, a DC power converter, a timer and display system, a driver system, an autom... | 04/05/1994 |
