Method for controlling combined sensing type clothes dryer
Patent 5347727 Issued on September 20, 1994. Estimated Expiration Date: 
December 21, 2012. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
December 21, 2012. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesTumbler dryer for the drying of laundry Drying machine Apparatus and method for controlling a drying cool-down cycle of a clothes dryer Clothes dryer with neurocontrol device Patent #: 5172490 InventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 994519 filed on 12/21/1992US Classes:34/491, Temperature or moisture content of treated material or chamber controls or directs gas or vapor34/495, Temperature of gas or vapor regulated by other drying variables34/535, Having two of heater, contacting gas humidity, or gas mixing34/549, Of heater34/565Of flow of gas or vapor treating fluidExaminersPrimary: Gromada, Denise L.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassF26B 003/02Foreign Application Priority Data1991-12-23 KRAbstractA method for controlling a drying operation of a combined sensing type clothes dryer including a drum, a heat exchanging fan, a motor, a heater, a temperature sensor and a humidity sensor, the sensors being disposed between the drum and the heat exchanging fan, comprising the steps of calculating an average value of the sum of a temperature variation per unit time detected by the temperature sensor and a humidity value sensed by the humidity sensor, both of which is detected when a predetermined time (tSH) has been elapsed from the beginning of the drying operation, determining the fabric quantity of clothes as one of a small fabric quantity, a large fabric quantity and an excessive fabric quantity, based on the calculated average value, and controlling the drying operation, based on the determined fabric quantity. Taking into consideration the ambient temperature, the fabric quantity is determined, thereby capable of preventing an occurrence of an error of the fabric quantity determination. | |
