Clothes drier with drying termination determining function
Patent 5544428 Issued on August 13, 1996. Estimated Expiration Date: 
April 3, 2015. 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.
April 3, 2015. 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 References 3229379 3583688 Method and apparatus for controlling the drying stage in a clothes dryer, washing machine or the like Method for controlling combined sensing type clothes dryer Patent #: 5347727 Inventors
AssigneeApplicationNo. 415318 filed on 04/03/1995US Classes:34/493, Temperature of treating gas or vapor controlled34/491, Temperature or moisture content of treated material or chamber controls or directs gas or vapor34/495Temperature of gas or vapor regulated by other drying variablesExaminersPrimary: Bennett, HenryAssistant: Doster, Dinnatia Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassF26B 003/00Foreign Application Priority Data1994-04-27 JPAbstractA clothes drier according to the present invention can minimize failures in a sensor and can satisfactorily detect drying processing irrespective of the environment. In the clothes drier, an atmospheric temperature sensor 44L for detecting the substrate temperature required to determine the termination of the drying processing is disposed outside a circulating duct 18 and is mounted on a control substrate 42 having a thermal capacity on which a microcomputer for controlling operations performed by the clothes drier is mounted. Since the sensor 44L is provided outside the circulating duct 18, the sensor 44L is less affected by dust and water, as compared with a case where it is provided inside the circulating duct 18.Other References
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