Whirlpool Corporation

Steven D Ficke

Gregory Samuel Lieto

Gregory T Heine

Mark Eugene Glotzbach

James Phillips Carow

Christopher J Woerdehoff

Michele A Paustian

Andrew Charles Reck

Shawn Richard Oltz

Joshua Paul Carroll

The souring of wet laundry in a laundry treating appliance may be retarded by sending an alert signal indicative of an ending of a cycle of operation from the laundry treating appliance to a remote electronic device. The appliance may receive an authorization signal from the electronic device indicative of an instruction to execute an anti-sour cycle. An anti-sour cycle comprising the energizing of a fan to flow air through a laundry treating chamber may be automatically initiated for the laundry treating appliance.

Laundry treating appliance with remotely controlled airflow and method of operating the same

A clothes dryer has a system for regulating the inlet air temperature. The system includes a first sensor located in an inlet of the dryer and including a thermistor and a thermostat, a heat source located in a heater box adjacent the first sensor, and a second sensor located in an exhaust of the dryer. The thermistor measures the inlet air temperature of the dryer and cooperates with the controller to prevent the thermostat from reaching its trip temperature and turning off the heat source. Thus, damage due to excessive air temperatures in the dryer is prevented.

Combined temperature sensor for clothes dryer

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Stevensville, MI, United States of America

Steven D Ficke