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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2018
Applicant:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Inventors:
James P. Carow, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Moeed Mukhtar, Horseheads, NY (US);
Sanjida Tamanna, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Assignee:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F26B 19/00 (2006.01); D06F 58/30 (2020.01); D06F 58/38 (2020.01); D06F 103/08 (2020.01); D06F 105/28 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 58/30 (2020.02); D06F 58/38 (2020.02); D06F 2103/08 (2020.02); D06F 2105/28 (2020.02);
Abstract
A method of drying laundry in a laundry treating appliance having a treating chamber in which the laundry is received for drying comprises moving the treating chamber to redistribute the laundry, supplying air to the treating chamber to define a supply air flow, exhausting the supplied air from the treating chamber to define an exhaust air flow, heating the air supplied to the treating chamber by actuating a heater at full output to define a first heating phase and then cycling the heater ON/OFF to define a second heating phase.