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Patent No.:

US 10907298 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2021

Filed:

Aug. 29, 2019

Customer selection of desired remaining moisture in clothing via user interface at machine or portable electronic device

Applicant:

Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);

Inventors:

Andrew Adkins, St. Joseph, MI (US);

Alexander Halbleib, St. Joseph, MI (US);

Assignee:

Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);

Attorney:

Price Heneveld LLP

Primary Examiner:

Stephen M Gravini

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 58/30 (2020.01); D06F 34/28 (2020.01); D06F 58/20 (2006.01); D06F 58/38 (2020.01); D06F 103/00 (2020.01); D06F 103/08 (2020.01); D06F 103/38 (2020.01); D06F 105/28 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 58/30 (2020.02); D06F 34/28 (2020.02); D06F 58/20 (2013.01); D06F 58/38 (2020.02); D06F 2103/00 (2020.02); D06F 2103/08 (2020.02); D06F 2103/38 (2020.02); D06F 2105/28 (2020.02);
Abstract

A method of controlling the clothes dryer includes offering one or more preset dryness levels that may be selected using a programmable dryness level selector to establish a drying cycle. Each of the preset dryness levels may correspond to a stored remaining moisture content. The method additionally includes sensing a remaining moisture content of a load of fabric in the clothes dryer and displaying the remaining moisture content of the load of fabric to a user. The method further includes automatically stopping the clothes dryer using a controller configured to determine when the remaining moisture content of the load of fabric reaches the selected preset dryness level. The one or more preset dryness levels may be customizable by saving a target remaining moisture content for each preset dryness level.

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