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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2016
Applicant:
Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag, Stockholm, SE;
Inventor:
Fabio Vitali, Porcia PN, IT;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F26B 19/00 (2006.01); D06F 34/18 (2020.01); D06F 34/04 (2020.01); D06F 58/38 (2020.01); G01N 27/22 (2006.01); D06F 105/12 (2020.01); D06F 103/10 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 34/18 (2020.02); D06F 34/04 (2020.02); D06F 58/38 (2020.02); G01N 27/223 (2013.01); D06F 2103/10 (2020.02); D06F 2105/12 (2020.02);
Abstract
A laundry appliance having a laundry drying chamber and a sensor for measuring the humidity of laundry items contained in the laundry drying chamber. The sensor includes an operating support having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The sensor also has at least one first pad provided on the first surface of the operating support and at least one second pad provided on the second surface of the operating support, both the first pad and the second pad being made of an electrically conductive material and being adapted to operate as a plate of a capacitor. Methods for detecting humidity of laundry items are also provided.