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Patent No.:

US 11236462 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2022

Filed:

Jun. 14, 2018

Method and apparatus for determining drying of clothes

Applicants:

Gree Electric Appliances (Wuhan) Co., Ltd, Hubei, CN;

Gree Electric Appliances, Inc. of Zhuhai, Guangdong, CN;

Inventors:

Mingxing Zheng, Guangdong, CN;

Hongyong Yang, Guangdong, CN;

Jian Liu, Guangdong, CN;

Assignee:

Gree Electric Appliances (Wuhan) Co., Ltd, Guangdong, CN;

Attorneys:

Brandon V. Zuniga

James R. Gourley

Carstens & Cahoon, LLP

Primary Examiner:

John P McCormack

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F26B 3/00 (2006.01); D06F 58/38 (2020.01); D06F 103/08 (2020.01); D06F 105/28 (2020.01); D06F 103/32 (2020.01); D06F 34/26 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 58/38 (2020.02); D06F 34/26 (2020.02); D06F 2103/08 (2020.02); D06F 2103/32 (2020.02); D06F 2105/28 (2020.02);
Abstract

Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for determining drying of clothes. The method for determining drying of clothes includes: acquiring an intake air temperature at an air inlet of a drum; calculating a change rate of the intake air temperature at the air inlet of the drum; determining that drying of the clothes is completed when a relationship between the change rate of the intake air temperature and a preset temperature change rate ksatisfies a determination condition. According to the clothes drying determination method of the present disclosure, the determination factors affecting the drying of clothes are reduced, and the accuracy of determination of drying of clothes is improved and the cost of drying clothes is reduced.

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Zheng, Mingxing. (2022). Method and apparatus for determining drying of clothes (U.S. Patent No. 11236462). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11236462

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