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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2016
Applicant:
Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag, Stockholm, SE;
Inventors:
Federico Del Maschio, Porcia, IT;
Giorgio Pattarello, Porcia, IT;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 58/38 (2020.01); D06F 103/04 (2020.01); D06F 103/10 (2020.01); D06F 103/38 (2020.01); D06F 103/08 (2020.01); D06F 105/12 (2020.01); D06F 105/56 (2020.01); D06F 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 58/38 (2020.02); D06F 25/00 (2013.01); D06F 2103/04 (2020.02); D06F 2103/08 (2020.02); D06F 2103/10 (2020.02); D06F 2103/38 (2020.02); D06F 2105/12 (2020.02); D06F 2105/56 (2020.02);
Abstract
An appliance having a drying chamber for performing a drying cycle, a capacitive sensing arrangement within the drying chamber and configured to generate an electric signal indicative of a degree of humidity of a load contained in the drying chamber, and a control unit arranged for carrying out at least one among: estimating a mass of the load; estimating a residual humidity of the load; estimating a residual time to the end of the drying cycle, and detecting an end of the drying cycle according to the electric signal.