logo

For the Inventor, By the Inventor

The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.

The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 12421646 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025

Filed:

Oct. 17, 2023

Controlled moisture removal in a laundry treating appliance

Applicant:

Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);

Inventors:

Barbara A. Balinksi, Saint Joseph, MI (US);

Floyd G. Jackson, Baroda, MI (US);

Karl David Mcallister, Stevensville, MI (US);

Assignee:

WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, Benton Harbor, MI (US);

Attorney:

Brooks Kushman, P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Levon J Shahinian

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 25/00 (2006.01); D06F 34/18 (2020.01); D06F 34/20 (2020.01); D06F 39/04 (2006.01); D06F 58/38 (2020.01); D06F 101/00 (2020.01); D06F 103/02 (2020.01); D06F 103/08 (2020.01); D06F 103/36 (2020.01); D06F 103/40 (2020.01); D06F 105/12 (2020.01); D06F 105/22 (2020.01); D06F 105/24 (2020.01); D06F 105/28 (2020.01); D06F 105/30 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 39/04 (2013.01); D06F 58/38 (2020.02); D06F 25/00 (2013.01); D06F 34/18 (2020.02); D06F 34/20 (2020.02); D06F 2101/00 (2020.02); D06F 2103/02 (2020.02); D06F 2103/08 (2020.02); D06F 2103/36 (2020.02); D06F 2103/40 (2020.02); D06F 2105/12 (2020.02); D06F 2105/22 (2020.02); D06F 2105/24 (2020.02); D06F 2105/28 (2020.02); D06F 2105/30 (2020.02);
Abstract

A method of operating a laundry treating appliance for treating laundry according to a treating cycle of operation. The laundry treating appliance comprises a treating chamber for receiving the laundry that is selectively accessible through a door movable between opened and closed positions. The method comprises determining at the end of a laundry treating cycle whether the door has been opened and subsequently reclosed and reducing humidity in the treating chamber after the determination that the door has been reclosed.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Loading…