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Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025

Filed:

Oct. 31, 2023
Applicant:

Haier Us Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);

Inventors:

Daniele Martinello, Nuremberg, DE;

Jivko Ognianov Djerekarov, Louisville, KY (US);

Assignee:

Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 23/02 (2006.01); D06F 25/00 (2006.01); D06F 33/60 (2020.01); D06F 33/68 (2020.01); D06F 33/70 (2020.01); D06F 34/18 (2020.01); D06F 34/30 (2020.01); D06F 35/00 (2006.01); D06F 103/06 (2020.01); D06F 103/68 (2020.01); D06F 105/20 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 34/18 (2020.02); D06F 33/60 (2020.02); D06F 33/70 (2020.02); D06F 34/30 (2020.02); D06F 23/02 (2013.01); D06F 35/005 (2013.01); D06F 2103/06 (2020.02); D06F 2103/68 (2020.02); D06F 2105/20 (2020.02);
Abstract

A method includes characterizing, by a laundry appliance, a first dry load size estimation of a load of articles in the laundry appliance, washing the load of articles in the laundry appliance, characterizing, by the laundry appliance, a wet load size estimation of the load of articles in the combination laundry appliance, determining a drying time for a drying operation of the laundry appliance for the load of articles based on the wet load size estimation and the first dry load size estimation of the load of articles, and drying the load of articles in the laundry appliance.


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