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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2026

Filed:

Oct. 04, 2022
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Je Kwon Yoon, Hwaseong, KR;

Dale Pleasant Pepoon, Taylorsville, KY (US);

Jason Fuchs, Louisville, KY (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 58/44 (2020.01); D06F 34/18 (2020.01); D06F 34/26 (2020.01); D06F 58/02 (2006.01); D06F 58/20 (2006.01); D06F 58/38 (2020.01); D06F 101/02 (2020.01); D06F 103/08 (2020.01); D06F 103/34 (2020.01); D06F 105/12 (2020.01); G01N 27/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 58/44 (2020.02); D06F 34/18 (2020.02); D06F 34/26 (2020.02); D06F 58/02 (2013.01); D06F 58/203 (2013.01); D06F 58/38 (2020.02); G01N 27/02 (2013.01); D06F 2101/02 (2020.02); D06F 2103/08 (2020.02); D06F 2103/34 (2020.02); D06F 2105/12 (2020.02);
Abstract

A method of operating a laundry treatment appliance including a chamber for receiving a laundry load and a water supply provided within the chamber includes determining a target moisture level of the laundry load; initiating a drying cycle of the laundry load, the drying cycle including a primary drying time; initiating a spray operation for providing moisture into the chamber; determining that a measured moisture level of the laundry load meets a moisture goal based on the target moisture level; and ceasing the spray operation in response to determining that the measured moisture level meets the moisture goal.


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