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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2006
Christopher John Woerdehoff, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Andrew Charles Reck, Watervliet, MI (US);
David John Kmet, Paw Paw, MI (US);
James Frederick Swanson, Berrien Springs, MI (US);
Christopher John Woerdehoff, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Andrew Charles Reck, Watervliet, MI (US);
David John Kmet, Paw Paw, MI (US);
James Frederick Swanson, Berrien Springs, MI (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A method of drying clothes in a clothes dryer comprising a clothes chamber for receiving clothes, an air supply system for directing air through the clothes chamber, and a heater for heating the air supplied by the air supply system. The method comprises cycling the heater between an ON state by energizing the heater until a heater trip condition is met and an OFF state by deenergizing the heater until a heater reset condition is met, determining a heater off time by determining the time between the heater trip condition and the heater reset condition, and determining a drying time based on the heater off time.