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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2009
Applicants:
Yasuyo Sugimoto, Aichi, JP;
Tsutomu Katou, Aichi, JP;
Tetsuya Ueda, Aichi, JP;
Takuya Kotanagi, Aichi, JP;
Ippei Oda, Aichi, JP;
Kazuhiro Taniguchi, Aichi, JP;
Inventors:
Yasuyo Sugimoto, Aichi, JP;
Tsutomu Katou, Aichi, JP;
Tetsuya Ueda, Aichi, JP;
Takuya Kotanagi, Aichi, JP;
Ippei Oda, Aichi, JP;
Kazuhiro Taniguchi, Aichi, JP;
Assignee:
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F26B 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A control method for drying clothes is disclosed. The method finds a difference in surface temperature between clothes catching air blow and the same clothes catching no air blow, and then determines a degree of dryness in the clothes based on the difference. Based on the degree of dryness, the method determines at what time heating should start.