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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2012
Giuseppe Dreossi, Portogruaro, IT;
Maurizio Ugel, Fiume Veneto, IT;
Giuseppe Dreossi, Portogruaro, IT;
Maurizio Ugel, Fiume Veneto, IT;
Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V., Brussels, BE;
Abstract
A method of controlling a tumble laundry drier (), the method including the steps of: starting a drying/ironing cycle and feeding drying air into the drum () from a drum input to a drum output; continuously measuring the electrical resistance/conductivity between two electrodes () located on the inside of the door; estimating the weight of the laundry inside the drum (); measuring a temperature of the drying air at the drum output; stopping the drying/ironing cycle, if the weight of the laundry is above a weight threshold, when the electrical resistance/conductivity between the two electrodes () is above/below a resistance/conductivity threshold; and stopping the drying/ironing cycle, if the weight of the laundry is below a weight threshold, when the electrical resistance/conductivity between the two electrodes () is above/below a resistance/conductivity threshold and also when the temperature of the drying air at the drum output is above a temperature threshold.