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Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015

Filed:

Oct. 21, 2010
Applicants:

Ryan R. Bellinger, Saint Joseph, MI (US);

David J. Kmet, Paw Paw, MI (US);

Scott D. Parde, Portage, MI (US);

Michele A. Paustian, Kalamazoo, MI (US);

Joseph M. Shaw, Niles, MI (US);

David M. Williams, Saint Jospeh, MI (US);

Inventors:

Ryan R. Bellinger, Saint Joseph, MI (US);

David J. Kmet, Paw Paw, MI (US);

Scott D. Parde, Portage, MI (US);

Michele A. Paustian, Kalamazoo, MI (US);

Joseph M. Shaw, Niles, MI (US);

David M. Williams, Saint Jospeh, MI (US);

Assignee:

Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 58/28 (2006.01); D06F 58/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 58/28 (2013.01); D06F 58/02 (2013.01); D06F 2058/2854 (2013.01); D06F 2058/289 (2013.01); D06F 2058/2896 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of operating a clothes dryer having a treating chamber for receiving a laundry load, an air system for supplying and exhausting air from the treating chamber, a heating element for heating the air supplied to the treating chamber, and a controller implementing a cycle of operation, wherein the controller estimates a cycle time of a drying cycle of operation.


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