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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2014
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Ashutosh Kulkarni, Bangalore, IN;
Jaeseok Noh, Seongnam-si, KR;
Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A clothes dryer with improved moisture sensing and wireless data transfer is provided. An example drying appliance includes a plurality of sensors positioned inside a drum of the drying appliance. The plurality of sensors are wired together to provide a combined output signal indicative of one or more parameters of clothing inside the drum. The drying appliance includes a near field communication (NFC) tag mounted on an exterior surface of the drum. The NFC tag receives the combined output signal from the plurality of sensors. The drying appliance includes an NFC reader positioned on a stationary member of the drying appliance and receiving external utility power. The NFC reader receives sensor data from the NFC tag and provides the sensor data to a controller, such that the controller can control the drying appliance based on the one or more parameters of the clothing inside the drum.