发明名称 Laundry treating appliance with fluffing-state detection
摘要 The invention relates to a method of determining a fluffing state of laundry based on a determined temperature indicative of the surface of the laundry.
申请公布号 US9353475(B2) 申请公布日期 2016.05.31
申请号 US201414470994 申请日期 2014.08.28
申请人 Whirlpool Corporation 发明人 Ashrafzadeh Farhad;Carow James P.;Heilman Layne E.;Kanchanavally Shreecharan
分类号 F26B3/02;D06F58/28;D06F33/02;D06F39/00;G01N21/55;D06F58/02;D06F58/20 主分类号 F26B3/02
代理机构 代理人
主权项 1. A laundry treating appliance for treating laundry in accordance with a treating cycle of operation, comprising: a treating chamber; a non-contact temperature sensor configured to repeatedly generate temperature data representative of at least a portion of the laundry in the treating chamber; and a controller operably coupled to the temperature sensor and configured to determine a fluffing state of the laundry, where a surface of the laundry is free of liquid, from the temperature data and continue the treating cycle of operation and take an action based on the determined fluffing state, the action comprising: setting at least one parameter of a treating cycle of operation, wherein the at least one parameter comprises a cycle step within a cycle of operation, a cycle temperature, a direction of drum rotation, an air flow rate of heated air flowing through the treating chamber, a direction of agitator rotation, an agitator rotational speed, a wash liquid fill level, a type of treating chemistry to dispense, a time to dispense a treating chemistry, an amount of treating chemistry to dispense, or combinations thereof; and wherein the controller is further configured to end the treating cycle of operation subsequent to the taking an action.
地址 Benton Harbor MI US