NON-CONTACT TEMPERATURE CONTROL AND METHOD FOR LAUNDRY IRONERS

摘要

An apparatus and a method controls a heating device in a laundry ironer. The apparatus includes a frame and an ironer cylinder. The ironer cylinder rotatably connects to the frame and has an interior surface and an exterior surface. The interior and exterior surfaces extend substantially from a firs t end to a second end of the ironer cylinder. A line of sight temperature sensor conn ectsto the frame near the first end wherein a line of si ght of the sensor is directed at a portion of the interior surface of the cylinder. As the ironer cylinder rota tes and is heated by a heating element, the temperature of a portion of the interior su rface is sensed. Based on the temperature and a threshold, the state of the heatin g element is changed.