Optimized drying cycle across a pair of laundry appliances
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorThomas Holzen
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Abstract
A method of operating a pair of laundry appliances is provided. The pair of laundry appliances includes a washing machine appliance and a dryer appliance. The method includes determining a first moisture extraction curve of a spin cycle of the washing machine appliance and determining a second moisture extraction curve of the dryer appliance. The method further includes rotating a basket of the washing machine appliance at an extraction speed for a predetermined period of time. The predetermined period of time is based on the first moisture extraction curve and the second moisture extraction curve.
Claims18
A method of operating a pair of laundry appliances comprising a washing machine appliance and a dryer appliance, the method comprising:
- determining a first moisture extraction curve of remaining moisture content over time of a spin cycle of the washing machine appliance;
- determining a second moisture extraction curve of remaining moisture content over time of the dryer appliance;
- and
- rotating a basket of the washing machine appliance at an extraction speed for a predetermined period of time, the predetermined period of time based on the first moisture extraction curve and the second moisture extraction curve.
A pair of laundry appliances comprising a washing machine appliance and a dryer appliance, the pair of laundry appliances configured to:
- determine a first moisture extraction curve of remaining moisture content over time of a spin cycle of the washing machine appliance;
- determine a second moisture extraction curve of remaining moisture content over time of the dryer appliance;
- and
- rotate a basket of the washing machine appliance at an extraction speed for a predetermined period of time, the predetermined period of time based on the first moisture extraction curve and the second moisture extraction curve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.