Optimized drying cycle in laundry appliances
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsDaniele Martinello, Jivko Ognianov Djerekarov
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Abstract
A method includes characterizing, by a laundry appliance, a first dry load size estimation of a load of articles in the laundry appliance, washing the load of articles in the laundry appliance, characterizing, by the laundry appliance, a wet load size estimation of the load of articles in the combination laundry appliance, determining a drying time for a drying operation of the laundry appliance for the load of articles based on the wet load size estimation and the first dry load size estimation of the load of articles, and drying the load of articles in the laundry appliance.
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A method of operating a combination laundry appliance, the combination laundry appliance comprising both a washing machine appliance and a dryer appliance, the method comprising:
- characterizing, by the combination laundry appliance, a first dry load size estimation of a load of articles in the combination laundry appliance;
- washing the load of articles in the combination laundry appliance;
- characterizing, by the combination laundry appliance, a wet load size estimation of the load of articles in the combination laundry appliance;
- determining a drying time for a drying operation of the combination laundry appliance for the load of articles based on the wet load size estimation and the first dry load size estimation of the load of articles;
- drying the load of articles in the combination laundry appliance for the determined drying time;
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- characterizing, by the combination laundry appliance, a second dry load size estimation of the load of articles.
A method of operating both of a washing machine appliance and a dryer appliance, the method comprising:
- characterizing, by the washing machine appliance, a first dry load size estimation of a load of articles in the washing machine appliance;
- washing the load of articles in the washing machine appliance;
- characterizing, by the washing machine appliance, a wet load size estimation of the load of articles in the washing machine appliance;
- determining a drying time for a drying operation of the dryer appliance for the load of articles based on the wet load size estimation and the first dry load size estimation of the load of articles;
- drying the load of articles in the dryer appliance;
- characterizing, by the dryer appliance, a second dry load size estimation of the load of articles;
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- updating the drying time in response to the first dry load size estimation and the second dry load size estimation of the load of articles.
A method of operating both of a washing machine appliance and a dryer appliance, the method comprising:
- characterizing, by the washing machine appliance, a first dry load size estimation of a load of articles in the washing machine appliance;
- washing the load of articles in the washing machine appliance;
- characterizing, by the washing machine appliance, a wet load size estimation of the load of articles in the washing machine appliance;
- determining a drying time for a drying operation of the dryer appliance for the load of articles based on the wet load size estimation and the first dry load size estimation of the load of articles;
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- drying the load of articles in the dryer appliance, wherein characterizing the load of articles comprises characterizing a fabric type of the load of articles in the washing machine appliance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.