Combination laundry appliance and method for operation
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsDavid Scott Dunn, Jivko Ognianov Djerekarov, Bystrik Cervenka
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Abstract
A combination washer/dryer laundry appliance is provided, including a cabinet, a tub, a laundry basket forming a chamber for washing/drying laundry articles, a drying system and a blower configured to generate a flow of fluid through a flowpath including the chamber and the drying system, and a controller. The controller is configured to execute operations that include performing, at the laundry basket, a spin cycle, and operating the blower to inhibit the flow of fluid through a rear wall perforation at the laundry basket and a plenum between the laundry basket and the tub during the spin cycle.
Claims20
A combination washer/dryer laundry appliance, comprising:
- a cabinet defining an interior volume;
- a tub mounted within the interior volume of the cabinet;
- a laundry basket rotatably mounted within the tub, the laundry basket defining a chamber for the receipt of laundry articles, the laundry basket comprising a rear wall perforation in fluid communication with a plenum formed between the laundry basket and the tub;
- a drying system coupled to the tub, the drying system in fluid communication with the chamber, the drying system configured to receive a flow of fluid from the chamber and remove moisture from the flow of fluid and provide the dried air to the chamber;
- a blower positioned at a flowpath comprising the drying system and the chamber, the blower configured to urge the flow of fluid through the flowpath;
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- a controller, the controller configured to store instructions that, when executed, causes the controller to execute operations, the operations comprising:
- performing, at the laundry basket, a spin cycle;
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- operating the blower to inhibit the flow of fluid through the plenum and rear wall perforation during the spin cycle.
A controller for a combination washer/dryer laundry appliance, the controller configured to store instructions that, when executed, causes the combination washer/dryer laundry appliance to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- performing, at a laundry basket, a spin cycle corresponding to a wash operation;
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- operating a blower positioned at a flowpath comprising a drying system and a chamber at which laundry articles are received, the blower configured to urge the flow of fluid through the flowpath, wherein operating the blower comprises operating the blower to inhibit a flow of fluid during the spin cycle through a rear wall perforation of the laundry basket fluidly connected with a plenum formed between the laundry basket and a tub.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.