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US 2017/0254015 A1Published application
Dryer Appliance and a Method for Forming a Unitary Component with a Moisture Sensor
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorPhillip John Duckworth
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Abstract
A method for forming a unitary component with a moisture sensor is provided. The method includes establishing three-dimensional information of the unitary component, converting the three-dimensional information into a plurality of slices, and successively forming each slice of the unitary component with an additive process. The moisture sensor of the unitary component includes a first conductive lead and a second conductive lead. A related dryer appliance is also provided.
Claims18
A dryer appliance, comprising:
- a cabinet;
- a drum rotatably mounted within the cabinet, the drum defining a drying chamber;
- a vent grill positioned at the drying chamber of the drum such that air in the drying chamber of the drum is flowable through the vent grill, the vent grill comprising a grating;
- and
- a moisture sensor comprising a first conductive lead and a second conductive lead, the first and second conductive leads additively formed with the grating of the vent grill such that the first and second conductive leads do not contact each other on the grating.
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A method for forming a unitary component with a moisture sensor, comprising:
- establishing three-dimensional information of the unitary component;
- converting the three-dimensional information into a plurality of slices;
- and
- successively forming each slice of the unitary component with an additive process,
- wherein, after said step of successively forming, the moisture sensor of the unitary component comprises a first conductive lead and a second conductive lead, the first and second conductive leads each having a plurality of conductive fingers, the plurality of conductive fingers of the first conductive lead interdigitated with the plurality of conductive fingers of the second conductive lead.
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