Method for scheduling and executing a warmup cycle in a dryer appliance
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsJose Efren Rodriguez Munoz, Joshua Reeves
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Abstract
A dryer appliance and a method of operating the dryer for a warming operation is provided. The dryer appliance includes an air handler to urge the flow of air through a chamber rotatably mounted in a cabinet and a heating assembly for heating the flow of air. A controller controls the heating assembly and the air handler to initiate a warming operation for an article in the chamber. The warming operation includes receiving input parameters for a warming operation and determining a duration of the warming operation from the input parameters. Based on the input parameters and duration of the warming operation a start time is determined and the warming operation is initiated at the determined start time.
Claims20
A dryer appliance comprising:
- a cabinet;
- a drum rotatably mounted within the cabinet, the drum defining a chamber for receipt of an article for warming;
- an air handler for urging a flow of air through the chamber;
- a heating assembly for heating the flow of air;
- a controller in operable communication with the heating assembly and the air handler, the controller being configured to initiate a warming operation on the article in the drum, the warming operation comprising:
- receiving input parameters of the warming operation;
- determining a duration of the warming operation from the input parameters;
- determining a start time for the warming operation from the input parameters and the determined duration;
- and
- initiating the warming operation for the article at the determined start time.
A method of operating a dryer appliance, the dryer appliance comprising a drum rotatably mounted within a cabinet and an article in the drum, the method comprising:
- receiving input parameters for a warming operation;
- determining a duration of the warming operation from the input parameters;
- determining a start time for the warming operation from the input parameters and the determined duration;
- and
- initiating the warming operation for the article at the determined start time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.