Laundry treating appliance for drying laundry
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsMARCOS JAVIER RIOS ACEBAL, ERIC G. GRISWOLD, BROOKE M. GUNDERSEN, NICHOLAS LEEP, ADRIAN A. RODRIGUEZ, BRIAN K. ROGERS, JAMES B. SUTTON, NICHOLAS B. VAIVE
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Abstract
A method of operating a laundry treating appliance with a combination washer/dryer having a cabinet defining an interior, a tub located within the interior, and a rotatable drum located within the tub interior and defining a treating chamber, and an air recirculation conduit, the method comprising supplying water to the treating chamber, rotating the drum, and draining the water from the laundry treating appliance.
Claims19
A laundry treating appliance for performing a cycle of operation on an article, the laundry treating appliance comprising:
- a tub;
- a drum rotatably mounted within the tub;
- an air conduit having a port fluidly connected to the tub;
- a lint filter fluidly coupled to the port;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- determine when the previous cycle of operation was a drying cycle of operation, and if the previous cycle of operation was a drying cycle of operation;
- determine whether a single dose dispenser is selected for the wash cycle;
- and
- wherein upon determining the single dose dispenser is selected for the wash cycle, implement:
- supplying, to the tub, a charge of water through a water supply configured to bypass the single dose dispenser, the charge of water sufficient to at least partially immerse the drum while not immersing the lint filter;
- and
- rotating the drum for a predetermined period of time in order to remove lint from the lint filter.
A method of cleaning a lint filter in a combination washer/dryer having a tub, a controller, a drum rotatably mounted within the tub, an air conduit having a port fluidly connected to the tub, and a lint filter fluidly coupled to the port, the method comprising:
- determining by the controller whether a previous cycle performed by the combination washer/dryer was a dry cycle;
- determining by the controller whether a single dose dispenser is selected for the current cycle;
- supplying, to the tub, a charge of water sufficient to at least partially immerse the drum while not immersing the lint filter;
- and
- rotating the drum for a predetermined period of time if the controller determines the previous cycle was a dry cycle and the single dose dispenser is not selected.
A method of cleaning a lint filter in a combination washer/dryer having a tub, a controller, a drum rotatably mounted within the tub, an air conduit having a port fluidly connected to the tub, and a lint filter fluidly coupled to the port, the method comprising:
- determining by the controller whether a previous cycle performed by the combination washer/dryer was a dry cycle;
- determining by the controller whether a single dose dispenser is selected for the current cycle;
- wherein upon determining that the single dose dispenser is selected, supplying, to the tub a charge of water through a water supply configured to bypass the single dose dispenser, the charge of water sufficient to at least partially immerse the drum while not immersing the lint filter;
- and
- rotating the drum for a predetermined period of time if the controller determines the previous cycle was a dry cycle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.