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US 2026/0062849 A1Published application
Laundry appliances and linked dehumidifier appliances
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsMyungGeon Chung, Youngmin Han
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Abstract
A method of operating a laundry appliance and a dehumidifier appliance includes performing an operation cycle of the laundry appliance, which causes a load of articles to be treated in the laundry appliance. The method also includes activating the dehumidifier appliance after the operation cycle of the laundry appliance and deactivating the dehumidifier appliance after a desired humidity level is reached.
Claims20
A method of operating a plurality of laundry appliances and a plurality of dehumidifier appliances, the method comprising:
- commissioning a first laundry appliance of the plurality of laundry appliances in a remote computing device, wherein commissioning the first laundry appliance comprises linking the first laundry appliance to a first dehumidifier appliance of the plurality of dehumidifier appliances;
- commissioning a second laundry appliance of the plurality of laundry appliances in the remote computing device, wherein commissioning the second laundry appliance comprises linking the second laundry appliance to the first dehumidifier appliance of the plurality of dehumidifier appliances;
- commissioning a third laundry appliance of the plurality of laundry appliances in the remote computing device, wherein commissioning the third laundry appliance comprises linking the third laundry appliance to a second dehumidifier appliance of the plurality of dehumidifier appliances;
- performing a first laundry cycle with the first laundry appliance;
- detecting, by the remote computing device, an end of the first laundry cycle;
- activating, by the remote device, the first dehumidifier appliance to perform a first dehumidification cycle in response to detecting the end of the first laundry cycle;
- ending the first dehumidification cycle and deactivating the first dehumidifier appliance based on reaching a desired humidity level;
- performing a second laundry cycle with the second laundry appliance;
- detecting, by the remote computing device, an end of the second laundry cycle;
- activating, by the remote device, the first dehumidifier appliance to perform a second dehumidification cycle in response to detecting the end of the second laundry cycle;
- ending the second dehumidification cycle and deactivating the first dehumidifier appliance based on reaching the desired humidity level;
- performing a third laundry cycle with the third laundry appliance;
- detecting, by the remote computing device, an end of the third laundry cycle;
- activating, by the remote device, the second dehumidifier appliance to perform a third dehumidification cycle in response to detecting the end of the third laundry cycle;
- and
- ending the third dehumidification cycle and deactivating the second dehumidifier appliance based on reaching the desired humidity level.
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A method of operating a plurality of laundry appliances and a dehumidifier appliance, the method comprising:
- commissioning a first laundry appliance of the plurality of laundry appliances in a remote computing device, wherein commissioning the first laundry appliance comprises linking the first laundry appliance to the dehumidifier appliance;
- commissioning a second laundry appliance of the plurality of laundry appliances in the remote computing device, wherein commissioning the second laundry appliance comprises linking the second laundry appliance to the dehumidifier appliance;
- performing a first laundry cycle with the first laundry appliance;
- detecting, by the remote computing device, an end of the first laundry cycle;
- activating, by the remote device, the dehumidifier appliance to perform a first dehumidification cycle in response to detecting the end of the first laundry cycle;
- ending the first dehumidification cycle and deactivating the dehumidifier appliance based on reaching a desired humidity level;
- performing a second laundry cycle with the second laundry appliance;
- detecting, by the remote computing device, an end of the second laundry cycle;
- activating, by the remote device, the dehumidifier appliance to perform a second dehumidification cycle in response to detecting the end of the second laundry cycle;
- and
- ending the second dehumidification cycle and deactivating the dehumidifier appliance based on reaching the desired humidity level.
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A method of operating a laundry appliance and a dehumidifier appliance, the method comprising:
- performing an operation cycle of the laundry appliance, whereby a load of articles are treated in the laundry appliance;
- activating the dehumidifier appliance after the operation cycle of the laundry appliance;
- and
- deactivating the dehumidifier appliance after a desired humidity level is reached.
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