DISPENSING DRYER DOSING SENSING
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1. A method for controlling the operation of a clothes dryer having a treating chamber, an environmental drying sensor for sensing an environmental condition in the treating chamber and used to control the drying of the clothes, a controller operably coupled to the environmental drying sensor for controlling a drying cycle based on the sensed environmental condition, and a dispensing system for dispensing treating chemistry to the treating chamber, the method comprising:
- transmitting an output from the environmental drying sensor based on an environmental condition in the treating chamber; and
dispensing the treating chemistry from the dispensing system into the treating chamber based on the output from the environmental drying sensor.
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Abstract
A method for controlling the operation of a dryer comprising dispensing a treating chemistry from a dispensing system into a treating chamber of the dryer based on an output from the environmental drying sensor.
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1. A method for controlling the operation of a clothes dryer having a treating chamber, an environmental drying sensor for sensing an environmental condition in the treating chamber and used to control the drying of the clothes, a controller operably coupled to the environmental drying sensor for controlling a drying cycle based on the sensed environmental condition, and a dispensing system for dispensing treating chemistry to the treating chamber, the method comprising:
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transmitting an output from the environmental drying sensor based on an environmental condition in the treating chamber; and dispensing the treating chemistry from the dispensing system into the treating chamber based on the output from the environmental drying sensor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A treating cycle for a dryer comprising a treating chamber, a temperature sensor for sensing a temperature of laundry in the treating chamber during a drying operation, a wetness sensor for sensing a degree of wetness of laundry in the treating chamber during a drying operation, a controller operably coupled to the temperature sensor and wetness sensor for implementing a drying cycle based on the sensed temperature and degree ofwetness, and a dispensing system for dispensing treating chemistry to the treating chamber, the method comprising:
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heating the laundry to a first temperature; dispensing treating chemistry onto the laundry until the laundry reaches at least one of a second temperature and a first degree of wetness based on output from at least one of the temperature sensor and the wetness sensor; and drying the laundry until the laundry reaches a second degree of wetness based on the output from at least one of the temperature sensor and wetness sensor. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A clothes dryer comprising:
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a treating chamber; a dispensing system for dispensing treating chemistry to the treating chamber; at least one environmental drying sensor configured to sense an environmental condition in the treating chamber and output a signal indicative of the sensed condition; and a controller operably coupled to the environmental drying sensor and to the dispensing system and configured to receive the output from the environmental drying sensor and to control the dispensing system to control the dispensing of treating chemistry. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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