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DISPENSING DRYER DOSING SENSING

  • US 20110083338A1
  • Filed: 12/17/2010
  • Published: 04/14/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/02/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for controlling an 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:

  • heating the laundry in the treating chamber to either an activation or effective temperature for the treating chemistry to be dispensed into the treating chamber;

    transmitting an output from the environmental drying sensor based on the environmental condition in the treating chamber; and

    upon the laundry reaching the either the activation or effective temperature, 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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