DRYER MONITORING
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a plurality of clothes dryers;
a plurality of sensors, each of which detects dryer information associated with at least one of the plurality of clothes dryers; and
a controller that receives the dryer information, the controller further including;
an analysis application that analyzes the dryer information and generates one or more dryer status conclusions based on the analysis; and
a reporting application that generates reports based on the analysis.
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Abstract
A dryer monitoring system receives dryer information from one or more sensors concerning operation of one or more dryers, such as clothes dryers. For example, the dryer monitoring system may receive temperature, humidity, and/or dryer on/off information concerning the dryers. The dryer monitoring system may analyze the dryer information and generate reports communicating the dryer information, identify possible maintenance issues with the dryers, identify ambient environmental conditions that may lead to inefficient drying, identify possible operator errors, and/or diagnose other dryer conditions that may be determined based on the dryer information.
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1. A system comprising:
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a plurality of clothes dryers; a plurality of sensors, each of which detects dryer information associated with at least one of the plurality of clothes dryers; and a controller that receives the dryer information, the controller further including; an analysis application that analyzes the dryer information and generates one or more dryer status conclusions based on the analysis; and a reporting application that generates reports based on the analysis. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system comprising:
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a controller that receives dryer on/off information indicative of whether a clothes dryer is on and that receives temperature information indicative of an operating temperature of the clothes dryer; and a memory that stores at least one dryer on/off threshold and at least one temperature threshold; wherein the controller further analyzes the dryer on/off information and the temperature information in combination with the at least one dryer on/off threshold and the at least one temperature threshold and identifies a dryer status conclusion based on the analysis. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. A system comprising:
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a plurality of dryer installations, each dryer installation including one or more clothes dryers; a plurality of sensors, each of which detects dryer information associated with one of the clothes dryers at the dryer installations; and a central computer that receives the dryer information, the controller further including; an analysis application that analyzes the dryer information and generates one or more dryer status conclusions based on the analysis; and a reporting application that generates reports based on the analysis. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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