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Method for spin drying a clothes basket in a combination washer/dryer

  • US 7,117,612 B2
  • Filed: 03/31/2005
  • Issued: 10/10/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/05/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for spin drying a clothes basket in a combination washer-dryer comprising:

  • rotating said clothes basket at a first speed to centrifugally dry said clothes for a first period of time;

    pausing rotation of said clothes basket to a speed of substantially zero revolutions per minute for a second period of time which forces said clothes to drop from the surface of said clothes basket;

    increasing said clothes basket rotational speed to a second speed equal to or higher than said first speed for further drying said clothes;

    pausing said rotation of said clothes basket to a speed of substantially zero revolutions per minute a second time; and

    prior to entering into a hot air drying mode for said washer-dryer, increasing said rotation of said clothes basket to a third speed, substantially higher than said second speed.

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