Dispensing dryer dosing sensing
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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 a treating chemistry to the treating chamber, the method comprising:
- determining, by the controller, an activation or effective temperature of a treating chemistry in the dispensing system;
heating the laundry during a heating phase to a reference temperature corresponding to the determined activation or effective temperature of the treating chemistry;
providing an output from the environmental drying sensor to the controller indicative of the temperature of the laundry during the heating phase;
cooling the laundry during a cool-down phase subsequent to the heating phase to a predetermined temperature; and
comparing the output with the reference temperature and dispensing the treating chemistry to the laundry when the output satisfies the reference temperature.
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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 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 a treating chemistry to the treating chamber, the method comprising:
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determining, by the controller, an activation or effective temperature of a treating chemistry in the dispensing system; heating the laundry during a heating phase to a reference temperature corresponding to the determined activation or effective temperature of the treating chemistry; providing an output from the environmental drying sensor to the controller indicative of the temperature of the laundry during the heating phase; cooling the laundry during a cool-down phase subsequent to the heating phase to a predetermined temperature; and comparing the output with the reference temperature and dispensing the treating chemistry to the laundry when the output satisfies the reference temperature. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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