Laundry treating appliance with fluffing-state detection
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1. A method for controlling an operation of a laundry treating appliance comprising a treating chamber for receiving laundry for treatment in accordance with a treating cycle of operation, the method comprising:
- supplying heated air to the treating chamber to evaporate moisture from laundry within the treating chamber;
repeatedly sensing a temperature of a surface of the laundry;
determining if a fluffing state of the laundry, where the surface of the laundry is free of liquid, has been reached based on the sensed temperature;
repeating the sensing and determining until the laundry is determined to be in the fluffing state;
after the laundry is determined to be in the fluffing state, continuing the treating cycle of operation and taking an action based on the determined fluffing state of;
setting at least one parameter of a treating cycle of operation, wherein the at least one parameter comprises a cycle step within a cycle of operation, a cycle step time within a cycle of operation, a cycle temperature, a direction of drum rotation, an air flow rate of heated air flowing through the treating chamber, a direction of agitator rotation, an agitator rotational speed, a wash liquid fill level, a type of treating chemistry to dispense, a time to dispense a treating chemistry, an amount of treating chemistry to dispense, or combinations thereof; and
subsequent to the taking an action, ending the treating cycle of operation.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method of determining a fluffing state of laundry based on a determined temperature indicative of the surface of the laundry.
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1. A method for controlling an operation of a laundry treating appliance comprising a treating chamber for receiving laundry for treatment in accordance with a treating cycle of operation, the method comprising:
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supplying heated air to the treating chamber to evaporate moisture from laundry within the treating chamber; repeatedly sensing a temperature of a surface of the laundry; determining if a fluffing state of the laundry, where the surface of the laundry is free of liquid, has been reached based on the sensed temperature; repeating the sensing and determining until the laundry is determined to be in the fluffing state; after the laundry is determined to be in the fluffing state, continuing the treating cycle of operation and taking an action based on the determined fluffing state of;
setting at least one parameter of a treating cycle of operation, wherein the at least one parameter comprises a cycle step within a cycle of operation, a cycle step time within a cycle of operation, a cycle temperature, a direction of drum rotation, an air flow rate of heated air flowing through the treating chamber, a direction of agitator rotation, an agitator rotational speed, a wash liquid fill level, a type of treating chemistry to dispense, a time to dispense a treating chemistry, an amount of treating chemistry to dispense, or combinations thereof; andsubsequent to the taking an action, ending the treating cycle of operation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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