GB782144A - Improvements in control arrangements for clothes driers - Google Patents

Improvements in control arrangements for clothes driers

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Publication number
GB782144A
GB782144A GB23723/55A GB2372355A GB782144A GB 782144 A GB782144 A GB 782144A GB 23723/55 A GB23723/55 A GB 23723/55A GB 2372355 A GB2372355 A GB 2372355A GB 782144 A GB782144 A GB 782144A
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Prior art keywords
heater
aug
drier
thermally responsive
control arrangements
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GB23723/55A
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General Electric Co
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General Electric Co
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Publication of GB782144A publication Critical patent/GB782144A/en
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F58/00—Domestic laundry dryers
    • D06F58/32—Control of operations performed in domestic laundry dryers 
    • D06F58/34—Control of operations performed in domestic laundry dryers  characterised by the purpose or target of the control
    • D06F58/36—Control of operational steps, e.g. for optimisation or improvement of operational steps depending on the condition of the laundry
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F34/00—Details of control systems for washing machines, washer-dryers or laundry dryers
    • D06F34/28—Arrangements for program selection, e.g. control panels therefor; Arrangements for indicating program parameters, e.g. the selected program or its progress
    • D06F34/30—Arrangements for program selection, e.g. control panels therefor; Arrangements for indicating program parameters, e.g. the selected program or its progress characterised by mechanical features, e.g. buttons or rotary dials
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F2101/00—User input for the control of domestic laundry washing machines, washer-dryers or laundry dryers
    • D06F2101/02—Characteristics of laundry or load
    • D06F2101/06—Type or material
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F2101/00—User input for the control of domestic laundry washing machines, washer-dryers or laundry dryers
    • D06F2101/14—Time settings
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F2101/00—User input for the control of domestic laundry washing machines, washer-dryers or laundry dryers
    • D06F2101/16—Target humidity for the drying process, e.g. very-dry cycles
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F2103/00—Parameters monitored or detected for the control of domestic laundry washing machines, washer-dryers or laundry dryers
    • D06F2103/02—Characteristics of laundry or load
    • D06F2103/12—Temperature
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F2103/00—Parameters monitored or detected for the control of domestic laundry washing machines, washer-dryers or laundry dryers
    • D06F2103/28—Air properties
    • D06F2103/32—Temperature
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F2105/00—Systems or parameters controlled or affected by the control systems of washing machines, washer-dryers or laundry dryers
    • D06F2105/28—Electric heating

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Textile Engineering (AREA)
  • Control Of Washing Machine And Dryer (AREA)
  • Detail Structures Of Washing Machines And Dryers (AREA)

Abstract

782,144. Rotary clothes driers. GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. Aug. 17, 1955 [Aug. 17, 1954], No. 23723/55. Class 34(2) [Also in Group XXXVII] In a tumbler clothes drier having a basket 1 rotatably mounted in a cabinet and through which air passing over a heater 14 is driven by a fan 10 the operation of the drier is controlled by a thermally responsive switch 17 in the exhaust air stream having contacts connected in a circuit for controlling the heater and having an electrical heating circuit to heat the thermally responsive means and affect adjustment of the time at which the control will terminate the operation of the heater 14.
GB23723/55A 1954-08-17 1955-08-17 Improvements in control arrangements for clothes driers Expired GB782144A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US782144XA 1954-08-17 1954-08-17
US450417A US2878579A (en) 1954-08-17 1954-08-17 Automatic clothes dryer control

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GB782144A true GB782144A (en) 1957-09-04

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US2974421A (en) * 1954-09-01 1961-03-14 Robertshaw Fulton Controls Co Control device for clothes drier
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US3031768A (en) * 1959-07-09 1962-05-01 Gen Electric Control system for clothes dryers
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US3217422A (en) * 1959-12-17 1965-11-16 Whirlpool Co Laundry dryer control
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US3132003A (en) * 1961-08-02 1964-05-05 Gen Electric Automatic dryer control circuit
US3161481A (en) * 1961-10-03 1964-12-15 Borg Warner Fabric drying machine with timer control
US3180038A (en) * 1962-01-26 1965-04-27 Gen Electric Automatic dryer control circuit
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US6715216B1 (en) 2003-07-11 2004-04-06 Cissell Manufacturing Company Clothes dryer with fire suppression system
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GB2281445A (en) * 1993-08-25 1995-03-01 Otter Controls Ltd Adjustable thermostatic switch
GB2281445B (en) * 1993-08-25 1997-07-02 Otter Controls Ltd Improvements relating to electrical switches

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