Patent ID: 11898301
Assignee: HAIER US APPLIANCE SOLUTIONS, INC.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC D | IPC D

Claim 7:
8. A dryer appliance comprising:
a cabinet;
a drum rotatably mounted within the cabinet, the drum defining a drying chamber for the receipt of clothes for drying;
an additive supply mounted to the cabinet to selectively provide an additive to the drying chamber, the additive supply comprising an additive reservoir and a nozzle downstream from the additive reservoir and directed to the drying chamber for discharging the additive therein; and
a moisture sensor mounted within the dryer appliance in communication with the drying chamber; and
a controller in operable communication with the additive dispensing assembly and the moisture sensor, the controller being configured to initiate a drying operation comprising
initiating a dry cycle,
detecting a static event during the dry cycle, determining the static event comprising determining expiration of a predetermined time period and detecting a diminished moisture signal at the moisture sensor following expiration of the predetermined time period, and
directing a supplemental dispensing action of a dryer additive in response to the detected static event.