Patent ID: 11920272
Assignee: ELECTROLUX APPLIANCES AKTIEBOLAG
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC D | IPC D

Claim 0:
1. A laundry appliance comprising:
a laundry treatment chamber defining a volume configured to receive items to be treated;
a humidity measuring arrangement configured to measure a humidity of at least one item to be treated when located in the laundry treatment chamber, the humidity measuring arrangement comprising a sensing capacitor and a capacitance sensing unit configured to measure a capacitance of the sensing capacitor and obtaining an indication of the humidity of the at least one item to be treated according to the measured capacitance, wherein the sensing capacitor comprises a first electrical conductor, a second electrical conductor and a dielectric and the volume of the laundry treatment chamber forms part of the dielectric; and
an extension member arranged within or configured to be selectively arranged within the laundry treatment chamber to extend the first electrical conductor within the laundry treatment chamber, wherein the extension member comprises an extension electrical conductor and a coupling electrical conductor, the extension electrical conductor being configured to be electrically coupled to the first electrical conductor through a capacitive coupling established by the coupling electrical conductor.