Patent ID: 11905638
Assignee: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC D  B | IPC B  D

Claim 0:
1. A method of cleaning a lint filter in a combination washer/dryer having a tub, a controller, a drum rotatably mounted within the tub, an air conduit having a port fluidly connected to the tub, and a lint filter fluidly coupled to the port and located in the tub, the method comprising: determining, by the controller, when the previous cycle of operation was a drying cycle of operation; and when determining the previous cycle of operation was the drying cycle of operation, automatically implement at a start of a user selection of wash cycle: determining by the controller whether a single dose dispenser is selected for the wash cycle; determining by the controller whether the combination washer/dryer comprises a secondary water supply configured to bypass the single dose dispenser; and when determining the single dose dispenser is selected for the wash cycle and upon determining the combination washer/dryer comprises the secondary water supply, automatically implement: supplying, to the tub, a charge of water through the secondary water supply sufficient to at least partially immerse the drum while not immersing the lint filter; and rotating the drum for a predetermined period of time in order to remove lint from the lint filter.