Patent ID: 11905644
Assignee: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC D | IPC D

Claim 0:
1. A laundry treating appliance for treating a load of laundry according to an automatic cycle of operation, the laundry treating appliance comprising:
a cabinet defining a cabinet interior;
a drum, rotatable within the cabinet interior, and at least partially defining a treating chamber, the treating chamber having a treating chamber air inlet and a treating chamber air outlet;
a drying air circuit fluidly coupled to the treating chamber air inlet and to the treating chamber air outlet;
a plurality of sensors provided in the drying air circuit and each of the plurality of sensors outputting a signal indicative of a characteristic of air in the drying air circuit; and
a controller operably coupled to the plurality of sensors and receiving output from the plurality of sensors, the controller configured to estimate an air flow rate through the drying air circuit based on the output from at least one of the plurality of sensors, the controller configured to determine an outlet air humidity value based on the output from at least one of the plurality of sensors and the air flow rate and the controller configured to determine an evaporation rate of moisture remaining in the load of laundry in the treating chamber based on the outlet air humidity value.