Patent ID: 9567704
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: D06F

Claim:
1. A tumble dryer comprising: a laundry drum rotatably supported in a casing and suitable to receive laundry to be dried; a lint filter assembly which can be housed in a housing provided in said casing so that, when the lint filter assembly is placed in said housing, it intercepts a flow of air exiting said laundry drum; a humidity sensor system for retrieving information about the actual humidity of the laundry in the drum, said humidity sensor system comprising at least a pair of electrodes positioned such that the laundry in said drum can come into contact with said electrodes; a control unit for controlling the operations of the tumble drier; an electric circuit for transmitting a signal obtained from said electrodes to the control unit; wherein said electric circuit comprises at least one electrical connector arranged in such a way to electrically connect said electrodes to said control unit when said filter assembly is correctly positioned in said housing and not to connect said electrodes to said control unit when said filter assembly is not positioned or not correctly positioned in said housing.