Patent ID: 8832966
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: D06F,G01N

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling an operation of a laundry treating appliance comprising a treating chamber for receiving laundry for treatment in accordance with a treating cycle of operation, the method comprising: supplying heated air to the treating chamber to evaporate moisture from laundry within the treating chamber; repeatedly sensing a temperature of a surface of the laundry; determining if a fluffing state of the laundry, where the surface of the laundry is free of liquid, has been reached based on the sensed temperature; repeating the sensing and determining until the laundry is determined to be in the fluffing state; after the laundry is determined to be in the fluffing state, continuing the treating cycle of operation and taking an action based on the determined fluffing state of: setting at least one parameter of a treating cycle of operation, wherein the at least one parameter comprises a cycle step within a cycle of operation, a cycle step time within a cycle of operation, a cycle temperature, a direction of drum rotation, an air flow rate of heated air flowing through the treating chamber, a direction of agitator rotation, an agitator rotational speed, a wash liquid fill level, a type of treating chemistry to dispense, a time to dispense a treating chemistry, an amount of treating chemistry to dispense, or combinations thereof; and subsequent to the taking an action, ending the treating cycle of operation.