Patent ID: 9080282
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
1. A laundry dryer machine having an improved moisture detection capability comprising: a dryer drum adapted such that moisture-containing launderable items may be placed inside the drum to be dried by applied heat and rotary motion of the dryer drum; a moisture sensing system configured to detect an average moisture content of the moisture-containing launderable items as they are dried within the drum and provide a moisture signal to an electronic controller, the moisture signal being representative of a parameter related to a moisture content of the launderable items; and a user interface presenting a setpoint selection element such that when a moisture setpoint is selected by a machine operator during a drying cycle, an operational state of the dryer machine is controlled by the electronic controller based on the moisture setpoint and the moisture signal; wherein the electronic controller is configured to apply an appropriate transfer function to the moisture signal when determining the average moisture content, the appropriate transfer function being predetermined based on an earlier operation cycle of the laundry machine.