Patent ID: 8819958
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a laundry treating appliance having a rotatable treating chamber for receiving laundry to be dried according to a predetermined cycle of operation, the method comprising: supplying heated air into the treating chamber; rotating the treating chamber to tumble the laundry within the treating chamber; supplying heated air into the treating chamber while the treating chamber is rotated to define a supply air flow; exhausting the heated air from the treating chamber to define an exhaust air flow; repeatedly determining over time the temperature of the laundry to define a laundry temperature signal; repeatedly determining over time the temperature of the exhaust air flow to define an exhaust air temperature signal; and determining the laundry is dry when a difference between the laundry temperature signal and the exhaust air signal satisfies a threshold.