Patent ID: 8234796

Claim:
A method of controlling a tumble laundry drier, the method comprising the steps of: starting a drying/ironing cycle and feeding drying air into the drum from a drum input to a drum output; and measuring the electrical resistance/conductivity between two electrodes contacting the laundry inside the drum; and the method being characterized by comprising the steps of: estimating the weight of the laundry inside the drum; measuring a temperature of the drying air at the drum output; if the weight of the laundry is estimated to be above a weight threshold, stopping the drying/ironing cycle when the electrical resistance/conductivity between the two electrodes is above/below a resistance/conductivity threshold; and if the weight of the laundry is estimated to be below a weight threshold, stopping the drying/ironing cycle only when the electrical resistance/conductivity between the two electrodes is above/below a resistance/conductivity threshold and the temperature of the drying air at the drum output has gone above a temperature threshold.