METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE AMOUNT OF WATER IN A CONTAINER FOR CLOTHES DRYER, PROCESS FOR DRYING CLOTHES IN A CLOTHES DRYER AND CLOTHES DRYER IMPLEMENTING THESE METHOD AND PROCESS

• Main Author: POTENA, Giuseppina Pia
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 04.04.2018
• Subjects: FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; LAUNDERING; LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILEARTICLES; TEXTILES; TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE

The present invention is related to a process for drying clothes in a clothes dryer, the clothes dryer (1) comprising: a box-like casing (3) for accommodating laundry to be dried, a device (5, 6) for generating a heated air flow through the box-like casing (3), a collection tank (9) configured to collect condensed water coming from the box-like casing (3), a container (10) in fluid communication with the collection tank (9). The process comprises: starting a drying cycle wherein water from laundry in the box-like casing (3) condenses and is collected in the collection tank (9); checking if a predefined volume of water is reached in the collection tank (9); wherein each time the predefined volume of water is reached in the collection tank (9), "z" pumping cycles (PCi) are performed, wherein each pumping cycle (PCi) conveys a predetermined volume of water (V) from the collection tank (9) to the container (10); determining an amount of water (Wb(i)) in the container (10) by calculating the number "z" of pumping cycles (PCi).