US 12,344,982 B2
Automatic self-clean cycle prior to drying cycle in a laundry appliance
Je Kwon Yoon, Seongnam (KR); Seonghoon Ryu, Seoul (KR); Wonmyung Seo, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Jaewon Jo, Seongnam-si (KR)
Assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on May 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/742,604.
Prior Publication US 2023/0366139 A1, Nov. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. D06F 33/68 (2020.01); D06F 33/69 (2020.01); D06F 101/20 (2020.01); D06F 103/70 (2020.01); D06F 105/52 (2020.01); D06F 105/54 (2020.01)
CPC D06F 33/68 (2020.02) [D06F 33/69 (2020.02); D06F 2101/20 (2020.02); D06F 2103/70 (2020.02); D06F 2105/52 (2020.02); D06F 2105/54 (2020.02)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operating a washing machine having a cabinet, a drum rotatably mounted within the cabinet and defining a chamber, a user interface for controlling operation of the laundry appliance, and a controller operably coupled to the user interface, the method comprising:
identifying a selected cycle from one or more selectable cycles based on an input from the user interface;
determining whether a wash counter exceeds a predetermined threshold if the selected cycle is a maintenance cycle comprising a drying cycle for drying an interior of the chamber;
configuring an execution cycle based on the selected cycle and the determination whether the wash counter exceeds the predetermined threshold if the selected cycle is a drying cycle, wherein the execution cycle includes the maintenance cycle and one or more of the selectable cycles other than the selected cycle; and
executing the execution cycle.