A dryer ball is provided for use in a clothes dryer to reduce clothes drying time. The dryer ball has a substantially spherical wool body and a substantially uniform distribution of wool fibers therethrough. The body has a volume in the range of about 600 cm.sup.3 to 930 cm.sup.3. A method of manufacturing the dryer ball includes providing a piece of wool material weighing in the range of 54 g to 60 g, folding the piece of wool material into a substantially spherical wool ball having a circumference in the range of 43 cm to 53 cm, sealing the wool ball in a porous bag, washing the wool ball in the bag, removing the wool ball from the bag, and allowing the wool ball to air dry.

A dryer ball is provided for use in a clothes dryer to reduce clothes drying time. The dryer ball has a substantially spherical wool body and a substantially uniform distribution of wool fibers therethrough. The body has a volume in the range of about 600 cm.sup.3 to 930 cm.sup.3. A method of manufacturing the dryer ball includes providing a piece of wool material weighing in the range of 54 g to 60 g, folding the piece of wool material into a substantially spherical wool ball having a circumference in the range of 43 cm to 53 cm, sealing the wool ball in a porous bag, washing the wool ball in the bag, removing the wool ball from the bag, and allowing the wool ball to air dry.

A dryer appliance and additive dispensing assembly is generally provided herein. The additive dispensing assembly may be positioned within the cabinet and configured to provide an additive mist to the drum. The additive dispensing assembly may include a supply conduit, an additive dispenser, and a siphon channel. The supply conduit may extend between a fluid supply and the drum. The additive dispenser may store and dispense a dryer additive. The siphon channel may extend from the additive dispenser to the supply conduit downstream from the fluid supply. An initial flow of fluid directed through the supply conduit may create a siphon that draws the dryer additive into the supply conduit to mix with the flow of fluid and create an additive flow that is dispensed into the drum.

A dryer appliance and additive dispensing assembly is generally provided herein. The additive dispensing assembly may be positioned within the cabinet and configured to provide an additive mist to the drum. The additive dispensing assembly may include a supply conduit, an additive dispenser, and a siphon channel. The supply conduit may extend between a fluid supply and the drum. The additive dispenser may store and dispense a dryer additive. The siphon channel may extend from the additive dispenser to the supply conduit downstream from the fluid supply. An initial flow of fluid directed through the supply conduit may create a siphon that draws the dryer additive into the supply conduit to mix with the flow of fluid and create an additive flow that is dispensed into the drum.

A system has at least one household appliance, at least one automatically moving cleaning device, and a control device for controlling an operation of the cleaning device. To attain a fully automatic operation of the system, the control device is set up to control an operation of the cleaning device as a function of an operating status of the household appliance.

A dynamically adjustable textile dryer and method of controlling a conveyor belt speed of the textile dryer is provided. The speed of the belt is utilized to more quickly adjust the temperature of the drying chamber.

A dynamically adjustable textile dryer and method of controlling a conveyor belt speed of the textile dryer is provided. The speed of the belt is utilized to more quickly adjust the temperature of the drying chamber.

A dual type drying machine includes a main drying unit, a main unit door configured to open and close a front side of the main drying unit, an auxiliary drying unit positioned vertically above the main drying unit and defining a laundry accommodation space, an auxiliary unit door configured to open and close a top surface of the laundry accommodation space, a cabinet that accommodates the main drying unit and the auxiliary drying unit, the cabinet defining an exterior of the drying machine, and an operation panel disposed at a front side of the auxiliary drying unit. When the auxiliary unit door is closed, top surfaces of the cabinet and the auxiliary unit door define a top exterior surface of the drying machine.

A clothes hamper includes a hamper body extending from a generally closed end to a generally open end with an interior chamber defined within the hamper body. A rack assembly defines one or more hanging elements and is sized and configured to fit within the interior chamber. An extension assembly is positioned within the interior chamber and is configured to facilitate movement of the rack assembly between a retracted position within the interior chamber and an extended position wherein at least a portion of the rack assembly is outside of the hamper body.

A clothes hamper includes a hamper body extending from a generally closed end to a generally open end with an interior chamber defined within the hamper body. A rack assembly defines one or more hanging elements and is sized and configured to fit within the interior chamber. An extension assembly is positioned within the interior chamber and is configured to facilitate movement of the rack assembly between a retracted position within the interior chamber and an extended position wherein at least a portion of the rack assembly is outside of the hamper body.