EP 0118167 A2 19840912 - Improvements in or relating to washing machines.
Title (en)
Improvements in or relating to washing machines.
Title (de)
Waschmaschinen.
Title (fr)
Machines à laver.
Publication
Application
Priority
GB 8305194 A 19830224
Abstract (en)
A washing machine 1 contains water level sensors 3, 4 in a drum 2, which has a water inlet 10. A hot water supply 6 and a cold water supply 7 are connected respectively to the inlet 10. The operation of valves 11, 12 for disconnecting and connecting the supplies 6, 7 to the inlet 10 is governed by a processor 14, in accordance with the water temperature at the inlet 10, which is sensed by temperature sensor 13. In another aspect of the invention, the processor 14 renders a door catch inoperable when the drum 2 is full of water, provides an indication to the user that the door catch has been rendered inoperable, and initiates a draining cycle to drain the water from the drum 2 before automatically opening the door.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
D06F 33/02 (2006.01); D06F 37/42 (2006.01); D06F 39/04 (2006.01); D06F 39/08 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
D06F 33/36 (2020.02 - EP US); D06F 34/30 (2020.02 - EP US); D06F 37/42 (2013.01 - EP US); D06F 39/087 (2013.01 - EP US); D06F 2103/16 (2020.02 - EP US); D06F 2103/18 (2020.02 - EP US); D06F 2105/04 (2020.02 - EP US); D06F 2105/08 (2020.02 - EP US); D06F 2105/60 (2020.02 - EP US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
DE FR GB IT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0118167 A2 19840912; EP 0118167 A3 19850130; GB 8305194 D0 19830330
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 84300231 A 19840116; GB 8305194 A 19830224