EP 0178031 B1 19890118 - WASHING MACHINE WITH A DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE TURBIDITY OF THE WATER
Title (en)
WASHING MACHINE WITH A DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE TURBIDITY OF THE WATER
Publication
Application
Priority
FR 8415672 A 19841012
Abstract (en)
[origin: EP0178031A1] 1. A laundry or other washing machine, comprising a device for measuring the turbidity of water containing suspended particles, which device enables the length and/or the quantities of water necessary for the washing and/or rinsing operations to be adapted to the degree of soiling of the laundry and which comprises a light source or sources (45, 47) and a detector or detectors (46) for said light in order to determine the residual luminous flux passage of after the light through traversed the washing or rinsing water, the device being secured to a wall which is rigidly connected to the tub (11) of the machine, characterized in that the measurement device arranged on said wall is surrounded by an envelope (25) or shielded by at least one plate (60; 60, 70), to provide a zone without turbulence in which the measurement device operates, openings (51-58; 61-63, 65, 66) allowing the water to be renewed and suspended particles to be discharged.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
D06F 39/00 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
D06F 34/22 (2020.02 - EP US); D06F 2103/20 (2020.02 - EP US); D06F 2105/02 (2020.02 - EP US); D06F 2105/56 (2020.02 - EP US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
DE FR GB IT
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0178031 A1 19860416; EP 0178031 B1 19890118; DE 3567679 D1 19890223; FR 2571750 A1 19860418; FR 2571750 B1 19861205
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 85201649 A 19851009; DE 3567679 T 19851009; FR 8415672 A 19841012