EP 0686721 A1 19951213 - Method for optimising water utilisation in a washing machine, washing-drying machine or the like during the use thereof
Title (en)
Method for optimising water utilisation in a washing machine, washing-drying machine or the like during the use thereof
Title (de)
Verfahren zum Optimieren der Wasserausnutzung in Waschmaschinen
Title (fr)
Procédé pour optimiser l'utilisation de l'eau dans les machines à laver
Publication
Application
Priority
EP 94108840 A 19940609
Abstract (en)
A method for optimizing water utilization in a washing machine, washing-drying machine or the like during its use, said machine operating a wash program on a load or clothes placed in its usual drum (2) rotating within a tub (3), said program comprising a wash and a plurality of successive rinse stages, the weight of the load in the drum being evaluated in order to define the water quantity to be used at least for the first rinse stage; according to the method, this evaluation is effected using fuzzy logic, this fuzzy logic being successively utilized to evaluate the water quantity to be used for the rinse stages subsequent to the first. The invention also relates to the device for implementing the said method. <IMAGE>
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
D06F 39/00 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
D06F 34/18 (2020.02 - EP US); D06F 2103/04 (2020.02 - EP US); D06F 2103/16 (2020.02 - EP US); D06F 2103/18 (2020.02 - EP US); D06F 2103/22 (2020.02 - EP US); D06F 2103/46 (2020.02 - EP US); D06F 2105/02 (2020.02 - EP US)
Citation (search report)
- [YA] EP 0526860 A2 19930210 - MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC IND CO LTD [JP]
- [YA] FR 2485576 A1 19811231 - LABO ELECTRONIQUE PHYSIQUE [FR]
- [A] EP 0441984 A1 19910821 - MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC IND CO LTD [JP]
- [A] FR 2455648 A1 19801128 - LICENTIA GMBH [DE]
- [A] FR 1398580 A 19650507 - PHILIPS NV
- [A] PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 17, no. 119 (C - 1034) 12 March 1993 (1993-03-12)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
DE FR GB
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0686721 A1 19951213; EP 0686721 B1 20000510; DE 69424409 D1 20000615; DE 69424409 T2 20001102
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 94108840 A 19940609; DE 69424409 T 19940609