EP 3382084 A1 20181003 - DETERMINING AN IMBALANCE WITHIN A WASH BASKET OF A WASHING MACHINE
Title (en)
DETERMINING AN IMBALANCE WITHIN A WASH BASKET OF A WASHING MACHINE
Title (de)
BESTIMMUNG EINER UNWUCHT INNERHALB EINES WASCHBEHÄLTERS EINER WASCHMASCHINE
Title (fr)
DÉTERMINATION D'UN DÉSÉQUILIBRE DANS UNE CUVE DE LAVAGE D'UNE MACHINE À LAVER
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Priority
EP 17162971 A 20170327
Abstract (en)
The present invention refers to an arrangement to determine an imbalance (15) within a wash basket (2) of a washing machine (1). The washing machine (1) comprises a cabinet (3) enclosing a tub (4) which includes the wash basket (2) and two or more linking members (5) linking the tub (4) to the cabinet (3). The wash basket (2) is adapted to be in translational motion during rotation due to an unbalance in wash load. The arrangement comprises a suspension system (6) placed within the linking members (5) and adapted to generate a damping force to dampen translational motion of the wash basket (2), a sensor (7) adapted to measure the damping force in each of the suspension system (6), and adapted to generate a damping force data (8) based on the measured damping force for each of the suspension system (6), and a microcontroller (9) adapted to receive the damping force data (8) of each of the suspension system (6), and to process the damping force data (8) to determine the imbalance (15) within the wash basket (2).
IPC 8 full level
D06F 34/16 (2020.01); D06F 37/20 (2006.01); D06F 37/22 (2006.01); D06F 37/26 (2006.01); F16F 7/09 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
D06F 34/16 (2020.02 - EP US); D06F 37/268 (2013.01 - EP US); D06F 37/22 (2013.01 - EP US); D06F 2103/26 (2020.02 - EP US)
Citation (search report)
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- [XY] DE 2204325 A1 19730802 - SIEMENS ELEKTROGERAETE GMBH
- [X] GB 2202646 A 19880928 - TI CREDA MFG
- [Y] WO 2006096430 A2 20060914 - GEN MOTORS GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY [US]
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- [A] JP 2008000502 A 20080110 - MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC IND CO LTD
- [A] JP H0819687 A 19960123 - HITACHI LTD
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated extension state (EPC)
BA ME
DOCDB simple family (publication)
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 17162971 A 20170327