EP 3445905 A1 20190227 - LAUNDRY CARE APPLIANCE WITH A LIQUID COUPLING
Title (en)
LAUNDRY CARE APPLIANCE WITH A LIQUID COUPLING
Title (de)
WÄSCHEPFLEGEGERÄT MIT EINER FLÜSSIGKEITSKUPPLUNG
Title (fr)
APPAREIL DE TRAITEMENT DU LINGE POURVU D'EMBRAYAGE HYDRAULIQUE
Publication
Application
Priority
- DE 102016206520 A 20160419
- EP 2017057205 W 20170327
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO2017182234A1] The invention relates to a laundry care appliance (100) comprising a removable storage container (119). The removable storage container (119) has a container interior (125) for receiving a liquid (135), and the removable storage container (119) comprises a movable closing element (137) for closing an opening (131) in the removable storage container (119). The laundry care appliance also comprises a liquid coupling (105) for supplying the liquid (135) from the removable storage container (119) into a metering device of the laundry care appliance (100) through the opening (131). The liquid coupling (105) is designed to move the movable closing element (137) from a first position for closing the opening (131) into a second position for releasing the opening (131). The liquid coupling (105) has a first electrode (115) and a second electrode (117). The first and second electrode (115, 117) contact the container interior (125) in the second position of the movable closing element (137). A voltage can be applied to the first and second electrode (115, 117) in the second position of the movable closing element (137). The laundry care appliance (100) has a controller which is a electrically connected to the first and second electrode (115, 117) and which is designed to detect a fill state of the liquid (135) in the removable storage container (119) using a change in the current flow induced by the voltage.
IPC 8 full level
D06F 33/02 (2006.01); D06F 33/47 (2020.01); D06F 39/02 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
D06F 33/47 (2020.02 - EP US); D06F 39/022 (2013.01 - EP US); D06F 2103/18 (2020.02 - EP US); D06F 2103/44 (2020.02 - EP US); D06F 2105/00 (2020.02 - EP US)
Citation (search report)
See references of WO 2017182234A1
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)
DE 102016206520 A1 20171019; CN 109072533 A 20181221; CN 109072533 B 20210101; EP 3445905 A1 20190227; EP 3445905 B1 20200129; WO 2017182234 A1 20171026
DOCDB simple family (application)
DE 102016206520 A 20160419; CN 201780023917 A 20170327; EP 17713666 A 20170327; EP 2017057205 W 20170327