(19)
(11) EP 0 860 140 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
02.12.1998 Bulletin 1998/49

(43) Date of publication A2:
26.08.1998 Bulletin 1998/35

(21) Application number: 98830071.1

(22) Date of filing: 16.02.1998
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6A47L 15/42
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 18.02.1997 IT TO970135

(71) Applicant: T & P S.p.A.
21049 Tradate (Varese) (IT)

(72) Inventor:
  • Carli, Carlo
    21100 Varese (IT)

(74) Representative: Dini, Roberto, Dr. Ing. 
Via Castagnole, 59
10060 None (Torino)
10060 None (Torino) (IT)

   


(54) Water softening system in a dishwashing machine


(57) A water softening system in a dishwashing machine of the type comprising a decalcifier device of water from the mains, containing decalcifying resins, a salt container to produce a saline solution for regenerating the resins contained in the decalcifier device, a container for the metering of regeneration water having a plurality of tanks to supply volumetrically defined amounts of water to the salt container, for producing the regenerating saline solution, said tanks, which are so arranged to be filled up in parallel, being of the air trap type and having upper vents, whose opening determines the filling of said tanks. According to the invention, a selector (8) is provided, being integral with the container (1), which can take a plurality of working positions (V1,V2,V3,V4,V5), each one of said working positions (V1,V2,V3,V4,V5) corresponding to the opening of a different combination of vents (S1,S2,S3,S4) of the tanks (R1,R2,R3,R4).







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