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(11) | EP 2 336 688 A3 |
(12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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(54) | A method of regulating defrost operation in cooling devices |
(57) The method according to the present invention is developed for cooling devices capable
to detect defrost time, wherein the starting time of a defrost process is regulated
by this method. In a first step of this method, the data indicating that new foodstuff
is placed to the freezer compartment of a cooling device is entered to the control
unit of the cooling device by a user, then in a second step following this data entry,
the device keeps continuing the cooling process, and thereafter in a third step, the
user is alerted by means of a signal generator connected to the control unit after
a while. In a fourth step of this method, new foodstuffs are put to the freezer compartment
after said alert, and the cooling process is continued, and in a fifth step, if it
is determined by the device that it is time to perform a defrost operation after new
foodstuff is loaded to the compartment, the defrost operation can be delayed to a
future time.
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