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EP 2 459 798 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 06.06.2012 Bulletin 2012/23 (21) Application number: 10737882.0 (22) Date of filing: 27.07.2010

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  D06F 39/04(2006.01) D06F 37/26(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/EP2010/060827 (87) International publication number: WO 2011/012590 (03.02.2011 Gazette 2011/05)

(84) Designated Contracting States: 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 SE SI SK SM TR (30) Priority: 31.07.2009 US 533040 (71) Applicant: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH 81739 München (DE)	(72) Inventors: MURRELL, Jonathan Cookeville, TN 38506 (US) RODRIGUEZ, Ramon New Bern North Carolina 28562 (US)