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Method for detecting the position of a closure element in a water distribution mechanism

US8295984B2 · kind B2 · utility

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5References

20Claims

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Assignee

BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH · DE

Inventors

Bernd Heisele · Cambridge, US
Anton Oblinger · Wertingen, DE
Andreas Reiter · Feldkirchen-Westerham, DE
Michael Rosenbauer · Reimlingen, DE
David Semerad · Holzheim, DE
Christian Wolf · Arlington, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 1, 2008
Grant date	Oct 23, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 10, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA47L2401/08
WIPO fieldFurniture, games
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A method and a device are provided for detecting the position of a closure element of a movement reversal device in a dishwasher. The device determines the position of a closure element via a comparison of a value corresponding to a predefined reference position of the closure element with a signal value of a circulation pump of the dishwasher.

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