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Method for controlling a filling process of a water-bearing household appliance

US8557048B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH · DE

Inventors

Bernd Hesterberg · Heidenheim, DE
Karlheinz Rehm · Neresheim, DE
Michael Rosenbauer · Reimlingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 8, 2009
Grant date	Oct 15, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 11, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
CPC primaryD06F2105/60
WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A method for controlling a filling process of a water-bearing household appliance. The method includes opening a locking arrangement to fill the water-bearing household appliance with water, wherein the locking arrangement is controlled by the water-bearing household appliance; monitoring a fill sensor that detects the water flowing into the water-bearing household appliance; activating a pump to convey the water that flowed into the water-bearing household appliance as a result of the absence of at least one signal from the fill sensor; and analyzing a performance characteristic of the pump.

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