Miele & Cie. Kg

Steffen Lasner

Benedikt Fechtel

Dirk Sieding

Rainer Bicker

Magnus Kortenjann

Marcel Zielke

Markus Drücker

Klaus Grausgruber

Uwe Femmer

Michael Scharmüller

A detergent activation method for a cleaning appliance having a rotatable non-ribbed drum for holding the textiles) and includes a step of supplying a feed signal to a feed unit of the cleaning appliance. The feed signal causes the cleaning liquid to be fed into a suds container until a predetermined target fill level in the drum is reached. In the supplying step, a motion signal may be supplied to a drive of the cleaning appliance when the target fill level is reached, wherein the motion signal causes a rocking rhythm of the drum. The rocking rhythm defines successive rotational motions of the drum at increasing rotational speeds without a complete revolution of the drum. In the supplying step, a stop signal may be supplied to the drive when a final rotational speed of the rocking rhythm has been reached, to cause the rotational motions of the drum to stop.

Method and control unit for activating detergent for a cleaning appliance with a rotatable drum without ribs, and cleaning appliance

A method for executing a spin program for a cleaning appliance having a rotatable, non-ribbed drum. A first motion signal is supplied which causes a first rotational motion of the drum in a first direction until the drum has reached a first target rotational speed. A second motion signal is supplied that represents a second rotational motion in a second direction until the drum has reached a second target rotational speed greater than the first target rotational speed. Further first and second motion signals are supplied which causes a further first and second rotational motions in the first and second directions until the drum has reached a further first and second target rotational speeds greater than the second and first target rotational speeds, respectively. A third motion signal causes a third rotation of the drum at the predetermined maximum rotational speed in the direction of the preceding rotational motion.

Method and control unit for carrying out a spin-dry program for a cleaning appliance, and cleaning appliance

A washing machine and a method for operating the washing machine having a suds container for receiving water, a rib-free drum, which is rotatably mounted in the suds container, for receiving laundry, a motor for driving the drum, and an open-loop or closed-loop control device, wherein the method has a pre-ironing phase (Vb) for pre-ironing of the laundry located in the drum, during which phase steam is conducted into the drum and the drum is moved by means of the motor into a right-left pendulum motion, the pendulum rhythm of which is controlled using open-loop or closed-loop control by means of the open-loop or closed-loop control device in such a way that the drum is at least intermittently untouched by the laundry.

Method for operating an automatic washing machine, and automatic washing machine

A flanged-shaft apparatus () is configured for rotatably supporting a drum () in a washing machine having such a flanged-shaft apparatus (). The flanged-shaft apparatus () has a connecting flange () configured to be arranged against a drum base () of the drum () and attached to the drum (), and a drive shaft () arranged in the center of the connecting flange () and connected thereto for connection to a drive motor. The connecting flange () has a main element () formed from a steel sheet and a supporting element () formed from a further steel sheet. The main element () and the supporting element () are arranged one on top of the other along a longitudinal axis (L) of the drive shaft ().

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Borgholzhausen, Germany

Steffen Lasner