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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2012
Christian Lundberg, Bromma, SE;
Elisabetta Bari, Stockholm, SE;
Monica Celotto, Motta di Livenza, IT;
Guiseppe Dreossi, Stockholm, SE;
Sarah Tempelmann, Hamburg, DE;
Bernd Krische, Saltsjö-Boo, SE;
Christian Lundberg, Bromma, SE;
Elisabetta Bari, Stockholm, SE;
Monica Celotto, Motta di Livenza, IT;
Guiseppe Dreossi, Stockholm, SE;
Sarah Tempelmann, Hamburg, DE;
Bernd Krische, Saltsjö-Boo, SE;
Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V., Brussels, BE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of handling process water in a household appliance () and to a household appliance, for example a dish washer. The household appliance comprises a wash tub () for performing wash program cycles and a tank () for storing process water to be re-used in a following program cycle, the method comprising the steps of: determining () the type of detergent used in the household appliance with a sensor unit (), measuring () the amount of detergent in the process water with the sensor unit, comparing () at least one sensor unit output value with a predetermined threshold value to define the quality of the process water, and storing () at least a part of the process water from a rinse cycle in the tank () when the sensor unit output value complies with the predetermined threshold value related to the quality of the process water.