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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2014
Miele & Cie. KG, Guetersloh, DE;
Dirk Sieding, Luenen, DE;
Helge Mueller, Guetersloh, DE;
Bernd Merling, Bielefeld, DE;
Rainer Bicker, Verl, DE;
Hartmut Linnemann, Rheda-Wiedenbrueck, DE;
Karsten Henn, Bielefeld, DE;
Jakob Wilken, Bielefeld, DE;
Miele & Cie. KG, Gütersloh, DE;
Abstract
A method for operating a domestic appliance with a housing, a rotationally movable drum disposed in the housing for receiving laundry, a motor for driving the drum, a control device for controlling the motor, and an evaluation unit. The method, once a program of the domestic appliance has started, includes controlling the motor via the controller such that the drum is driven by the motor and the drum is moved by an angle of less than 90 degrees. Upon attaining the angle the motor is de-energised. The method includes detecting a rotational-speed signal of the drum from when the motor is de-energised over a predetermined first period, and evaluating the detected rotational-speed signals via the evaluation unit by forming a value. The method also includes interrupting the program when the value is greater than a predetermined first threshold value.