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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2018
Applicant:
Vorwerk & Co. Interholding Gmbh, Wuppertal, DE;
Inventors:
David Erkek, Aarau, CH;
Georg Hackert, Bochum, DE;
Gerhard Isenberg, Cologne, DE;
Roman Ortmann, Huerth, DE;
Andreas Schmidt, Mettmann, DE;
Assignee:
Vorwerk & Co. Interholding GmbH, Wuppertal, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 9/28 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); A47L 11/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 9/2884 (2013.01); A47L 11/4066 (2013.01); G05D 1/0272 (2013.01); A47L 2201/022 (2013.01); A47L 2201/04 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0215 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for operating a household appliance with an accumulator, wherein a charging start time of a charging operation for charging the accumulator is controlled in dependence on predefined conditions. In order to ensure a required charge capacity of the accumulator without a charge maintaining mode, it is proposed that the charging start time is controlled in dependence on a charging period and a predefined time of use of the household appliance.