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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2019
Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag, Stockholm, SE;
Alberto Santarossa, Porcia, IT;
Paolo Driussi, Porcia, IT;
Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag, Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
A laundry appliance having a cabinet accommodating a laundry treatment chamber, a storage drawer comprising at least one compartment for containing laundry treatment agent and a drawer seat slidingly housing the storage drawer such that the storage drawer is slidable between a retracted position, in which the storage drawer is retracted inside the drawer seat, and an extracted position, in which the storage drawer is at least partially extracted from the drawer seat. The laundry appliance further comprises a drawer position detecting system for detecting when the drawer is in the retracted position. The drawer position detecting system comprises a target element on one of the cabinet and the drawer, and a sensor element on the other of the cabinet and the drawer. The detecting system is configured to sense a proximity of the target element to the sensor element.