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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 1991
Filed:
Feb. 01, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
8159 ; 68 1 / ;
Abstract
In a method for operating a washing machine, the accumulated value representative of the number of washing works done in the washing machine is updated and stored in a nonvolatile memory each time such washing work is done. The accumulated value is compared with a predetermined value representative of a tolerance limit number of washing work of such washing machine. In case that the accumulated value is beyond the predetermined value, the washing machine is made inoperative. The user may be informed visually and/or acoustically of the inoperative condition of such washing machine.