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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 1993
Filed:
Oct. 09, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Claudio Civanelli, Travedano Monate, IT;
Raffaele Paganini, Varese, IT;
Assignee:
Whirlpool International B.V., Veldhoven, NL;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
68 1204 ; 68 1202 ; 68 1212 ;
Abstract
A clothes washing machine comprising a device for determining the weight of a clothes load placed in the washing machine drum, a microprocessor circuit control and memory for controlling the operation of the motor for the washing machine such as to cause the drum to spin; for measuring the quantity of water remaining in the clothes load after spinning; for determining the type of constituent fabric of the clothes load, based on the quantity of water remaining in the clothes; and for operating the washing machine in accordance with the determined fabric type.