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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 30, 1999
Flávio Erasmo Bernardino, São Paulo, BR;
Robert Joseph Pinkowski, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Denilson Fernandes De Oliveira, São Paulo, BR;
Vera Coelho Aguiar, São Paulo, BR;
Multibras S/A Electrodomesticos, Sao Paulo, BR;
Abstract
A laundering process for a laundering machine, the machine comprising a tank ( ), for containing a washing liquid, and a perforated basket ( ), for containing the clothes and which is internal to the tank ( ), the laundering process comprising a soaking step, a washing step and generally a centrifugal step, a control unit commanding the operation of the laundering machine. The soaking step comprises the following phases: feeding the tank ( ) with the washing liquid, until reaching a determined soaking level (L ), which is lower than a respective washing level (L ) selected among a plurality of washing levels, and submitting the load of clothes immersed in the washing liquid, alternately, to a resting condition during a resting period (Tr), and to an agitation condition, during at least one agitation period (Ta , Ta ), which is shorter than the resting period (Tr), until the soaking step has been completed.