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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2009
Bernd Hesterberg, Heidenheim, DE;
Karlheinz Rehm, Dischingen Ortst. Trugenhofen, DE;
Michael Rosenbauer, Reimlingen, DE;
Bernd Hesterberg, Heidenheim, DE;
Karlheinz Rehm, Dischingen Ortst. Trugenhofen, DE;
Michael Rosenbauer, Reimlingen, DE;
BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A method for controlling a filling process of a water-bearing household appliance. The method includes opening a locking arrangement to fill the water-bearing household appliance with water, wherein the locking arrangement is controlled by the water-bearing household appliance; monitoring a fill sensor that detects the water flowing into the water-bearing household appliance; activating a pump to convey the water that flowed into the water-bearing household appliance as a result of the absence of at least one signal from the fill sensor; and analyzing a performance characteristic of the pump.