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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2008
Harald Moschütz, Groβbeeren, DE;
Harald Moschütz, Groβbeeren, DE;
BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A washing machine includes a program controller for controlling a program sequence, a drum rotatably supported in a tub, a liquor drain system on a floor of the tub, a liquor drain pump, a drive motor for driving the drum, a heater, a sensor for determining an amount of liquid or of suds in the tub that sense a hydrostatic pressure, a time gradient of the hydrostatic pressure, and/or a guide value in the tub or the drum, and a switch for rotating and stopping the drum and for increasing the speed of the drum if the hydrostatic pressure is less than a predetermined value and for decreasing the speed of the drum if the hydrostatic pressure is more than another predetermined value.