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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2010
Bernd Hesterberg, Heidenheim, DE;
Karlheinz Rehm, Dischingen, DE;
Michael Georg Rosenbauer, Reimlingen, DE;
Bernd Hesterberg, Heidenheim, DE;
Karlheinz Rehm, Dischingen, DE;
Michael Georg Rosenbauer, Reimlingen, DE;
BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A water-bearing household appliance to which fluid can be supplied during at least one filling step includes at least one drain pump for conveying fluid out of the water-bearing household appliance; and an overfill protection facility to prevent an excessive water level in the water-bearing household appliance. The overfill protection facility is configured to capture at least one operating parameter of the drain pump and after the filling step, in the presence of a malfunction of the drain pump that can be derived from the at least one operating parameter, to prevent execution of a further filling step.