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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2009
Giovanni Bombardieri, Albino, IT;
Mariano Funari, Force, IT;
Giuseppina Pia Potena, Fabriano, IT;
Fernanda Gaggioli, Sigillo, IT;
Maria Angela Mariotti, Sigillo, IT;
Elisa Mariotti, Sigillo, IT;
Giovanni Bombardieri, Albino, IT;
Mariano Funari, Force, IT;
Giuseppina Pia Potena, Fabriano, IT;
Costantino Mariotti, Sigillo, IT;
Indesit Company S.p.A., Fabriano, IT;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a washing machine (), in particular a laundry washing or washing/drying machine or a dishwasher, comprising: a tub () adapted to contain a wash liquid (), an electric resistance () for heating the wash liquid (), a temperature sensor () for detecting the temperature of the wash liquid (), wherein the resistance () and the temperature sensor () are put in a condition of thermal exchange by conduction. The invention also relates to a method for evaluating whether the resistance is emerged from or submerged in the wash liquid and to a method for removing calcareous deposits () from an electric resistance () adapted to heat a wash liquid () in a washing machine (), in particular a laundry washing or washing/drying machine or a dishwasher, characterized in that the resistance () is subjected to at least one heating and cooling cycle while the resistance () is kept above the wash liquid ().