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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2011
Roberto Ragogna, Malnisio, IT;
Roberto Ragogna, Malnisio, IT;
Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V., Brussels, BE;
Abstract
Method for operating a laundry treatment machine comprising an outer casing () provided with a door (), a drum () mounted inside the outer casing, a drum lighting device () arranged inside the outer casing and operable to light the drum, and a control unit () adapted to control the lighting device; the method comprises: —switching-on drum lighting device if the control unit detects a preset action performed by a user on the laundry treatment machine and/or a preset state of the laundry treatment machine and/or of the drum lighting device; —switching-off drum lighting device if the control unit detects a preset action performed by a user on the laundry treatment machine and/or a preset state of the laundry treatment machine and/or of the drum lighting device. There is a delay between the detection by the control unit of the preset action performed by a user on the laundry treatment machine and/or a preset state of the laundry treatment machine and/or of the drum lighting device, and the switching-off of the drum lighting device.