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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2012
Applicant:
Electrolux Home Products Corporation N. V., Brussels, BE;
Inventors:
Per-Erik Pers, Järfälla, SE;
Petter Svanbom, Stockholm, SE;
Assignee:
Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V., Brussels, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 7/04 (2006.01); A47L 15/42 (2006.01); A47L 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 15/4202 (2013.01); A47L 15/0049 (2013.01); A47L 15/4208 (2013.01); A47L 2401/08 (2013.01); A47L 2501/26 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of, and a device for, detecting clogging of a dishwasher filter. The device is arranged to drain the dishwasher on process water, measure operating current of a motor driving a dishwasher drain pump and determine whether the dishwasher filter is clogged based on the measured drain pump motor operating current.