Household appliance and method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10219674
APP PUB NO 20140366916A1
SERIAL NO

14126280

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The present invention relates to a method of handling process water in a household appliance (1) and to a household appliance, for example a dish washer. The household appliance comprises a wash tub (3) for performing wash program cycles and a tank (5) for storing process water to be re-used in a following program cycle, the method comprising the steps of: determining (101) the type of detergent used in the household appliance with a sensor unit (7), measuring (102) the amount of detergent in the process water with the sensor unit, comparing (105) at least one sensor unit output value with a predetermined threshold value to define the quality of the process water, and storing (106) at least a part of the process water from a rinse cycle in the tank (5) when the sensor unit output value complies with the predetermined threshold value related to the quality of the process water.

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ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS CORPORATION N V1130 BRUSSELS

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bari, Elisabetta Stockholm, SE 6 49
Celotto, Monica Motta di Livenza, IT 10 80
Dreossi, Guiseppe Stockholm, SE 2 8
Krische, Bernd Saltsjö-Boo, SE 8 52
Lundberg, Christian Bromma, SE 2 6
Tempelmann, Sarah Hamburg, DE 5 10

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