Laundry Washing Machine and Method for Controlling a Laundry Washing Machine

摘要

Laundry washing machine (1) having an outer casing (2), a washing tub (3), arranged inside the casing (2), a rotatable drum (4), arranged in axially rotating manner inside the washing tub (3) and designed to receive laundry to be washed, and a detergent dispensing assembly (12), designed for supplying laundry detergent into the washing tub (3) The washing machine also has a water softening system (14), designed to receive fresh water from a water mains (13) and reduce the hardness degree of the fresh water in order to supply softened water to the detergent dispensing assembly (12) and/or to the washing tub (3), during one or more softened water laundry washing phases of a laundry washing program. A control panel is configured to allow an operator to input information associated with the kind of laundry to be washed, and an electronic controller (15) is configured to receive information and to control water softening system (14) in order to perform one or more softened water laundry washing phases during washing program, based on received laundry information.

主权项

1. A laundry washing machine comprising:
an outer casing, a washing tub, which is arranged inside the casing, a rotatable drum, which is arranged in axially rotating manner inside the washing tub is designed to receive laundry to be washed, a detergent dispensing assembly, which is designed for supplying laundry detergent into the washing tub, further comprising: a water softening system, which is designed to receive fresh water from a water mains and reduce the hardness degree of the fresh water in order to supply softened water or mix water to the detergent dispensing assembly and/or to the washing tub, during one or more softened water laundry washing phases or respectively during one or more mix water laundry wash phase; said mix water being a mixture of fresh water and softened water; a control panel configured to allow an operator to input information associated with the laundry to be washed; electronic control means which are configured to receive said laundry information and control said water softening system in order to perform one or more softened water laundry washing phases and/or one or more mix water laundry wash phases of a washing program, based on said received laundry information.