Water bearing household appliance and associated operating method

摘要

A water bearing household appliance (1) includes: a treating chamber (6) in which one or more items (7) can be loaded and treated with water and one or more additives; a logic unit (12) to control the electric and/or electronic components of the appliance (1) so as to make the latter to perform a treating cycle for treating the one or more loaded items (7) with water and one or more additives; a load amount acquiring device (13) for acquiring and communicating to the logic unit (12) information related to the amount of the one or more items (7) loaded in the treating chamber (6); and a user interface (14) configured for allowing a user to set parameters related to the treating cycle and to the one or more additives to be used during the treating cycle. The logic unit (12) is configured to: store, during a programming state, additive information set by the user via the user interface (14), the additive information comprising one or more numeric values which are indicative of predetermined maximum amount of additive associated with the maximum loading capacity of the treating chamber; before the appliance (1) starts a selected treating cycle, determine an amount of a selected additive to be loaded for this selected treating cycle, based on the programmed maximum amount of additive associated with the selected additive, on the acquired amount of the one or more items (7) loaded in the treating chamber (6), and on the selected treating cycle; and provide the user with information related to the determined amount of additive to be loaded via the user interface (14).

主权项

1. A water bearing household appliance comprising:
a treating chamber in which one or more items can be loaded and treated with water and one or more additives; a logic unit to control the electric and/or electronic components of said appliance so as to make the appliance perform a treating cycle for treating said one or more loaded items with water and said one or more additives; a load amount detector device for detecting and communicating to said logic unit information related to the amount of the one or more items loaded in said treating chamber; and a user interface configured to allow a user to set parameters related to the treating cycle and to the one or more additives to be used during the treating cycle;wherein said logic unit is configured to:
store, during a programming state, additive information set by the user via said user interface, said additive information comprising one or more numeric values which are indicative of a predetermined maximum amount of additive associated with the maximum loading capacity of said treating chamber, before the appliance starts a selected treating cycle, determine an amount of a selected additive to be loaded for said selected treating cycle, based on the programmed maximum amount of additive associated with the selected additive, on the detected amount of the one or more items loaded in said treating chamber, and on said selected treating cycle, and provide the user with said determined amount of additive to be loaded via said user interface.