Programme-controlled washing machine or dishwasher having a water-softening device

摘要

Such a water-softening device consists of a softener (7), of a salt reservoir (14) preceding the softener and of a valve device (13) for initiating the regenerating operation for the softener. In order to prevent the possibility that a brine will pass into the tub (1) both during the salt topping-up operation and during the course of the regenerating operation, the salt reservoir (14) is followed by a brine-collecting or brine-storage vessel (18) which is connected to the softener via a conduit (12) containing the valve device (13) for initiating the regenerating operation. Washing machine or dishwasher having a salt reservoir and softener arranged spatially separated from one another. <IMAGE>