EP2553157B1 - Appareil électroménager comportant un système de veille/activation - Google Patents

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EP2553157B1
EP2553157B1 EP11724454.1A EP11724454A EP2553157B1 EP 2553157 B1 EP2553157 B1 EP 2553157B1 EP 11724454 A EP11724454 A EP 11724454A EP 2553157 B1 EP2553157 B1 EP 2553157B1
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Mario Lippera
Gianluca Benedetto
Andrea Cesaroni
Gianluca Viola
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F37/00—Details specific to washing machines covered by groups D06F21/00 - D06F25/00
    • D06F37/42—Safety arrangements, e.g. for stopping rotation of the receptacle upon opening of the casing door
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L15/00—Washing or rinsing machines for crockery or tableware
    • A47L15/0018—Controlling processes, i.e. processes to control the operation of the machine characterised by the purpose or target of the control
    • A47L15/0049—Detection or prevention of malfunction, including accident prevention
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L15/00—Washing or rinsing machines for crockery or tableware
    • A47L15/42—Details
    • A47L15/46—Devices for the automatic control of the different phases of cleaning ; Controlling devices
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L2401/00—Automatic detection in controlling methods of washing or rinsing machines for crockery or tableware, e.g. information provided by sensors entered into controlling devices
    • A47L2401/30—Variation of electrical, magnetical or optical quantities
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L2501/00—Output in controlling method of washing or rinsing machines for crockery or tableware, i.e. quantities or components controlled, or actions performed by the controlling device executing the controlling method
    • A47L2501/28—Machine starting, e.g. normal start, restart after electricity cut-off or start scheduling

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  • the present invention relates to the field of household appliances, and in particular to a household appliance according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the invention also relates to methods for controlling household appliances, in particular with reference to energy consumption control and standby regulation.
  • a standby state is known to be used wherein no power is supplied to a part of the on-board electronics, in particular sensors and video or luminous interfaces.
  • the exit from the standby state is possible in response to a user's action, e.g. pressing a power button.
  • the household appliances known in the art cannot therefore detect any physical quantities nor deduce what actions should be carried out as a consequence of such a detection, e.g. signalling a faulty condition of the appliance. This results in limited flexibility of use of these household appliances.
  • ⁇ EP 0 040 113 A1 shows a safety circuit for domestic appliances, in particular washing machines and dishwashers.
  • a control logic permanently connected to a power supply switches on an electronic switch and switches a process control on to the power supply.
  • the process control can actuate other switching processes through components, eg a discharge pump, of the domestic appliance.
  • One idea at the basis of the present invention is to provide the household appliance with an automatic function that wakes it up when an event is detected in standby mode.
  • the household appliance is equipped with a sensor capable of detecting a physical quantity that can be associated with a fault, even when the appliance is in standby, and of automatically waking up the appliance.
  • this fault detection is carried out by detecting physical quantities associated with the operation of some components of the household appliance.
  • This solution ensures higher flexibility of use of the household appliance, since by monitoring physical quantities related to the operation of some components thereof it is possible to wake up the appliance in the event of a fault, so that the awakened appliance can warn the user and/or prevent any effects from occurring which might create discomfort for the user.
  • the household appliance is fitted with passive sensors (i.e. not requiring any electric supply), wherein the detection of an event causes an electric contact to close or to open, thereby waking up the appliance.
  • active-element sensors may be used for detecting physical quantities; these sensors must be powered when the household appliance is in standby. At the cost of a very small increase in the standby energy consumption, this solution allows to detect physical quantities which would otherwise be hardly detectable (or not detectable at all) through non-powered electromechanical actuators, thus improving the flexibility of use of the household appliance.
  • Fig. 1 shows a sectional view of a front-loading laundry washing machine 1.
  • the laundry to be washed is inserted into a drum 3 positioned inside the wash tub 2.
  • a solution of water and detergents is supplied into the tub 2 through a duct (not shown in the drawing); an electric motor then drives the drum 3, which rotates about the horizontal axis 4.
  • the washing machine 1 therefore comprises a drain duct 5 communicating with the tub 2, in which duct the wash liquid can collect.
  • a control unit 6 of the machine 1 controls the drain pump 7, arranged along the drain duct 5, so as to drain the liquids contained in the tub.
  • the control unit 6 comprises a microcontroller whose task is to control the operation of the household appliance.
  • the machine In order to allow the control unit 6 to control the operation of the machine 1 (e.g. to decide when the pump 6 must be turned on or when the drum revolution speed must be changed), the machine is equipped with various sensors, among which a sensor 8 capable of detecting the level of the wash liquids accumulated in the tub 2.
  • the senor 8 is a mechanical pressure switch, i.e. a device acting as a switch, which can therefore take two states (open or closed) depending on the pressure exerted by the liquids contained in the tub.
  • This type of pressure switch requires no electric supply to operate, since the opening or closing of the contact depend exclusively on the pressure exerted by the wash liquids onto a movable or deformable surface of the pressure switch itself.
  • active sensors such as linear pressure switches may be used. Although their power consumption is very low, these latter sensors must be supplied with electric energy to generate a (continuous or periodic) signal having at least one parameter (e.g. amplitude or frequency) dependent on the quantity of liquid in the tub.
  • the senor 8 comprises switching means, such as a mechanical pressure switch, and signal generating means, such as a linear pressure switch.
  • the senor 8 when the sensor 8 detects that the liquids contained in the tub exceed a certain quantity, it then changes state, thus allowing for the detection of an event which can be classified as "liquids in tub exceeding a certain quantity".
  • the pressure switch is schematised as a switch 8 that closes when the level of the liquids in the tub exceeds a certain quantity.
  • Fig. 2 illustrates a portion of interest of the circuit diagram of the washing machine 1. It is understood that the washing machine 1 also comprises other electric and electronic components (like, for example, the user interface and the electric loads) not shown in the diagram of Fig. 2 , but connected to or associated with elements of Fig. 1 .
  • other electric and electronic components like, for example, the user interface and the electric loads
  • the machine 1 comprises a power supply 200 receiving power from an alternating power line 201, shown herein as phase L and neutral N (e.g. a 230V @ 50Hz or 110V @ 60Hz mains voltage), and outputs a 12V direct voltage Vdc.
  • phase L and neutral N e.g. a 230V @ 50Hz or 110V @ 60Hz mains voltage
  • Vdc 12V direct voltage
  • the control unit 6 is powered by a direct voltage (e.g. 3.3V) obtained from the 12V Vdc through a suitable voltage regulator 9.
  • a direct voltage e.g. 3.3V
  • the standby switch 10 may be an electromechanical switch (e.g. a relay) or an electronic switch (e.g. a triac or an SCR).
  • the control unit 6 opens the standby switch 10 to stop the power supply to all devices powered by Vdc voltage taken downstream of the standby switch 10. At the same time, the control unit 6 operates some (electromechanical or electronic) switches to disconnect the machine's loads which would otherwise remain connected to the alternating power mains, e.g. the motor or the pump or the heating resistor.
  • a block 11 for detecting the change of state of the pressure switch 8 and a block 12 for detecting when the power button 13 is pressed by the user are connected to a block 14 which allows to detect one of the two "pressure switch closed” and "power button pressed” events.
  • the output OUT 14 of the block 14 is received at the wakeup input 60 of the control unit 6.
  • the output signal of the block 14 is set to an active level, thereby indicating the necessity of waking up the washing machine 1.
  • control unit 6 closes the standby switch 10 so as to supply current again to those devices which received no power in standby mode.
  • Fig. 3 shows an embodiment of the block 12 of Fig. 2 ; said block comprises a resistor R1 and the power button 13 connected in series.
  • the resistor R1 is connected to the power voltage, whereas the button is connected to ground.
  • the output OUT12 of the block 12, between the resistor R1 and the button 13, is grounded and therefore switches from the high electric level (taken in standby mode) to the low electric level (taken at power on).
  • the block 11 is designed substantially like the block 12, with the pressure switch 8 performing the same function as the button 13.
  • the pressure switch detects a quantity of liquids exceeding a certain threshold, it closes and brings the output OUT11 of the block 11 low.
  • the outputs OUT11 and OUT 12 of the blocks 11 and 12 are connected to the input of the block 14.
  • Fig. 4 shows one embodiment of the block 14.
  • the inputs IN11 and IN 12 which receive the signals from the outputs OUT11 and OUT12 of the blocks 11 and 12, respectively, are connected to the output OUT 14 through a respective diode (D11 and D12) with the anode connected to the output.
  • the output OUT14 is hung to the power voltage through a resistor R2, and therefore it remains high as long as both the inputs IN1 and IN2 are high; instead, it is low in all other cases.
  • the output OUT 14 is connected to the wake-up input 60 of the control unit 6, which wakes up when a low signal is present at the input, indicating that at least one event (of the "power button pressed” and "pressure switch closed” events) has been detected.
  • the output OUT11 of the block 11 i.e. the signal that carries the information about the detection of the event associated with the change of state of the pressure switch, is also supplied to a second input 61 of the control unit 6.
  • the input 61 is read when the machine 1 is running and its operation must be checked also as a function of the quantity of liquids contained in the tub.
  • Fig. 5 shows a variant of the circuit diagram of Fig. 2 , wherein the control unit 6 takes power downstream of the standby switch 10.
  • the control unit 6 cuts power to itself as well, and therefore it can act upon the switch only to open it, not to close it.
  • the output of the block 14 is not sent to the control unit 6, which would not be able to activate itself; instead, it is used for controlling the standby switch 10.
  • pressing the button 13 or closing the pressure switch 8 will directly cause the standby switch 10 to close, thereby supplying current again to the whole appliance, which will then wake up.
  • the washing machine 1 can wake up from the standby state both when the user presses the power button and automatically when the pressure switch closes. This makes it possible to warn the user and/or to prevent any effects which might create discomfort for the user, e.g. flooding.
  • a solenoid valve fails and the washing machine starts taking in water while in the standby state.
  • circuit blocks may be combined and integrated differently to form new blocks performing the same functions.
  • the standby switch may be located in various points of the power line so as to have the standby function operate in different ways.
  • the standby switch may be arranged upstream of the power supply 200, so that it can directly act upon an input phase of the latter (e.g. the phase L of Fig. 2 ); in standby mode the power supply 200 will thus be completely disconnected, resulting in lower standby consumptions.
  • the standby switch is preferably controlled directly by the switch 13 or by the sensor that detects the fault.
  • the sensor that remains operational in standby mode may be of various types; the example of the pressure switch is in fact a preferred but non-limiting example of the present invention.
  • the senor kept operational in standby mode may be a litre-counter sensor normally used by washing machines and dishwashers to regulate the quantity of water taken in by the household appliance.
  • the litre-counter sensor is, for example, a sensor that generates a signal consisting of a sequence of pulses at a frequency proportional to the quantity of water flowing through the litre-counter sensor.
  • the litre-counter sensor comprises an impeller arranged inside a drain duct. The impeller is rotated by the water being supplied. By counting the impeller revolutions, e.g. by means of an encoder, it is possible to calculate the litres of water supplied.
  • the litre-counter sensor detects any water supply when the machine is in standby mode, then it will operate the standby switch (whether directly or through the control unit) in order to wake up the household appliance.
  • the invention described herein with reference to a washing machine, is also applicable to other types of household appliances, e.g. a dishwasher or an oven.
  • Fig. 6 shows a sectional view of a dishwasher 600 according to the present invention.
  • the dishwasher 600 comprises a wash chamber 601 in which sprayers 602 spray water onto racks 603 housing crockery to be washed.
  • Water is supplied to the sprayers through a hydraulic circuit 604 that supplies water to the sprayers 602 and crockery racks 603.
  • the circuit 604 comprises two valves 605 which, in one embodiment, are integrated into a single component called alternating valve.
  • the water supplied to the wash chamber is heated by the resistor 606 and is then delivered under pressure to the sprayers by the wash pump 607.
  • the pump 608 controls the draining of the liquids contained in the wash chamber 601.
  • the dishwasher 600 is equipped with a pressure switch 609 connected to a pressure take-off 610 in the sump 611 of the wash chamber 601.
  • the pressure switch 609 is also connected at the top to the electronic control represented by the block 612.
  • the dishwasher may, for example, suffer a failure like the one previously described with reference to a washing machine, wherein a faulty solenoid valve causes water to (unexpectedly) enter the machine, which water must be drained in order to prevent flooding. It is therefore apparent that a man skilled in the art may use the circuit diagrams described above with reference to a washing machine and apply them to a dishwasher to control the drain pump as the pressure switch closes.
  • an oven there may be a sensor that detects a voltage drop and allows waking up the household appliance as soon as the voltage returns to an optimal value.
  • a prolonged voltage drop or blackout could, in fact, reset the internal clock and jeopardise the proper operation of delayed-start cooking programs (set by the user prior to the voltage drop).
  • the sensor detects that voltage has been restored, it will then wake up the oven, which will inform the user, e.g. by sensing a message like an SMS (Short Message System) message.
  • SMS Short Message System
  • the actions that the household appliance may take after waking up may be of various kinds and variably dependent on the physical quantity and/or on the event detected in standby.
  • the household appliance may simply report the fault by turning on warning lights, by activating audible alarms, or by sending signals to remote service centres (e.g. through a telecommunication network connection).

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  1. Appareil électroménager comprenant :
    A) un commutateur de veille (10) adapté pour adopter une première position de veille, dans laquelle il interrompt l'écoulement de courant sur une ligne d'alimentation électrique afin de placer l'appareil électroménager en mode de veille, et une seconde position, dans laquelle l'appareil électroménager est opérationnel,
    B) un capteur (8) adapté pour détecter un événement qui peut être associé à une panne de l'appareil électroménager,
    C) des moyens d'activation (6,11,14) fonctionnant lorsque l'appareil électroménager est en veille et adapté pour amener ledit commutateur de veille (10) dans ladite seconde position lorsque ledit capteur (8) détecte ledit événement,
    D) une unité de commande (6) adaptée pour amener ledit commutateur de veille (10) dans ladite première position,
    E) une pompe de décharge (7) commandée par ladite unité de commande (6),
    F) une alimentation électrique (200) recevant de l'énergie d'une ligne électrique alternative (201),
    G) un régulateur de tension (9), l'unité de commande (6) étant activée par ledit régulateur de tension (9),
    dans lequel lesdits moyens d'activation comprennent ladite unité de commande (6), ladite unité de commande (6) étant connectée en service audit capteur (8) pour recevoir un signal généré par ledit capteur (8) sur la détection dudit événement,
    caractérisé en ce que :
    ladite unité de commande (6) est alimentée par ladite ligne d'alimentation électrique en amont dudit commutateur de veille (10) lorsque l'appareil électroménager est en veille et est adaptée pour commuter ledit commutateur de veille (10) de ladite première position à ladite seconde position.
  2. Appareil électroménager selon la revendication 1, dans lequel ladite unité de commande (6) n'est pas activée en mode de veille, dans lequel ledit capteur (8) est adapté pour générer un signal d'activation lorsqu'il détecte ledit événement et dans lequel ledit commutateur de veille (10) est connecté en service audit capteur (8) et est adapté pour se commuter de ladite première position à ladite seconde position lorsqu'il reçoit ledit signal d'activation.
  3. Appareil électroménager selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel ledit capteur (8) est un dispositif mécanique capable de se commuter entre deux positions correspondant à la détection ou non dudit événement sans nécessiter d'alimentation électrique.
  4. Appareil électroménager selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel ledit capteur est un contacteur de pression.
  5. Appareil électroménager selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel ledit appareil électroménager est un lave-vaisselle ou une machine à laver.
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