EP2837723B1 - Machine à laver/sécher le linge - Google Patents

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EP2837723B1
EP2837723B1 EP13180212.6A EP13180212A EP2837723B1 EP 2837723 B1 EP2837723 B1 EP 2837723B1 EP 13180212 A EP13180212 A EP 13180212A EP 2837723 B1 EP2837723 B1 EP 2837723B1
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Arran Allsebrook
Fernando De Luca
Paolo Quattrin
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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
    • D06F34/00—Details of control systems for washing machines, washer-dryers or laundry dryers
    • D06F34/28—Arrangements for program selection, e.g. control panels therefor; Arrangements for indicating program parameters, e.g. the selected program or its progress
    • 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
    • D06F2101/00—User input for the control of domestic laundry washing machines, washer-dryers or laundry dryers
    • D06F2101/02—Characteristics of laundry or load
    • D06F2101/06—Type or material
    • 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
    • D06F2101/00—User input for the control of domestic laundry washing machines, washer-dryers or laundry dryers
    • D06F2101/10—Spin speed
    • 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
    • D06F2101/00—User input for the control of domestic laundry washing machines, washer-dryers or laundry dryers
    • D06F2101/12—Washing temperature
    • 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
    • D06F2105/00—Systems or parameters controlled or affected by the control systems of washing machines, washer-dryers or laundry dryers
    • D06F2105/52—Changing sequence of operational steps; Carrying out additional operational steps; Modifying operational steps, e.g. by extending duration of steps
    • 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
    • D06F2105/00—Systems or parameters controlled or affected by the control systems of washing machines, washer-dryers or laundry dryers
    • D06F2105/58—Indications or alarms to the control system or to the user
    • 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
    • D06F25/00—Washing machines with receptacles, e.g. perforated, having a rotary movement, e.g. oscillatory movement, the receptacle serving both for washing and for centrifugally separating water from the laundry and having further drying means, e.g. using hot air 
    • 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
    • D06F34/00—Details of control systems for washing machines, washer-dryers or laundry dryers
    • D06F34/28—Arrangements for program selection, e.g. control panels therefor; Arrangements for indicating program parameters, e.g. the selected program or its progress
    • D06F34/32—Arrangements for program selection, e.g. control panels therefor; Arrangements for indicating program parameters, e.g. the selected program or its progress characterised by graphical features, e.g. touchscreens

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  • the present invention relates to a laundry washing and drying machine, called also washer-drier.
  • washing and drying machines generally comprise an outer casing containing a washing tub in which a revolving drum is housed in axially rotating manner; the drum is structured for housing the laundry to be washed and/or dried.
  • Known washing and drying machines also comprise an hydraulic circuit and an air circuit, adapted respectively to circulate washing liquid or air into the drum, so as to wash or dry the laundry contained therein, according to the selected washing program, drying program, or "combined washing +drying" program (i.e. a program in which a washing phase is followed directly and automatically by a drying phase, without the need of removing the laundry from the drum between the two phases).
  • washer-driers are provided with a logic unit adapted to control the electric/electronic components of the machine, so as to make the washer-drier to perform a number of different programs (washing programs, drying programs, combined washing+drying programs), each comprising one or more phases.
  • phase may comprise pre-washing operations, soaking operations, washing operations, rinsing operations, spinning operations, drying operations etc.
  • drying or “drying” (e.g. “drying program”, “drying phase”) this has to be understood as drying the laundry by using the air circuit of the washer-drier, and not, for example, drying the laundry by squeezing it by rotating the drum at high speed in a spinning phase.
  • control elements are manually operated by the user to select the programs.
  • the control elements may comprise a number of switches, a keyboard, a set of keys or knobs, one or more touch-sensitive input devices, etc.
  • washer-driers are known in which the control element is a knob which protrudes from a control panel, and which can be rotated in such a way that an indicator (e.g. a print made on the knob in a prefixed angular position) can be positioned in a plurality of angular positions each of which corresponds to a specific washing program, drying program or combined washing+drying program.
  • an indicator e.g. a print made on the knob in a prefixed angular position
  • On the control panel in correspondence of each angular position of the indicator, there is a writing and/or a symbol which indicates a single washing program or drying program or combined washing+drying program.
  • user has to rotate the knob until the indicator on the knob corresponds to the writing and/or symbol related to the selected program.
  • the high number of selectable programs requires providing lots of writings and/or symbols on the control panel, which require lots of space in the control panel, and which reading is often complex, and can confuse the user.
  • the scope of the present invention is therefore to provide a laundry washing and drying machine in which the user can select the programs in an easy and logical way.
  • Document WO2012/118285A2 discloses a washing machine having a logic unit suitable to control the electric/electronic components of the machine, a plurality of washing programs stored on said logic unit, and a user input device, comprising a first input device for the user setting of the programs associated to a prefixed kind of laundry, and a second input device showing a piece of the washing information based on the information defined by the setting of the first input device.
  • Document EP2135988A1 discloses a laundry machine having a control panel, in which through a first operation part the user can select one of the plurality of washing program, whereas through a second operation part the user can select one of the cycle composing each washing program.
  • Applicant has identified that by providing a laundry washing and drying machine with a first input device allowing the setting of an operating program related to a prefixed kind of laundry, and a different second input device for setting if this operating program is actually a washing program or a drying program, the selection procedure of the washing or drying program is highly simplified and it is more logical and ergonomic.
  • this solution allows reducing the number of writings/symbols to be provided in the control panel (which improves both the aesthetics and the readability of the control panel), since it is no more necessary to provide a single dedicated writing/symbol for each washing program and drying program (e.g. washing cotton, washing wool, washing synthetics, drying cotton, drying wool, drying synthetics, etc..).
  • prefixed kind referred to "laundry” has not to be interpreted necessarily as a "type of fabric” (e.g. wool, cotton, etc.), but it can also be read as a specific characteristic or behaviour of a piece of laundry; for example one prefixed kind of laundry is "DELICATE” laundry, i.e. laundry which requires a delicate treatment, e.g. with low rotating speed, low temperature, etc.
  • the logic unit stores combined washing+drying programs, each one designed specifically for a prefixed kind of laundry and comprising a washing program and a drying program to be executed automatically immediately after the washing program, one combined washing+drying program being stored for each one of said prefixed kind of laundry, said laundry washing and drying machine comprising an input device, different from said first input device, operable by the user to set that one operating program associated to a prefixed kind of laundry and set via said first input device is the combined washing+drying program associated to said prefixed kind of laundry.
  • the input device operable by the user to set that one operating program associated to a prefixed kind of laundry and set via said first input device is the combined washing+drying program associated to said prefixed kind of laundry, coincides with said second input device, so that said second input device is operable by user to set that one operating program associated to a prefixed kind of laundry and set via said first input device is the washing program or drying program or combined washing+drying program associated to said prefixed kind of laundry.
  • said input device operable by the user to set that one operating program associated to a prefixed kind of laundry and set via said first input device is the combined washing+drying program associated to said prefixed kind of laundry, is distinct from said second input device.
  • said first input device is configured in such a way that if user has not previously operated said second input device, an operating program selected by said first input device is, as a default, a washing program.
  • said first input device is configured in such a way that if user has not previously operated said second input device, an operating program selected by said first input device is, as a default, a drying program.
  • said first input device is configured in such a way that if user has not previously operated said second input device, an operating program selected by said first input device is, as a default, a combined washing+drying program.
  • the laundry washing and drying machine comprises one or more further input devices operable by a user to set one or more parameters of the chosen operating program.
  • the first input device is a touch sensitive switch operable for setting, among said plurality of prefixed operating program stored in said logic unit, an operating program associated to a prefixed kind of laundry.
  • said second input device is a touch sensitive switch.
  • reference number 1 indicates as a whole a laundry washing and drying machine 1 that may perform both laundry and drying operations.
  • Laundry washing and drying machine 1 preferably comprises:
  • washing tub 3 is advantageously suspended in floating manner inside casing 2, preferably via a suspension system preferably comprising a number of coil springs (not shown) and vibration dampers (not shown); and the front opening/mouth of washing tub 3 is preferably connected in watertight manner to the laundry loading/unloading opening on front wall via a substantially cylindrical, elastically-deformable bellows (not shown).
  • the revolving drum 4 is preferably arranged inside washing tub 3 so that the drum front opening is faced/aligned to the laundry loading/unloading opening on front wall, and preferably so that the rotation axis of the drum is locally substantially coincident with the substantially horizontally-oriented, longitudinal reference axis L of washing tub 3.
  • the laundry washing and drying machine 1 furthermore advantageously comprises:
  • the laundry washing and drying machine 1 advantageously comprises a water supply circuit 10, only partially illustrated in Figure 1B , adapted for feeding water and washing/rinsing products (i.e. detergents, softeners, etc.) into the washing tub 3;
  • the water supply circuit 10 preferably comprises a removable drawer 10a, adapted to be filled with washing and/or rinsing products, an inlet duct 10b connectable to water delivery mains present outside the washing and drying machine 1 and adapted to deliver fresh water to the drawer 10a, and an outlet duct 10c, fluidly connecting the drawer 10a and the washing tub 3 and adapted to deliver water and washing/rinsing products into the washing tub 3.
  • the laundry washing and drying machine 1 advantageously also comprises a draining circuit 11, only partially represented in Figure 1B , fluidly connected to the bottom of the washing tub 3 and adapted to drain the washing/rinsing liquid from the washing tub 3 under the action of an electric pump 18 to discharge the liquid outside of the casing 2 through a discharge duct 19.
  • a draining circuit 11 only partially represented in Figure 1B , fluidly connected to the bottom of the washing tub 3 and adapted to drain the washing/rinsing liquid from the washing tub 3 under the action of an electric pump 18 to discharge the liquid outside of the casing 2 through a discharge duct 19.
  • the draining circuit 11 may be also advantageously provided with a recirculation circuit 21 (shown with dotted lines) preferably provided with an electrically operated valve 23 located downstream of the electric pump 18 and adapted to drain the washing/rinsing liquid from the bottom of the washing tub 3, and to re-admit such liquid into an upper region of the washing tub 3, for improving the wetting of the laundry.
  • a recirculation circuit 21 shown with dotted lines
  • an electrically operated valve 23 located downstream of the electric pump 18 and adapted to drain the washing/rinsing liquid from the bottom of the washing tub 3, and to re-admit such liquid into an upper region of the washing tub 3, for improving the wetting of the laundry.
  • the laundry washing and drying machine 1 is provided with a, preferably closed-circuit, air duct assembly 5 (see figure 1A ) which is structured to circulate inside the washing tub 3 a stream of hot air having a low moisture content, and which flows through the revolving drum and over the laundry located inside the drum to dry the laundry.
  • a, preferably closed-circuit, air duct assembly 5 (see figure 1A ) which is structured to circulate inside the washing tub 3 a stream of hot air having a low moisture content, and which flows through the revolving drum and over the laundry located inside the drum to dry the laundry.
  • the air duct assembly 5 is preferably structured for gradually drawing air from washing tub 3; cooling down the air arriving from washing tub 3 so to extract and retain the surplus moisture in the air; heating the dehumidified air to a predetermined temperature preferably higher than that of the air arriving from washing tub 3; and finally feeding the heated, dehumidified air back into the washing tub 3, where it flows over the laundry stored inside the revolving drum to rapidly dry the laundry.
  • the air duct assembly 5 is advantageously housed inside the casing 2 and advantageously comprises:
  • the air cooling device 6 preferably comprises a cold-water condenser 6 which is attached/integrated to/on the back of washing tub 3, and which preferably uses a rain/shower of cold water arriving from the water mains to cool down the moist air that arrives from washing tub 3 and flows upwards on the back of washing tub 3 up to the top of the later.
  • the air heating device 7 is preferably rigidly attached to the top of washing tub 3.
  • the air heating device 7 comprises:
  • the laundry washing and drying machine 1 comprises (see figures 1B and 2 ) a logic unit 25 (only schematically illustrated in attached figures), for example an electronic board, a microcontroller, a microprocessor, etc..
  • Logic unit 25 is advantageously adapted to control the electric and/or electronic components of the laundry washing and drying machine 1 (for instance the electric motor 5, the electric pump 18, the electrically operated valve 23, the resistor or other air-heating device, the electric centrifugal fan, etc.), so as to make the laundry washing and drying machine 1 to perform a number of washing/drying (i.e washing only, drying only, combined washing+drying) programs P1, P2, ....Pi,...Pn each comprising one or more phased; for example one washing program may comprise a prewash phase, a soaking phase, a main wash phase (comprising, for example, the adduction into the washing tub 3 of water mixed with detergent and the rotation of the drum 4, so as to apply a mechanical action on the laundry), a steam supplying phase, a
  • Each program is designed specifically for a prefixed kind of laundry (Cotton, Synthetic material, wool, delicate, etc..) and the program (i.e. the instruction making the program) is stored in a memory of the logic unit 25; advantageously, for any prefixed kind of laundry (for instance cotton) are stored at least a washing program (e.g. a cotton washing program), a drying program (e.g. a cotton drying program), and preferably also a combined washing+drying program (e.g. a cotton washing+drying program) comprising a washing program and a drying program to be executed automatically immediately after the washing program.
  • a washing program e.g. a cotton washing program
  • a drying program e.g. a cotton drying program
  • a combined washing+drying program e.g. a cotton washing+drying program
  • the laundry washing and drying machine 1 comprises a user interface 26, operatively connected to the logic unit 25, adapted for selecting and setting one or more different available washing/drying programs and adapted also for presenting user information; these information may be, for example, the name of a particular program, the status of the program, the duration of the program, the temperature of the washing/rinsing liquid, the rotating speed of the spinning, etc.; more in general the user interface 26 is adapted to present information related to the washing/drying program and/or phases of the program.
  • the user interface 26 advantageously comprises a display device or part 27, preferably comprising a plurality of LED indicators 27D ( figure 2 ), adapted for presenting user information.
  • the user interface comprises a switch ON device 31 (for example an electromechanical switch), which operation causes the machine to be switched ON; the switch OFF of the machine may be advantageously actuated automatically by the logic unit 25, for example after a certain time of inactivity of the machine, or a switch OFF device may be provided (optionally coinciding with the switching ON device, like in the example of Figure 2 ), operating on which the machine is switched OFF.
  • a switch ON device 31 for example an electromechanical switch
  • the switch OFF of the machine may be advantageously actuated automatically by the logic unit 25, for example after a certain time of inactivity of the machine, or a switch OFF device may be provided (optionally coinciding with the switching ON device, like in the example of Figure 2 ), operating on which the machine is switched OFF.
  • User interface 26 advantageously comprises an input device 28 comprising for example, a number of manually operated control elements 29 adapted for setting an operating program and or parameters of an operating program.
  • the control elements 29 may comprise: a keyboard, one or more keys or knobs, one or more touch-sensitive input devices, etc.
  • the input device 28 advantageously comprises a first input device 29I (for example a touch switch, as shown in figure 2 , or a knob, a switch, a plurality of switches, etc.) operable by the user for setting, among a plurality of prefixed operating programs stored in the logic unit 25, an operating program associated to a prefixed kind of laundry to be treated by the laundry washing and drying machine, for instance cotton, wool, synthetic clothes, etc.
  • a first input device 29I for example a touch switch, as shown in figure 2 , or a knob, a switch, a plurality of switches, etc.
  • first input device 29I is advantageously a touch switch, operating which causes the LEDs 27D associated respectively to COTTON, WOOL, and SYNTHETICS to be cyclically switched on one by one; in order to set, for example, an operating program associated to synthetics, user has to operate first input device 29I until the LED 27D corresponding to SYNTHETICS is switched ON.
  • input device 28 comprises a second input device 29II, different from the first input device, operable by the user to set that one operating program associated to a prefixed kind of laundry and set via the first input device 29I is one between the washing program and the drying program associated to that prefixed kind of laundry.
  • input device 28 comprises also a starting device 30, for example a button, an electromechanical switch, a touch switch, operating on which the selected operating program is started (optionally after a prefixed delay set by a suitable input device, not illustrated).
  • a starting device 30 for example a button, an electromechanical switch, a touch switch, operating on which the selected operating program is started (optionally after a prefixed delay set by a suitable input device, not illustrated).
  • logic unit 25 stores also combined washing+drying programs, each one designed specifically for a prefixed kind of laundry and comprising a washing program and a drying program to be executed automatically immediately after the washing program; in this case one combined washing+drying program is stored for each prefixed kind of laundry; in this case laundry washing and drying machine 1 comprises an input device, different from the first input device 29I, operable by the user to set that one operating program associated to a prefixed kind of laundry and set via the first input device 29I is the combined washing+drying program associated to that prefixed kind of laundry.
  • this input device operable by the user to set that one operating program associated to a prefixed kind of laundry and set via the first input device 29I is the combined washing+drying program associated to that prefixed kind of laundry, coincides (i.e. they are a same input device) with the second input device 29II, so that the second input device 29II is operable by user to set that one operating program associated to a prefixed kind of laundry and set via the first input device 29I is the washing program or drying program or combined washing+drying program associated to the prefixed kind of laundry.
  • second input device 29II is advantageously a touch switch, operating which causes the LEDs 27D associated respectively to WASHING, DRYING, WASHING+DRYING to be cyclically switched on one by one; in order to set, for example, DRYING, user has to operate second input device 29II until the LED 27D corresponding to DRYING is switched ON.
  • the input device operable by the user to set that one operating program associated to a prefixed kind of laundry and set via said first input device 29I is the combined washing+drying program associated to that prefixed kind of laundry, is distinct also from the second input device 29II.
  • the first input device 29I is advantageously configured in such a way that if user has not previously operated the second input device 29II, an operating program selected by the first input device 29I is, as a default, a washing program.
  • an operating program selected by the first input device 29I is, as a default, a washing program.
  • user without operating the second input device 29II
  • operates first input device 29I for setting an operating program associated to a prefixed kind of laundry, for example "COTTON” e.g. user touches touch switch 29I until the LED corresponding to "COTTON” is switched ON
  • the washing program corresponding to the set kind of laundry COTTON in this example
  • parameter and options for instance temperature: 30 C°, 40 C°, 60 C°, 90C° or running speed 600 rpm, 1000 rpm, 1600 rpm
  • a third input device 29III for instance a touch switch.
  • the first input device 29I is advantageously configured in such a way that if user has not previously operated the second input device 29II, an operating program selected by the first input device 29I is, as a default, a drying program.
  • the first input device 29I is advantageously configured in such a way that if user has not previously operated the second input device 29II, an operating program selected by the first input device 29I is, as a default, a combined washing+drying program.
  • the first input device 29I is configured in such a way that its operation is not associated to any default program, so that in order to decide if one operating program associated to a prefixed kind of laundry and set via the first input device 29I is a washing program or a drying program, it is necessary to operate the second input device 29II.

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  1. Machine à laver et à sécher le linge (1) comprenant :
    - une unité logique (25) conçue pour piloter les composants électriques et électroniques de la machine (1), une pluralité de programme de fonctionnement de ladite machine à laver et à sécher le linge (1) étant stockés dans une unité logique (25) pour tous types fixés à l'avance de linge, chacun étant conçu en particulier pour un type de linge fixé à l'avance, un programme correspondant de lavage et un programme correspondant de séchage étant également stockés,
    - un dispositif d'affichage (27) conçu pour présenter des informations à l'utilisateur,
    - un dispositif d'entrée utilisateur (28) où sont prévus des éléments de commande (29) destinés à sélectionner un programme de fonctionnement parmi ladite pluralité de programmes de fonctionnement stockés dans ladite unité logique (25),
    caractérisée en ce que :
    ledit dispositif d'entrée (28) comprend :
    - un premier dispositif d'entrée (29I) manœuvrable par l'utilisateur dans le but de régler, parmi ladite pluralité de programmes de fonctionnement fixés à l'avance et stockés dans ladite unité logique (25) un programme de fonctionnement associé à un type de linge fixé à l'avance,
    - un second dispositif d'entrée (29II) différent dudit premier dispositif d'entrée, manœuvrable par l'utilisateur pour régler ledit programme de fonctionnement associé à un type de linge fixé à l'avance et pour régler, par l'intermédiaire du premier dispositif d'entrée (291), un programme choisi entre le programme de lavage et le programme de séchage associé au dit type de linge fixé à l'avance.
  2. Machine à laver et à sécher le linge selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle ladite unité logique (25) stocke des programmes combinés lavage plus séchage, chacun étant conçu en particulier pour un type de linge fixé à l'avance et comprenant un programme de lavage et un programme de séchage à exécuter automatiquement immédiatement après le programme de lavage, un programme combiné lavage plus séchage étant stocké pour chacun desdits types de linge fixés à l'avance, ladite machine à laver et à sécher le linge (1) comprenant un dispositif d'entrée, différent dudit premier dispositif d'entrée (29I), manœuvrable par l'utilisateur pour régler ce programme de fonctionnement associé à un type de linge fixé à l'avance et pour régler, par l'intermédiaire dudit premier dispositif d'entrée (29I), le programme de lavage plus séchage associé au dit type de linge fixé à l'avance.
  3. Machine à laver et à sécher le linge selon la revendication 2, dans laquelle ledit dispositif d'entrée (29II), manœuvrable par l'utilisateur pour régler ce programme de fonctionnement associé à un type de linge fixé à l'avance et pour régler, par l'intermédiaire dudit premier dispositif d'entrée (29I), le programme combiné lavage plus séchage associé au dit type de linge fixé à l'avance, coïncide avec ledit second dispositif d'entrée (29II) de sorte que ledit second dispositif d'entrée (29II) peut être manœuvré par l'utilisateur pour régler ce programme de fonctionnement associé à un type de linge fixé à l'avance et pour régler, par l'intermédiaire dudit premier dispositif d'entrée (291), le programme de lavage ou le programme de séchage ou le programme combiné lavage plus séchage associé au type de linge fixé à l'avance.
  4. Machine à laver et à sécher le linge selon la revendication 2, dans laquelle ledit dispositif d'entrée manœuvrable par l'utilisateur pour régler ce programme de fonctionnement associé à un type de linge fixé à l'avance et pour régler, par l'intermédiaire dudit premier dispositif d'entrée (29I), le programme combiné lavage plus séchage associé au dit type de linge fixé à l'avance, est distinct dudit second dispositif d'entrée (29II) .
  5. Machine à laver et à sécher le linge selon une ou plusieurs des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle ledit premier dispositif d'entrée (29I) est configuré de manière à ce que, si l'utilisateur n'a pas manœuvré au préalable ledit second dispositif d'entrée (29II), un programme de fonctionnement sélectionné par ledit premier dispositif d'entrée (29I) représente le programme de lavage par défaut.
  6. Machine à laver et à sécher le linge selon une ou plusieurs des revendications 1 à 4, dans laquelle, lorsque ledit premier dispositif d'entrée (29I) est configuré de manière à ce que si l'utilisateur n'a pas manœuvré au préalable ledit second dispositif d'entrée (29II), le programme de fonctionnement sélectionné par ledit premier dispositif d'entrée (29I) représente le programme de séchage par défaut.
  7. Machine à laver et à sécher le linge selon une ou plusieurs des revendications 2 à 4, dans laquelle, lorsque ledit premier dispositif d'entrée (29I) est configuré de manière à ce que si l'utilisateur n'a pas manœuvré au préalable ledit second dispositif d'entrée (29II), le programme de fonctionnement sélectionné par ledit premier dispositif d'entrée (29I) représente le programme lavage plus séchage par défaut.
  8. Machine à laver et à sécher le linge selon une ou plusieurs des revendications précédentes, comprenant un ou plusieurs autres dispositifs d'entrée (29III) manœuvrables par un utilisateur pour régler un ou plusieurs paramètres du programme de fonctionnement choisi.
  9. Machine à laver et à sécher le linge selon une ou plusieurs des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle ledit premier dispositif d'entrée (29I) est un commutateur tactile manœuvrable pour régler, parmi ladite pluralité de programmes de fonctionnement fixés à l'avance et stockés dans ladite unité logique (25), un programme de fonctionnement associé à un type de linge fixé à l'avance
  10. Machine à laver et à sécher le linge selon une ou plusieurs des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle ledit second dispositif d'entrée (29II) est un commutateur tactile.
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