EP3571343B1 - Appareil d'entretien du linge muni d'une commande - Google Patents

Appareil d'entretien du linge muni d'une commande Download PDF

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EP3571343B1
EP3571343B1 EP18700404.9A EP18700404A EP3571343B1 EP 3571343 B1 EP3571343 B1 EP 3571343B1 EP 18700404 A EP18700404 A EP 18700404A EP 3571343 B1 EP3571343 B1 EP 3571343B1
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Antonio BARRADO FRANCO
Michael Mitzschke
Martin Sager
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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
    • D06F33/00—Control of operations performed in washing machines or washer-dryers 
    • D06F33/30—Control of washing machines characterised by the purpose or target of the control 
    • D06F33/32—Control of operational steps, e.g. optimisation or improvement of operational steps depending on the condition of the laundry
    • D06F33/37—Control of operational steps, e.g. optimisation or improvement of operational steps depending on the condition of the laundry of metering of detergents or additives
    • 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
    • D06F2103/00—Parameters monitored or detected for the control of domestic laundry washing machines, washer-dryers or laundry dryers
    • D06F2103/02—Characteristics of laundry or load
    • D06F2103/04—Quantity, e.g. weight or variation of weight
    • 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
    • D06F2103/00—Parameters monitored or detected for the control of domestic laundry washing machines, washer-dryers or laundry dryers
    • D06F2103/18—Washing liquid level
    • 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
    • D06F2105/02—Water supply
    • 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
    • D06F2105/42—Detergent or additive supply
    • 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
    • D06F39/00—Details of washing machines not specific to a single type of machines covered by groups D06F9/00 - D06F27/00 
    • D06F39/02—Devices for adding soap or other washing agents
    • D06F39/022—Devices for adding soap or other washing agents in a liquid state

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  • the present invention relates to a laundry care device with a controller.
  • a tub of the laundry care device is supplied with water and laundry care substances, such as solid or liquid detergent or fabric softener.
  • laundry care substances such as solid or liquid detergent or fabric softener.
  • an optimal amount of laundry care substance must be added to the tub, in particular avoiding overdosing or underdosing the laundry care substance.
  • the amount of laundry care substance to be supplied is supplied to the laundry in as short a time interval as possible.
  • WO 2016/102011 A1 describes a method of washing laundry in a washing machine.
  • the disclosure document DE 10 2012 109840 A1 describes a method for operating a washing machine.
  • EP 2 447 411 A2 describes a washing machine.
  • the object on which the invention is based is to specify a laundry care device which ensures an advantageous supply of laundry care substance.
  • laundry care substance is fed to the tub over a long period of time during a large number of different, successive metering steps. This can extend the duration of the laundry care program, and it is not always possible to ensure that the laundry care substance is precisely dosed into the tub.
  • a laundry care device In a laundry care device according to the present disclosure, water and laundry care substance are supplied during a single metering time segment. As soon as water is supplied to the tub by the water supply device, the control determines the corresponding amount of laundry care substance, which is also supplied to the tub during the dosing period, depending on the amount of water supplied.
  • the laundry care substance can be supplied to the tub together with the water in a timely manner, which can shorten the overall duration of the laundry care program.
  • the consumption of the required laundry substance or the required water can be adjusted as required in order to enable a particularly effective and optimized dosage of laundry care substance.
  • a laundry care device is understood to mean a device that is used for laundry care, such as a washing machine or a tumble dryer.
  • a laundry care device is understood to mean a household laundry care device. So a laundry care device, which is used in the context of housekeeping, and with which laundry is treated in household quantities.
  • the control is designed to activate the substance supply device and water supply device simultaneously in order to supply laundry care substance and water to the tub at the same time during the dosing period, or the control is designed to activate the substance supply device and the water supply device with a time delay in order to during the dosing period Add water and laundry care substances to the tub with a time delay.
  • the control can activate the substance supply device and the water supply device with a time delay during the dosing period, either that water is first supplied to the tub and then laundry care substance is supplied with a time delay or that laundry care substance is first supplied to the tub and then water is supplied with a time delay.
  • the controller can activate the water supply device and substance supply device with a time delay such that the supply of laundry care substance directly follows the water supply or that the supply of water directly follows the laundry care substance supply. A particularly rapid supply of water and laundry care substances can thus be ensured.
  • the water supply device and the washing liquid supply device are fluidically connected to the tub by a supply line, the supply line in particular comprising a supply valve, the supply valve being designed to block the supply line in a first valve position and to block the supply line in a second valve position To release feed line, and wherein the control is designed, the Determine laundry care substance amount when the feed valve is transferred to the first or second valve position.
  • the amount of laundry care substance can be determined by the control either when the feed valve is moved into the first valve position, i.e. when the feed valve is closed, or when the feed valve is moved into the second valve position, i.e. when the feed valve is opened.
  • the water supply device is fluidically connected to the tub by a water supply line
  • the substance supply device is fluidically connected to the tub by a substance supply line
  • the water supply line including in particular a supply valve, the supply valve being designed in a first valve position to block the supply line and to release the supply line in a second valve position
  • the controller is designed to determine the amount of laundry care substance when the supply valve is transferred to the first or second valve position.
  • water and laundry care substance can be supplied to the tub independently of one another through the separate supply of water through the water supply line and the supply of laundry care substance through the substance supply line.
  • the determination of the amount of laundry care substance is temporally correlated with the actuation of the feed valve in the water supply line, which ensures that the determined amount of laundry care substance is fed into the tub.
  • the amount of laundry care substance can be determined either when the feed valve is moved into the first valve position, i.e. when the feed valve is closed, or when the feed valve is moved into the second valve position, i.e. when the feed valve is opened.
  • the water supply device is designed to supply water to the tub at a water flow rate
  • the controller is designed to determine the amount of laundry care substance as a function of the water flow rate
  • the control can determine the amount of laundry care substance particularly precisely and promptly, taking into account the water flow rate.
  • the water flow rate depends in particular on the water supply device used and / or on the geometry of a supply line.
  • the water flow rate can have a construction-dependent constant value which is available to the controller in order to effectively determine the amount of laundry care substance.
  • the water flow rate can be stored as a constant value in the control, for example, or it can be determined by the control as part of a calibration process of the laundry care device. In this way, the amount of laundry care substance can be determined simply and advantageously on the basis of the water flow rate correlated with the amount of water supplied.
  • control is designed to determine a dosing flow rate of the laundry care substance supplied during the dosing period depending on the amount of water supplied, and the control is designed to supply the determined amount of laundry care substance to the tub at the dosing flow rate during the dosing period.
  • the laundry care device comprises a weight detection device, in particular a weighing device, for detecting a weight of the amount of water supplied, and is the controller is designed to determine the amount of laundry care substance as a function of the detected weight of the amount of water supplied.
  • the laundry care device comprises a volume flow sensor for detecting a volume flow of the amount of water supplied to the tub, and the controller is designed to determine the amount of laundry care substance as a function of the amount of water supplied and the volume flow recorded.
  • the control can determine the amount of laundry care substance particularly precisely.
  • the volume flow sensor measures in particular the volume flow of the water flowing through a supply line while the amount of water is being supplied. This is particularly advantageous when water and laundry care substance are supplied to the tub at the same time, since then in particular the supply of laundry care substance can be completed promptly with the termination of the water supply.
  • the laundry care device comprises a laundry drum for receiving laundry
  • the laundry care device comprises a weight detection device for detecting a weight of laundry in the laundry drum
  • the control is designed to measure the amount of laundry care substance as a function of the amount of water supplied and the weight of the To determine laundry
  • the weight detection device comprises in particular a weighing device, a device for detecting a lowering of a vibration system of the laundry drum, and / or a device for detecting performance parameters of a drive of the laundry drum.
  • the control can determine the amount of laundry care substance particularly precisely, since the optimally required amount of laundry care substance depends in particular on the amount and thus the weight of the laundry in the laundry drum.
  • a weighing device, a device for detecting a lowering of an oscillating system of the laundry drum, and / or a device for detecting performance parameters of a drive of the laundry drum allow a particularly precise determination of the weight of the laundry in the laundry drum.
  • laundry care substance amount F.
  • Base dosage amount m Mess / m reference where F corresponds to a laundry care device-specific factor, where m Mess corresponds to the recorded weight of the laundry in the laundry drum, where m reference corresponds to a reference weight of laundry, and where the base dosage amount corresponds to the dosage amount of laundry care substance for a laundry load corresponds to the reference weight.
  • the basis here is the basic dosage amount, which corresponds to the dosage amount of laundry care substance with a laundry load with the reference weight m reference , and in particular can be between 10 mL and 200 mL, in particular 75 mL.
  • the reference weight m reference is determined on the basis of customary measuring cycles and can be, for example, 2 kg, but it can also be changed by the user of the laundry care device himself.
  • the basic dosage can be adjusted based on the weight of the laundry detected by the weight detection device.
  • the laundry care device-specific factor includes, in particular, a scaling factor, special factor and / or customer factor.
  • the scaling factor includes in particular a range of values between 0 and 2.55, in particular 1, and is dependent on the laundry care device used.
  • the special factor here includes values of 0.3, 0.4 and 1 in particular, and is dependent on the laundry care device used.
  • the customer factor includes in particular values of 0.7, 1 and 1.3, and is dependent on the laundry care device used by, for example, one to allow automatic adjustment to the degree of soiling of the laundry and can be changed by the user of the laundry care device, for example to enable manual adjustment to the degree of soiling of the laundry.
  • the laundry care device comprises a program selection device for selecting a laundry care program, the controller being designed to determine the amount of laundry care substance as a function of the amount of water supplied and the selected laundry care program.
  • different amounts of laundry care substance may be required, since, for example, different amounts of laundry care substance are required when caring for pieces of wool than, for example, when caring for laundry made from cotton.
  • Basic dosage ⁇ V measurement / V reference where F corresponds to a laundry care device-specific factor, said V measurement, corresponds to the volume of water that corresponds to the amount of water supplied, wherein V reference corresponds to a reference volume of supplied water, and wherein the basic dosage of the metered quantity of laundry care substance at corresponds to the reference volume V reference.
  • the basis here is the basic dosage amount, which corresponds to the dosage amount of laundry care substance with a supply of water with the reference volume, and in particular can be between 10 mL and 200 mL, in particular 75 mL.
  • the reference volume is determined on the basis of customary measuring cycles and can be 16 liters, for example, but it can also be done by the user of the laundry care device himself be changed.
  • the factor V measured / V reference the basic dosage can be adjusted based on the real amount of water supplied.
  • the factor specific to the laundry care device includes, in particular, a scaling factor, special factor and / or customer factor.
  • the scaling factor includes in particular a range of values between 0 and 2.55, in particular 1, and is dependent on the laundry care device used.
  • the special factor here includes values of 0.3, 0.4 and 1 in particular, and is dependent on the laundry care device used.
  • the customer factor includes values of 0.7, 1 and 1.3 in particular, and is dependent on the laundry care device used, for example to enable automatic adjustment to the degree of soiling of the laundry and can be changed by the user of the laundry care device, for example to make manual adjustment to allow the degree of soiling of the laundry.
  • the controller is designed to activate the water supply device several times during the dosing period in order to supply an amount of water to the tub in each case as part of a large number of supply processes, the controller is designed to determine an amount of laundry care substance depending on the amount of water supplied, and is the Control designed to activate the substance supply device several times during the dosing period in order to supply the respective laundry care substance quantities to the tub in the context of the respective supply processes.
  • control is designed to supply a maximum amount of laundry care substance to the tub as part of a feed process when the determined amount of laundry care substance exceeds a maximum threshold value, with a Quantity difference between the determined amount of laundry care substance and the maximum amount of laundry care substance is fed to the tub during the dosing period as part of a further feed process.
  • the maximum amount of laundry care substance assigned to the maximum threshold value corresponds to the amount of laundry care substance that can be supplied to the tub during a single feed process without the laundry care substance overflowing. Since in this case the specific amount of laundry care substance is greater than the maximum amount of laundry care substance, the difference in amount between the specific amount of laundry care substance and the maximum amount of laundry care substance is added in a further feed process during the dosing period, so that all of the laundry care substance can be fed in completely.
  • control is designed not to supply the specific amount of laundry care substance to the tub during a feed process if the specific amount of laundry care substance falls below a minimum threshold value, the control being designed to transfer the specific amount of laundry care substance to the tub as part of a further feed process during the dosing period to feed.
  • the laundry care device comprises a foam detection device for detecting foam in the laundry care device, the controller being designed to deactivate the substance supply device or to reduce the specific amount of laundry care substance supplied to the tub if foam is detected in the laundry care device.
  • the object of the invention is achieved by a method for caring for laundry in a laundry care device, the laundry care device having a tub for receiving washing liquid, a water supply device for supplying water into the tub, a substance supply device for supplying laundry care substance into the tub, and a controller for controlling the water supply device and the substance supply device, the method comprising the following steps, activating the water supply device during a dosing period by the controller in order to supply an amount of water to the tub, determining an amount of laundry care substance as a function of the supplied water amount during the dosing period the control, and activation of the substance supply device during the dosing time segment by the control in order to add the determined amount of laundry care substance to the tub to lead.
  • FIG. 11 shows a schematic view of a general laundry care device 100, such as a washing machine.
  • the laundry care device 100 comprises a storage container 101, which is also referred to as a dispensing bowl, and into which detergent or other laundry care substances can be filled.
  • the laundry care device 100 comprises a door 103 for loading the laundry care device 100 with laundry.
  • Fig. 2 shows a schematic view of a laundry care device with a tub and with a control.
  • the laundry care device 100 comprises a tub 105 for receiving washing liquid and a laundry drum 107 arranged in the tub 105 for receiving laundry.
  • the tub 105 comprises a drain opening 109.
  • the drain opening 109 is connected to a line 111, which in turn is connected to a pump 113, which in turn is designed to take washing liquor through the drain opening 109 from the tub 105 and through the line 111 from the laundry care device 100 to pump out.
  • the laundry care device 100 further comprises a water supply device 115 for supplying water into the tub 105 through a supply line 117.
  • the laundry care device 100 further comprises a substance supply device 119 for supplying laundry care substance into the tub 105 through the supply line 117.
  • the water supply device 115 is through a first control connection 121 is connected to a controller 123, the controller 123 controlling the water supply device 115.
  • the substance feed device 119 is connected to a controller 123 by a second control connection 125, the controller 123 controlling the substance feed device 119. Even if this is in Fig. 2 is not shown, the water supply device 115 and substance supply device 119 can alternatively be connected to the tub 105 separately by a water supply line or a substance supply line.
  • laundry care substances such as liquid detergent, fabric softener or solid detergent are added or metered into the tub 105 as follows. After a single dosage in the pretreatment process, an initial dosage is carried out at the beginning of the main wash in the wetting phase and a final dosage in the main wash at the end of the wetting phase.
  • predictability of the required dosage amounts is only possible to a limited extent due to the properties of the laundry with respect to mass, absorbency and soiling. The required dosage is only known at the end of the network phase, which may result in a high expenditure of time or water and energy during the laundry care process.
  • an automatic metering of laundry care substance e.g. cleaning agents, detergents and washing auxiliaries
  • the required amount of laundry care substance is made available to the laundry care device 100 in good time.
  • as little water and time as possible are used to introduce the laundry care substance, and an underdosing or overdosing of the laundry care substance can also be avoided.
  • the controller 123 activates the water supply device 115 in order to supply a quantity of water to the tub 105.
  • the controller 123 is designed to determine an amount of laundry care substance as a function of the amount of water supplied.
  • the controller 123 activates the substance supply device 119 during the dosing period in order to supply the specific amount of laundry care substance to the tub 105.
  • the controller 123 is designed, in particular, to activate the water supply device 115 several times during the dosing time segment in order to supply an amount of water to the tub 105 in each case as part of a plurality of supply processes.
  • the controller 123 is designed to determine an amount of laundry care substance as a function of the amount of water supplied in each case.
  • the controller 123 is designed to activate the substance supply device 119 several times during the dosing time segment in order to supply the respective laundry care substance quantities to the tub 105 as part of the respective supply processes.
  • the supply or dosage of laundry care substance does not take place once at the end of the network phase, but is correlated with the supply of water into the tub 105 during the dosage period.
  • the controller 123 determines the amount of laundry care substance required here, and ensures that the required amount of laundry care substance is reliably supplied.
  • the controller 123 can either activate the water supply device 115 and substance supply device 119 at the same time in order to supply water and laundry care substance to the tub 105 at the same time during the dosing period.
  • the controller 123 can alternatively activate the water supply device 115 and the substance supply device 119 with a time delay in order to supply water and laundry care substance to the tub 105 with a time delay.
  • the determination of the amount of laundry care substance can be carried out by the controller 123 either simultaneously with the start of the water supply or offset in time after the start of the water supply.
  • the supply line 117 can have a supply valve which in a first valve position blocks the supply line 117 fluidically and in a second valve position releases the supply line 117 fluidically.
  • the opening or closing process of the feed valve can be correlated with the determination of the amount of laundry care substance and can be carried out continuously or at defined time intervals during the water supply.
  • the reference volume V reference can be set here by the developer himself or by the user of the laundry care device 100 himself through an interface, since the corresponding value can be read, for example, from the label of the medium itself.
  • the user can enter the reference volume V reference in liters himself or enter the water level, which is then translated into the reference volume V reference by the controller 123.
  • the scaling factor includes in particular a value range between 0 and 2.55, in particular 1, and is dependent on the laundry care device 100 used.
  • the special factor includes in particular values of 0.3, 0.4 and 1, and is dependent on the laundry care device used 100.
  • the customer factor includes, in particular, values of 0.7, 1 and 1.3, and is dependent on the laundry care device 100 used and can be changed by the user of the laundry care device 100.
  • the factor F thus enables the amount of laundry care substance to be adjusted manually or automatically to the degree of soiling of the laundry.
  • the amount of laundry care substance can be determined as a function of the water flow rate of the amount of water supplied, and / or the dosing rate of the amount of laundry care substance can be set proportionally to the water flow rate, so that the dosage of the laundry care device 100, for example, when the water supply ends or shortly thereafter concludes.
  • the volume flow of the supplied water can be determined with a volume flow sensor, and the controller 123 can determine the amount of laundry care substance or the dosage flow rate of the amount of laundry care substance as a function of the amount of water supplied and the recorded volume flow.
  • the laundry care device 100 can include a weight detection device for detecting a weight of laundry in the laundry drum 107, such as a weighing device, a device for detecting a lowering of a swing system of the laundry drum 107 and / or a device for detecting performance parameters of a drive for the laundry drum 107.
  • the controller 123 is designed to determine the amount of laundry care substance as a function of the amount of water supplied and the laundry load, whereby a precise determination of the required amount of laundry care substance is made possible.
  • the reference weight m reference can be set here by the developer himself or by the user of the laundry care device 100 himself through an interface, since the corresponding value can be read from the label of the medium itself, for example.
  • the laundry care device-specific factor includes, in particular, a scaling factor, special factor and / or customer factor.
  • the scaling factor includes in particular a value range between 0 and 2.55, in particular 1, and is dependent on the laundry care device 100 used.
  • the special factor includes in particular values of 0.3, 0.4 and 1, and is dependent on the laundry care device used 100.
  • the customer factor includes, in particular, values of 0.7, 1 and 1.3, and is dependent on the laundry care device 100 used and can be changed by the user of the laundry care device 100.
  • the laundry care device 100 can comprise a program selection device for selecting a laundry care program, the controller 123 being designed to determine the amount of laundry care substance as a function of the amount of water supplied and the selected laundry care program.
  • the controller 123 being designed to determine the amount of laundry care substance as a function of the amount of water supplied and the selected laundry care program.
  • other textile properties such as the assumption of absorbency x in the terry toweling program and absorbency y in the wool program, can be included in the determination of the amount of laundry care substance.
  • the controller 123 is designed to give a maximum amount of laundry care substance to the tub 105 within the scope of a Feeding process when the specific amount of laundry care substance exceeds a maximum threshold value.
  • the controller 123 thus limits the amount of laundry care substance supplied to the maximum amount of laundry care substance in order to prevent laundry care substance from overflowing from the supply line, in particular an inlet siphon.
  • a difference in amount between the determined amount of laundry care substance and the maximum amount of laundry care substance is supplied to the tub 105 during the dosing time segment as part of a further supply process.
  • the controller 123 is designed in particular not to supply the specific amount of laundry care substance to the tub 105 during a feeding process if the specific amount of laundry care substance falls below a minimum threshold value. This ensures that in the case of particularly small amounts of laundry care substance, the substance supply device 119 does not have to be activated separately, as a result of which resources can be saved. In this case, the controller 123 is designed to supply the specific amount of laundry care substance to the tub 105 during the dosing period as part of a further supply process.
  • a final water inlet for the final flushing in of the laundry care substance can also be provided.
  • the final water supply can be set proportionally to the total amount of water, total dosage, proportional to the last dosage or as a fixed value.
  • the dosage can be interrupted and the setpoint calculation adapted or terminated.
  • Fig. 3 shows a method for caring for laundry in a laundry care device.
  • the method comprises the activation 201 of the water supply device 115 by the controller 123 during a dosing period in order to supply a quantity of water to the tub 105.
  • the method 200 includes, as a second method step, the determination 203 of an amount of laundry care substance as a function of the amount of water supplied during the dosing period by the controller 123.
  • the method 200 includes as a third method step, the activation 203 of the substance supply device 119 during the dosing time segment by the controller 123 in order to supply the determined amount of laundry care substance to the tub 105.

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  1. Appareil d'entretien du linge (100) comprenant une cuve de liquide de lavage (105) destinée à loger le liquide de lavage, un dispositif d'alimentation en eau (115) destiné à amener de l'eau dans la cuve de liquide de lavage (105), un dispositif d'alimentation en substance (119) destiné à amener une substance d'entretien du linge dans la cuve de liquide de lavage (105), et un dispositif de commande (123) destiné à commander le dispositif d'alimentation en eau (115) et le dispositif d'alimentation en substance (119), dans lequel
    le dispositif de commande (123) est réalisé pour activer le dispositif d'alimentation en eau (115) pendant une période de dosage afin d'amener une quantité d'eau à la cuve de liquide de lavage (105), dans lequel
    le dispositif de commande (123) est réalisé pour déterminer une quantité de substance d'entretien du linge pendant la période de dosage en fonction de la quantité d'eau amenée, et dans lequel
    le dispositif de commande (123) est réalisé pour activer le dispositif d'alimentation en substance (119) pendant la période de dosage afin d'amener la quantité déterminée de substance d'entretien du linge à la cuve de liquide de lavage (105), caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de commande (123) est réalisé pour activer le dispositif d'alimentation en eau (115) plusieurs fois pendant la période de dosage afin d'amener respectivement une quantité d'eau à la cuve de liquide de lavage (105) dans le cadre d'une pluralité d'opérations d'alimentation, en ce que
    le dispositif de commande (123) est réalisé pour respectivement déterminer une quantité de substance d'entretien du linge en fonction de la quantité d'eau respectivement amenée, et en ce que
    le dispositif de commande (123) est réalisé pour activer le dispositif d'alimentation en substance (119) plusieurs fois pendant la période de dosage afin d'amener les quantités respectives de substance d'entretien du linge à la cuve de liquide de lavage (105) dans le cadre des opérations d'alimentation respectives, dans lequel le dispositif de commande (123) est réalisé pour amener une quantité maximale de substance d'entretien du linge à la cuve de liquide de lavage (105) dans le cadre d'une opération d'alimentation lorsque la quantité déterminée de substance d'entretien du linge dépasse une valeur seuil maximale, dans lequel une différence de quantité entre la quantité déterminée de substance d'entretien du linge et la quantité maximale de substance d'entretien du linge est amenée à la cuve de liquide de lavage (105) pendant la période de dosage dans le cadre d'une opération d'alimentation supplémentaire.
  2. Appareil d'entretien du linge (100) selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de commande (123) est réalisé pour activer simultanément le dispositif d'alimentation en substance (119) et le dispositif d'alimentation en eau (115) afin d'amener la substance d'entretien du linge et l'eau simultanément à la cuve de liquide de lavage (105) pendant la période de dosage, ou en ce que le dispositif de commande (123) est réalisé pour activer le dispositif d'alimentation en substance (119) et le dispositif d'alimentation en eau (115) de manière temporisée afin d'amener la substance d'entretien du linge et l'eau de manière temporisée à la cuve de liquide de lavage (105) pendant la période de dosage.
  3. Appareil d'entretien du linge (100) selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif d'alimentation en eau (115) et le dispositif d'alimentation en substance (119) sont fluidiquement reliés à la cuve de liquide de lavage (105) par une conduite d'alimentation (117), dans lequel la conduite d'alimentation (117) comprend notamment une vanne d'alimentation, dans lequel la vanne d'alimentation est réalisée, dans une première position de vanne, pour bloquer la conduite d'alimentation (117) et, dans une deuxième position de vanne, pour libérer la conduite d'alimentation (117), et dans lequel le dispositif de commande (123) est réalisé pour déterminer la quantité de substance d'entretien du linge lorsque la vanne d'alimentation est mise dans la première ou dans la deuxième position de vanne.
  4. Appareil d'entretien du linge (100) selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif d'alimentation en eau (115) est fluidiquement relié à la cuve de liquide de lavage (105) par une conduite d'alimentation en eau, et en ce que le dispositif d'alimentation en substance (119) est fluidiquement relié à la cuve de liquide de lavage (105) par une conduite d'alimentation en substance, dans lequel la conduite d'alimentation en eau comprend notamment une vanne d'alimentation, dans lequel la vanne d'alimentation est réalisée, dans une première position de vanne, pour bloquer la conduite d'alimentation en eau et, dans une deuxième position de vanne, pour libérer la conduite d'alimentation en eau, et dans lequel le dispositif de commande (123) est réalisé pour déterminer la quantité de substance d'entretien du linge lorsque la vanne d'alimentation est mise dans la première ou dans la deuxième position de vanne.
  5. Appareil d'entretien du linge (100) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif d'alimentation en eau (115) est réalisé pour amener de l'eau à la cuve de liquide de lavage (105) avec un débit d'écoulement d'eau, et en ce que le dispositif de commande (123) est réalisé pour déterminer la quantité de substance d'entretien du linge en fonction du débit d'écoulement d'eau.
  6. Appareil d'entretien du linge (100) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que l'appareil d'entretien du linge (100) comprend un capteur de débit volumique destiné à détecter un flux volumique de la quantité d'eau amenée à la cuve de liquide de lavage (105), et en ce que le dispositif de commande (123) est réalisé pour déterminer la quantité de substance d'entretien du linge en fonction de la quantité d'eau amenée et du flux volumique détecté.
  7. Appareil d'entretien du linge (100) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que l'appareil d'entretien du linge (100) comprend un tambour à linge (107) destiné à loger le linge, en ce que l'appareil d'entretien du linge (100) comprend un dispositif de détection de poids destiné à détecter un poids de linge dans le tambour à linge (107), et en ce que le dispositif de commande (123) est réalisé pour déterminer la quantité de substance d'entretien du linge en fonction de la quantité d'eau amenée et du poids du linge, dans lequel le dispositif de détection de poids comprend notamment un dispositif de pesage, un dispositif destiné à détecter une baisse d'un système oscillant du tambour à linge (107) ou un dispositif destiné à détecter des paramètres de performance d'un entraînement du tambour à linge (107).
  8. Appareil d'entretien du linge (100) selon la revendication 7, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de commande (123) est réalisé pour déterminer la quantité de substance d'entretien du linge amenée à la cuve de liquide de lavage (105) par le dispositif d'alimentation en substance (119) sur la base de la formule suivante quantité de substance d'entretien du linge = F ⋅ quantité de dosage de base ⋅ m Mess / m Referenz
    Figure imgb0005
     F correspondant à un facteur spécifique à l'appareil d'entretien du linge, mMess correspondant au poids détecté du linge dans le tambour à linge (107), mReferenz correspondant à un poids de référence du linge, et la quantité de dosage de base correspondant à la quantité dosée de la substance d'entretien du linge avec un chargement de linge ayant le poids de référence.
  9. Appareil d'entretien du linge (100) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que l'appareil d'entretien du linge (100) comprend un dispositif de sélection de programme destiné à sélectionner un programme d'entretien du linge, dans lequel le dispositif de commande (123) est réalisé pour déterminer la quantité de substance d'entretien du linge en fonction de la quantité d'eau amenée et du programme d'entretien du linge sélectionné.
  10. Appareil d'entretien du linge (100) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de commande (123) est réalisé pour déterminer la quantité de substance d'entretien du linge amenée à la cuve de liquide de lavage (105) par le dispositif d'alimentation en substance (119) sur la base de la formule suivante quantité de substance d'entretien du linge = F ⋅ quantité de dosage de base ⋅ V Mess / V Referenz
    Figure imgb0006
     F correspondant à un facteur spécifique à l'appareil d'entretien du linge, VMess correspondant au volume d'eau qui correspond à la quantité d'eau amenée, VReferenz correspondant à un volume de référence d'eau amenée, et la quantité de dosage de base correspondant à la quantité dosée de la substance d'entretien du linge avec le volume de référence VReferenz.
  11. Appareil d'entretien du linge (100) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de commande (123) est réalisé pour amener la quantité déterminée de substance d'entretien du linge à la cuve de liquide de lavage (105) non pendant une opération d'alimentation lorsque la quantité déterminée de substance d'entretien du linge dépasse vers le bas une valeur seuil minimale, dans lequel le dispositif de commande (123) est réalisé pour amener la quantité déterminée de substance d'entretien du linge à la cuve de liquide de lavage (105) pendant la période de dosage dans le cadre d'une opération d'alimentation supplémentaire.
  12. Appareil d'entretien du linge (100) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que l'appareil d'entretien du linge (100) comprend un dispositif de détection de mousse destiné à détecter la mousse dans l'appareil d'entretien du linge (100), dans lequel le dispositif de commande (123) est réalisé pour désactiver le dispositif d'alimentation en substance (119) ou pour réduire la quantité de substance d'entretien du linge déterminée amenée à la cuve de liquide de lavage (105) au cas où de la mousse soit détectée dans l'appareil d'entretien du linge (100).
  13. Procédé (200) d'entretien du linge dans un appareil d'entretien du linge (100), dans lequel l'appareil d'entretien du linge (100) comprend une cuve de liquide de lavage (105) destinée à loger le liquide de lavage, un dispositif d'alimentation en eau (115) destiné à amener de l'eau dans la cuve de liquide de lavage (105), un dispositif d'alimentation en substance (119) destiné à amener une substance d'entretien du linge dans la cuve de liquide de lavage (105), et un dispositif de commande (123) destiné à commander le dispositif d'alimentation en eau (115) et le dispositif d'alimentation en substance (119), le procédé comprenant les étapes suivantes :
    activation (201), par le dispositif de commande (123), du dispositif d'alimentation en eau (115) pendant une période de dosage afin d'amener une quantité d'eau à la cuve de liquide de lavage (105),
    détermination (203), par le dispositif de commande (123), d'une quantité de substance d'entretien du linge en fonction de la quantité d'eau amenée pendant la période de dosage, et
    activation (203), par le dispositif de commande (123), du dispositif d'alimentation en substance (119) pendant la période de dosage afin d'amener la quantité déterminée de substance d'entretien du linge à la cuve de liquide de lavage (105), caractérisé en ce que le dispositif d'alimentation en eau (115) est activé plusieurs fois par le dispositif de commande (123) pendant la période de dosage afin d'amener respectivement une quantité d'eau à la cuve de liquide de lavage (105) dans le cadre d'une pluralité d'opérations d'alimentation, dans lequel une quantité de substance d'entretien du linge est respectivement déterminée par le dispositif de commande (123) en fonction de la quantité d'eau respectivement amenée, dans lequel le dispositif d'alimentation en substance (119) est activé plusieurs fois par le dispositif de commande (123) pendant la période de dosage afin d'amener les quantités respectives de substance d'entretien du linge à la cuve de liquide de lavage (105) dans le cadre des opérations d'alimentation respectives, dans lequel une quantité maximale de substance d'entretien du linge est amenée à la cuve de liquide de lavage (105) par le dispositif de commande (123) dans le cadre d'une opération d'alimentation lorsque la quantité déterminée de substance d'entretien du linge dépasse une valeur seuil maximale, dans lequel une différence de quantité entre la quantité déterminée de substance d'entretien du linge et la quantité maximale de substance d'entretien du linge est amenée à la cuve de liquide de lavage (105) pendant la période de dosage dans le cadre d'une opération d'alimentation supplémentaire.
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