Method and arrangement for achieving load balance in washing machines

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PATENT NO 5671494
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08575570

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A method for achieving load balance in washing machines provided with a rotary drum driven by an electric motor under the control of control means, and in which a circuit is provided for measuring a physical quantity associated with information relative to the state (balanced or unbalanced) of the load in the drum, the method comprising, after the wash stage, a stage in which the drum speed is gradually increased during which the physical quantity is continuously monitored to ascertain the state of load distribution within the drum, and a stage of rapid rotational speed increase at the moment in which a state of balanced load distribution within the drum is detected.

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WHIRLPOOL EUROPE B V (A COMPANY OF THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS)LUCHTHAVENWEG 34 5507 SK VELDOVEN

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Civanelli, Claudio Ispra, IT 29 193
Galli, Rocco Travedona, IT 4 47

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