Laundry care appliance with control device and method for caring for laundry
By designing a drumless laundry care appliance, and utilizing a push-pull appliance insert and control device, the inconvenience of manual hand washing is solved, realizing a convenient and resource-saving washing process that can be performed within the laundry chamber.
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Patents(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- BSH HAUSGERATE GMBH
- Filing Date
- 2021-07-06
- Publication Date
- 2026-06-09
AI Technical Summary
In conventional drum laundry care appliances, the manual hand washing step needs to be performed outside the washing drum, which is inconvenient and wasteful of resources, especially when the laundry is heavily soiled and requires additional wetting, and is not ergonomically convenient to perform.
Design a drumless laundry care appliance with a push-in and pull-out appliance insert, combined with a control device and an output device, to allow manual hand washing steps to be performed within the laundry chamber and to integrate the manual steps into an automatic program, including wetting, washing, rinsing and pumping steps.
It enables convenient manual hand washing within the washing chamber, reducing resource consumption and preventing detergent spillage. It also seamlessly integrates with automatic programs, improving user experience and efficiency.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] This invention relates to a laundry care appliance with a control device. Background Technology
[0002] In conventional drum-operated laundry appliances, a rotating laundry drum is typically used to receive laundry. Through the rotation of the laundry drum, the laundry received in the drum is advantageously wetted by the washing liquid during the washing phase. If the laundry drum rotates at a high speed during the final spin-drying phase, the centrifugal force acting on the laundry causes the washing liquid bound to the laundry to be expelled from the laundry, thereby advantageously reducing residual moisture in the laundry.
[0003] However, in conventional drum-operated laundry appliances, laundry typically must be placed into or removed from the drum in an ergonomically disadvantageous position (i.e., particularly by bending over). In cases of heavily soiled laundry, a manual hand-washing step is required by the user. However, for this manual hand-washing step, the user must first wet and manually clean the laundry outside the drum (e.g., in a sink), because, due to installation space limitations or the user's ergonomically disadvantageous position, this manual hand-washing step cannot be performed within the drum itself.
[0004] A vacuum washing machine is disclosed in DE 26 50 509. Summary of the Invention
[0005] The objective of this invention is to describe a laundry care appliance in which the manual hand-washing step of the laundry is advantageously performed.
[0006] This task is accomplished by subject matter having the characteristics of the independent claims. Advantageous embodiments are the subject matter of the dependent claims, the specification, and the drawings.
[0007] According to a first aspect, the object of the present invention is solved by a laundry care appliance having a laundry cavity for receiving laundry, wherein the laundry care appliance has an appliance housing and an appliance insert, the appliance insert being segmentally pushable into and pullable out of the appliance housing, wherein the laundry cavity is arranged in the appliance insert, wherein the laundry cavity has a cavity opening that is accessible to the user of the laundry care appliance when the appliance insert is segmentally pulled out of the appliance housing, wherein the laundry care appliance has a function for receiving laundry by the user. The system includes a program selection device for selecting one laundry care program from multiple programs, an output device for outputting an output signal, and a control device. The control device is configured to activate the output device for outputting an output signal after the first step of the laundry care program selected by the user is executed, prompting the user to pull the appliance insert out of the appliance housing and manually perform a hand wash step inside the washing chamber. The control device is also configured to execute a second step of the laundry care program selected by the user to improve the laundry process after the hand wash step is manually performed and the appliance insert is pushed back into the appliance housing.
[0008] Here, the laundry care appliance according to this disclosure is particularly a drumless laundry care appliance, that is, a laundry care appliance that does not have a rotatable laundry drum.
[0009] This achieves the following technical advantages: laundry care appliances enable users to perform manual hand washing steps inside the laundry chamber between the first and second steps of a laundry program selected by the user.
[0010] This allows the user to simply pull the appliance insert out of the appliance housing to make contact with the laundry chamber, or to push the appliance insert back into the appliance housing to ensure the laundry care process continues, thus enabling an ergonomically advantageous manual handwashing procedure.
[0011] In particular, to prevent users from bending over, laundry and care appliances are placed on a base arranged in the storage space, allowing users to ergonomically access them. The base can include any piece of furniture arranged in the storage space, such as a sink. In particular, the base can also include other laundry and care appliances, such as washing machines or washer-dryers. In particular, the base has a flat upper side.
[0012] Here, the laundry care device is advantageously constructed to integrate the manual hand-washing steps performed by the user into the program flow of the laundry care procedure selected by the user.
[0013] During the first step of the laundry care program selected by the user, the laundry care appliance ensures, for example, that the laundry received in the laundry chamber is effectively wetted with detergent, so that the user does not need to manually wet the laundry during the subsequent manual hand wash step, thus making the manual hand wash step easier for the user. After the manual hand wash step, a simple visual inspection of the effective cleaning can be performed.
[0014] After the user performs the manual hand-washing step and pushes the appliance insert into the appliance housing, the laundry care appliance can end the laundry care process during the next second step of the laundry care program selected by the user, in which, for example, additional wetting, washing, rinsing, or pumping steps are performed during the second step.
[0015] Therefore, the laundry care appliance according to this disclosure advantageously integrates the hand washing step, which is manually performed by the user, into the first and second steps that are originally performed automatically by the laundry care program.
[0016] Therefore, it is possible to take advantage of the beneficial synergy between laundry care appliances and their users, since laundry care appliances can, for example, wet or rinse laundry very effectively, while users can, for example, remove heavily soiled items from laundry very effectively.
[0017] Furthermore, users can perform manual hand washing directly inside the laundry compartment of the pulled-out appliance insert, eliminating the need to remove the laundry from the compartment for this purpose. This particularly prevents detergent residue from spreading into the storage space of the laundry appliance, and also saves water and laundry detergent compared to manual hand washing typically performed in a sink.
[0018] The laundry care appliance according to this application is understood to be an appliance used for laundry care, i.e., for washing and / or drying laundry. In particular, such a laundry care appliance is understood to be a household laundry care appliance. That is, a laundry care appliance used in a household setting and used to handle a typical amount of laundry in a household.
[0019] In one advantageous embodiment of the laundry care appliance, the output device includes a screen for outputting images and / or characters, a light source for outputting optical signals, and / or a speaker for outputting acoustic signals.
[0020] This achieves the following technical advantage: after the first step of the selected laundry care program is completed, it can particularly advantageously prompt the user to perform a manual hand wash step.
[0021] In one advantageous embodiment of a laundry care appliance, the first step of a laundry program selected by the user includes a wetting step, during which laundry liquid is applied to the laundry received in the laundry chamber to wet the laundry.
[0022] This achieves the following technical advantage: users can begin cleaning directly without wetting the laundry during the initial manual hand-washing step.
[0023] In order to advantageously wet the laundry during the wetting step of the first step of the laundry care program selected by the user, the control device specifically activates the pump of the laundry care appliance to supply washing liquid from the washing liquid tank of the laundry care appliance into the laundry receiving chamber and wet the laundry.
[0024] In one advantageous embodiment of the laundry care appliance, a second step of the laundry program selected by the user includes at least one of the following steps: an additional wetting step, during which laundry is infiltrated with detergent solution and received in the laundry chamber; a washing step, during which the laundry is washed and received in the laundry chamber; a rinsing step, during which water is infiltrated and received in the laundry chamber to rinse the laundry care substance from the laundry; and / or a pumping step, during which detergent solution is pumped out and received in the laundry chamber.
[0025] This achieves the following technical advantages: users do not need to perform the final cleaning of the laundry themselves after the manual hand washing step, but can have the laundry care appliance perform the cleaning itself within the framework of the second step of the laundry care program selected by the user.
[0026] In order to advantageously wet the laundry during the additional wetting step in the second step of the laundry care program selected by the user, the control device specifically activates the pump of the laundry care appliance to supply washing liquid from the washing liquid tank of the laundry care appliance into the laundry receiving chamber and wet the laundry.
[0027] In order to advantageously wash or rinse the laundry during the washing or rinsing step of the second step of the laundry care program selected by the user, the control device specifically activates the pump of the laundry care appliance to supply water, especially fresh water, from the fresh water inlet of the laundry care appliance into the laundry (which, in the context of the washing step, contains laundry care substances) received in the laundry chamber, and to remove the laundry care substances from the laundry into the water, especially fresh water, in the context of the rinsing step. The control device then reactivates the pump to pump the water and the laundry care substances dissolved in the water out of the laundry chamber. In particular, the rinsing step can include multiple consecutive rinsing steps.
[0028] In order to advantageously pump out the washing liquid during the pumping step of the second step of the laundry care procedure selected by the user, the control device activates the pump to pump the washing liquid out of the laundry chamber and supply the pumped washing liquid, in particular, to the washing liquid tank of the laundry care appliance, or to pump the pumped washing liquid out of the laundry care appliance through the outlet of the laundry care appliance.
[0029] In one advantageous embodiment of the laundry care appliance, the laundry cavity arranged in the appliance insert has a laundry receiving area with a cavity opening, and the appliance housing has a cavity cover configured to fluid-tightly close the cavity opening when the appliance insert is fully pushed into the appliance housing.
[0030] This achieves the following technical advantages: when the appliance insert is fully pushed into the appliance housing, the laundry receiving area of the laundry chamber arranged in the appliance insert is fluid-tightly closed by the chamber opening, so that the laundry liquid supplied to the laundry chamber during the first or second step of the selected laundry care procedure cannot overflow from the fluid-tightly closed laundry chamber.
[0031] Therefore, the laundry chamber is constructed in two parts: a laundry receiving area disposed in the appliance insert and a chamber cover disposed in the appliance housing. If the appliance insert is pulled out of the appliance housing, the laundry receiving area in the appliance insert separates from the chamber cover disposed in the appliance housing, allowing the user to advantageously insert or remove laundry through the chamber opening into the laundry receiving area. If the appliance insert is pushed into the appliance housing, the chamber cover disposed in the appliance housing fluid-tightly seals the laundry receiving area disposed in the appliance insert, preventing detergent from overflowing during laundry care procedures.
[0032] In one advantageous embodiment of a laundry care appliance, the cavity opening is at least partially open when the appliance insert is pulled out of the appliance housing in sections.
[0033] This achieves the following technical advantages: when the appliance insert is pulled out sectionally from the appliance housing, the user can advantageously place the laundry into the laundry receiving area through the opened cavity, or can advantageously remove the laundry from the laundry receiving area.
[0034] In one advantageous embodiment of the laundry care appliance, the cavity opening is formed in the upper side of the appliance insert to allow the user of the laundry care appliance to ergonomically access the laundry arranged in the laundry cavity to perform a manual hand washing step, wherein the cavity opening particularly surrounds the entire upper side of the laundry cavity.
[0035] This achieves the following technical advantage: when the appliance insert is pulled out, the user can, particularly advantageously, insert from above into the laundry receiving area through the cavity opening formed in the upper side of the appliance insert to perform a manual hand washing step.
[0036] In one advantageous embodiment of a laundry care appliance, the appliance has a detection device configured to detect whether an appliance insert is pushed into or pulled out of the appliance housing, wherein a control device is configured to initiate a second step of a laundry program selected by the user when the detection device detects that the appliance insert is fully pushed into the appliance housing.
[0037] This achieves the following technical advantage: the control device can, with the aid of a detection device, particularly advantageously detect whether the manual hand-washing step and the subsequent pushing of the appliance insert into the appliance housing have ended. In particular, the control device can, with the aid of a detection device, particularly advantageously detect whether the appliance insert has been fully pushed into the appliance housing, to, for example, identify whether the cavity cover arranged in the appliance housing is completely fluid-tightly locked in the laundry receiving area arranged in the appliance insert.
[0038] In particular, the detection device includes an electrical contact element disposed on the device insert and an additional electrical contact element disposed on the device housing. When the device insert is fully pushed into the device housing, the electrical contact element and the additional electrical contact element establish electrical contact to detect the full insertion of the device insert into the device housing.
[0039] In one advantageous embodiment of the laundry care appliance, the appliance insert has a handle element that can be gripped by a user to pull the appliance insert out of the appliance housing and push the appliance insert into the appliance housing.
[0040] This achieves the following technical advantages: the handle element ensures that the user can make the appliance insert move in an ergonomically advantageous manner.
[0041] In one advantageous embodiment of a laundry care appliance, the laundry care appliance is a rollerless laundry care appliance.
[0042] This achieves the following technical advantages: the rollerless laundry care appliance has an advantageous structure that includes a laundry chamber and an appliance insert that can be pulled out of or pushed into the appliance housing for placing laundry.
[0043] In one advantageous embodiment of a laundry care appliance, the selection device includes an operating element for selecting a laundry care program, particularly an operating switch or a touch screen.
[0044] This achieves the following technical advantage: the user can advantageously select a laundry care program via a selection device. If the selection device includes, in particular, a touchscreen for selecting a laundry care program, then the touchscreen can also include an output device for outputting an output signal to the user of the laundry care appliance.
[0045] According to a second aspect, the object of the present invention is achieved by a method for caring for laundry in a laundry care appliance, wherein the laundry care appliance has a laundry cavity for receiving laundry, wherein the laundry care appliance has an appliance housing and an appliance insert, the appliance insert being segmentally pushable into and pullable out of the appliance housing, wherein the laundry cavity is disposed in the appliance insert, wherein the laundry cavity has a cavity opening that is accessible to the user of the laundry care appliance when the appliance insert is segmentally pulled out of the appliance housing, and wherein the laundry care appliance has a program selection device for the user to select one laundry care program from a plurality of laundry care programs, and an output for outputting an output signal. An apparatus and a control device, wherein the method comprises the following steps: a user selecting a laundry care program from a plurality of laundry care programs by means of a program selection device; a control device executing a first step of the selected laundry care program; after executing the first step of the selected laundry care program, the control device activating an output device for outputting an output signal to prompt the user to pull out a pull-out appliance insert and manually perform a hand wash step inside the laundry chamber; the user pulling out the appliance insert from the appliance housing and manually performing a hand wash step inside the laundry chamber; the user pushing the appliance insert back into the appliance housing; and the control device executing a second step of the selected laundry care program to improve the laundry process.
[0046] This achieves the following technical advantages: laundry care appliances can advantageously combine the first and second steps of the laundry care process performed by the laundry appliance itself with the user's manual hand washing steps.
[0047] In one advantageous embodiment of the method, the method has additional method steps performed before selecting a laundry care procedure: the user inserts the laundry into the laundry cavity of a appliance insert that is pulled out sectionally from the appliance housing; the user pushes the appliance insert into the appliance housing.
[0048] This achieves the following technical advantage: the laundry can be conveniently placed into the laundry care appliance before selecting the laundry care program and then performing the first step of the laundry care program.
[0049] In one advantageous embodiment of the method, the first step of the laundry procedure selected by the user includes a wetting step, during which laundry liquid is applied to the laundry received in the laundry chamber to wet the laundry.
[0050] This achieves the following technical advantage: ensuring that the laundry is adequately wetted before the manual hand-washing step.
[0051] In one advantageous embodiment of the method, the second step of the laundry program selected by the user includes at least one of the following steps: an additional wetting step, during which laundry is infiltrated with detergent solution and received in the laundry chamber; a washing step, during which laundry is washed and received in the laundry chamber; a rinsing step, during which laundry is infiltrated with water and received in the laundry chamber to rinse laundry care substances from the laundry; and / or a pumping step, during which detergent solution is pumped out and received in the laundry chamber.
[0052] This achieves the following technical advantage: the second step after the manual hand washing step ensures the advantageous conclusion of the laundry care procedure.
[0053] Similarly, the embodiments of the laundry care appliance according to the first aspect are applicable to the embodiments of the method according to the second aspect. Likewise, the embodiments of the method according to the second aspect are applicable to the embodiments of the laundry care appliance according to the first aspect. Attached Figure Description
[0054] Another embodiment is explained with reference to the accompanying drawings. It shows:
[0055] Figure 1 A schematic view of a laundry care appliance according to one embodiment of this application; and
[0056] Figure 2 A schematic diagram illustrating a method for caring for laundry in laundry care appliances. Detailed Implementation
[0057] Figure 1A schematic view of a laundry care appliance according to one embodiment of this application is shown.
[0058] exist Figure 1 The laundry care appliance 100 shown is placed on a base 102 arranged in a placement space, so that the user 104 of the laundry care appliance 100 can ergonomically access the laundry care appliance 100, so that the user 104 does not have to bend over to load or remove laundry from the laundry care appliance 100.
[0059] exist Figure 1 The base 102 shown is not part of the laundry care appliance 100 and can include any furniture arranged in the placement space, such as a sink. In particular, the base 102 can also include other household appliances, especially other laundry care appliances such as washing machines or laundry dryers. In order to enable... Figure 1 The laundry care appliance 100 shown is placed on a base 102, which has a flat upper side.
[0060] exist Figure 1 The laundry care appliance 100 shown is configured as a drumless laundry care appliance 100. Therefore, compared to a conventional washing machine, the drumless laundry care appliance does not have a rotatable laundry drum for receiving laundry. In a conventional washing machine, the rotation of the rotatable laundry drum ensures that the laundry is effectively wetted by the washing liquid during the washing process and effectively dehydrated during the subsequent spin-drying process.
[0061] Here, in accordance with this application Figure 1 The illustrated rollerless laundry care appliance 100 does not have a rotatable laundry drum for receiving laundry, but instead has a flexible and fluidly sealable laundry cavity 101 for receiving laundry. Here, the laundry cavity 101 is constructed, in particular, of a reversibly deformable material, such as an elastomer, to ensure the flexibility of the flexible laundry cavity 101.
[0062] The laundry chamber 101 is disposed in the appliance insert 103 of the laundry care appliance 100, wherein the appliance insert 103 is received in the appliance housing 105 of the laundry care appliance 100. (The last sentence appears to be incomplete and unrelated to the preceding text.) Figure 1 As can be seen, the appliance insert 103 is constructed to be a segmentally pullable appliance insert 103 from the appliance housing 105.
[0063] exist Figure 1In the diagram, the appliance insert 103 is shown in the pulled-out position, in which the appliance insert 103 is pulled out section by section from the appliance housing 105, particularly until the stop, and in this pulled-out position, the user 104 reaches into the laundry chamber 101 to, for example, put laundry into the laundry chamber 101 or take laundry out of the laundry chamber 101.
[0064] The laundry cavity 101 arranged in the appliance insert 103 includes a laundry receiving area 107, through which laundry can be received. Here, the laundry cavity 101, and especially the laundry receiving area 107, has a cavity opening 109 through which laundry can be placed into the laundry cavity 101, and especially the laundry receiving area 107.
[0065] Here, the cavity opening 109 is arranged on the upper side 103-1 of the appliance insert 103 away from the placement ground of the laundry care appliance 100, so that the user 104 of the laundry care appliance 100 can advantageously and ergonomically comfortably introduce laundry from above through the cavity opening 109 into the laundry receiving area 107 of the laundry cavity 101 in the pulled-out position.
[0066] In particular, the cavity opening 109 surrounds the entire upper side of the laundry receiving area 107, so that the laundry can be introduced into the laundry receiving area 107 from above without restriction by the user 104.
[0067] The appliance insert 103 has in particular the function of Figure 1 A handle element, not shown, is gripped by a user 104 of the laundry care appliance 100 to pull the appliance insert 103 out of the appliance housing 105 and rotate the appliance insert 103 into the... Figure 1 In the pull-out position shown, or by inserting the device 103 from... Figure 1 The pull-out position shown is pushed into the appliance housing 105. In particular, the handle element is arranged on the front side 103-2 of the appliance insert 103 facing the user 104 of the laundry care appliance 100.
[0068] To ensure that the appliance insert 103 can be advantageously pulled out of or pushed into the appliance housing 105, the inner side of the appliance housing 105 has guide elements, particularly guide rails, into which inserting elements, particularly rollers, arranged on the first insert lateral side 103-3 and the second insert lateral side 103-4 of the appliance insert 103 are embedded. Figure 1 The guide element and the embedded element are not shown.
[0069] The inner side of the appliance housing 105 has a [feature] on the upper side 105-1 of the housing. Figure 1 The cavity cover, not shown, is configured to fluid-tightly close the cavity opening 109 when the appliance insert 103 is fully inserted into the appliance housing 105.
[0070] Therefore, the washing liquid used in the laundry care process can be supplied into the laundry chamber 101, which can be fluid-tightly closed by the chamber cover, or pumped out from the fluid-tightly closed laundry chamber 101 after the laundry care process.
[0071] The appliance insert 103, which can be pulled out from the laundry care appliance 100, allows the laundry care procedure performed by the laundry care appliance 100 to be combined with the hand washing steps performed manually by the user 104 inside the laundry chamber 101, especially inside the laundry receiving area 107.
[0072] At the start of the laundry care process, with the appliance insert 103 pulled out from the appliance housing 105, the user 104 places the laundry to be cared for into the laundry chamber 101, particularly the laundry receiving area 107, and then pushes the appliance insert 103 into the appliance housing 105, thereby fluid-tightly sealing the laundry chamber 101.
[0073] Laundry care appliances 100 have the following functions: Figure 1 The program selection device, not shown, is for a user 104 of the laundry care appliance 100 to select one laundry care program from multiple laundry care programs. The program selection device may include, in particular, an operating switch or a touchscreen for selecting a laundry care program. Specifically, the handwashing steps manually performed by the user 104 are stored in the selected laundry care program.
[0074] User 104 selects the laundry care program from a variety of laundry care programs using a program selection device.
[0075] Next, laundry care appliance 100 in Figure 1 The control device (not shown) initiates the first step of the laundry care procedure selected by the user 104.
[0076] Here, the first step of the laundry care procedure selected by the user 104 specifically includes a wetting step, during which the laundry received in the laundry chamber 101 is wetted with laundry detergent to moisten the laundry.
[0077] After performing the first step of the laundry care procedure, the laundry care appliance 100... Figure 1 The output device, not shown, sends an output signal to the user 104 of the laundry care appliance 100.
[0078] Here, the output device may specifically include a screen for outputting images or characters, a light source for outputting optical signals, and / or a speaker for outputting acoustic signals.
[0079] Advantageously, it can notify the user 104 by outputting a signal that the first step of the laundry care procedure, especially wetting the laundry with detergent, has been completed.
[0080] Next, the user 104 of the laundry care appliance 100 pulls the appliance insert 103 out of the laundry care appliance 100 and rotates the appliance insert 103 to the position of the appliance insert 103. Figure 1 The pull-out position is shown in the middle. In the pull-out position, the cavity opening 109 is open, so that the user 104 can then perform the manual hand washing procedure.
[0081] During the manual hand wash step, the user 104 has a particular advantage in cleaning the laundry received in the laundry chamber 101, especially in the laundry receiving area 107, and which has already been soaked, with their hands. In particular, the detergent solution supplied to the laundry chamber 101 during the first step of the laundry care procedure already contains laundry care substances, so the user 104 does not need to add additional laundry care substances during the manual hand wash step.
[0082] During the manual hand-washing step, the user 104 cleans the laundry received in the laundry compartment 101 with their hands, thereby achieving the advantage that the user 104 does not need to remove the laundry from the laundry compartment 101. Here, if as Figure 1 The laundry care appliance 100 is mounted in an elevated position, for example, on another appliance, which results in a particularly advantageous and ergonomic posture for the user 104, since the user does not have to bend over for the manual hand washing steps.
[0083] Furthermore, by performing a manual hand-washing step inside the laundry chamber 101, the washing liquid can be prevented from spreading in the placement space of the laundry care appliance 100, because the user 104 does not need to remove the laundry from the laundry chamber 101.
[0084] Furthermore, by performing a manual hand-washing step, a particularly resource-saving laundry care process can be achieved, because the user 104 does not have to clean the laundry to be cared for in the sink, and can prevent the usually excessive water consumption associated with it.
[0085] After performing a manual hand wash inside the laundry chamber 101, the user 104 then pushes the appliance insert 103 into the appliance housing 105, thereby fluidly sealing the laundry chamber 101 again.
[0086] The laundry care program ends in the second step, which is the manual execution of the laundry care program selected by the user 104, followed by the hand washing step and implemented by the control device.
[0087] Here, the second step includes at least one of the following steps: an additional wetting step, during which detergent is absorbed into the laundry received in the laundry chamber 101; a washing step, during which the laundry received in the laundry chamber 101 is washed; a rinsing step, during which water is absorbed into the laundry received in the laundry chamber 101 to rinse away the laundry care substance; and / or a pumping step, during which detergent is pumped out of the laundry received in the laundry chamber 101.
[0088] Next, the laundry care process ends, and the user 104 is able to remove the laundry from the laundry care appliance 100.
[0089] In the rollerless laundry care appliance 100 according to the present disclosure, the combination of the first and second steps of the laundry care procedure with the manual hand washing step performed between them by the user 104 achieves laundry care that is particularly advantageous and ergonomically comfortable for the user 104 and reduces resource consumption compared to hand washing that is usually performed on a washbasin.
[0090] Figure 2 A schematic diagram illustrating a method in laundry care appliance 100.
[0091] As an optional method step, method 200 includes the user 104 placing laundry into the laundry cavity 101 of the appliance insert 103, which is pulled out in sections from the appliance housing 105, by the user 104.
[0092] As an alternative method step, method 200 includes the user 104 pushing the appliance insert 103 into the appliance housing 105.
[0093] As a first method step, method 200 includes a user 104 selecting the laundry care program 205 from a plurality of laundry care programs by means of a program selection device.
[0094] As a second method step, method 200 includes a first step in which the laundry care procedure selected by the control device 207 is executed.
[0095] As a third method step, method 200 includes activating an output device 209 by a control device to output an output signal after the first step of performing the selected laundry program, prompting the user 104 to pull out the pull-out appliance insert 103 and manually perform the hand washing step inside the laundry chamber 101.
[0096] As a fourth method step, method 200 includes the removal 211 of the appliance insert 103 from the appliance housing 105 and the manual hand washing step performed by the user 104 inside the wash chamber 101.
[0097] As a fifth method step, method 200 includes the user 104 pushing the appliance insert 103 into the appliance housing 105 by pushing 213.
[0098] As a sixth method step, method 200 includes a second step in which the selected laundry care procedure is executed by the control device 215 to improve the laundry process.
[0099] All features explained and illustrated in association with a single embodiment of the invention can be arranged in different combinations within the subject matter of the invention to achieve their advantageous effects simultaneously.
[0100] The scope of protection of this invention is given by the claims and is not limited by the features explained in the specification or shown in the drawings.
[0101] List of reference numerals
[0102] 100 laundry care appliances
[0103] 101 Washing chamber
[0104] 102 Base
[0105] 103 Appliance inserts
[0106] 104 Users of laundry and care products
[0107] 103-1 Upper side of the insert
[0108] 103-2 Front side of the insert
[0109] 103-3 First insert transverse side
[0110] 103-4 Second insert lateral side
[0111] 105 Appliance housing
[0112] 105-1 Upper side of the casing
[0113] 107 Laundry Receiving Area
[0114] 109 cavity opening
[0115] 200 Methods for caring for laundry items in laundry care appliances
[0116] 201 Optional method step: Place the laundry into the appliance housing.
[0117] 203 Optional method step: Push the appliance insert into the appliance housing.
[0118] 205 First step: Select a laundry care program
[0119] 207 Second Method Step: Perform the first step of the selected laundry care procedure.
[0120] 209 Third method step: Activate the output device
[0121] 211 Fourth method step: Pull the appliance insert out of the appliance housing and manually perform the hand washing step.
[0122] 213 Fifth method step: Push the instrument insert into the instrument housing.
[0123] 215 Sixth Method Step: Perform the second step of the selected laundry care procedure.
Claims
1. A laundry care appliance (100), wherein, The laundry care appliance (100) has a laundry cavity (101) for receiving laundry, wherein the laundry care appliance (100) has an appliance housing (105) and an appliance insert (103), the appliance insert being pushable into the appliance housing (105) and segmentally pullable out of the appliance housing (105), wherein the laundry cavity (101) is arranged in the appliance insert (103), wherein the laundry cavity (101) has a cavity opening (109), the cavity opening being accessible to the user (104) of the laundry care appliance (100) when the appliance insert (103) is segmentally pulled out of the appliance housing (105), wherein the laundry care appliance (100) has a program selection device for the user (104) to select a laundry care program from a plurality of laundry care programs, an output device for outputting an output signal, and a control device. Its features are, The control device is configured to activate the output device for outputting an output signal after the first step of the laundry program selected by the user (104) is executed, prompting the user (104) to pull the appliance insert (103) out of the appliance housing (105) and manually perform the hand-washing step inside the laundry cavity (101), and The control device is configured to perform a second step of the washing program selected by the user (104) after the hand washing step is manually performed and the appliance insert (103) is pushed into the appliance housing (105), in order to improve the washing process. The laundry care appliance (100) includes a detection device configured to detect whether the appliance insert (103) is pushed into or pulled out of the appliance housing (105). The control device is configured to initiate the second step of the laundry program selected by the user (104) when the detection device detects that the appliance insert (103) is fully pushed into the appliance housing (105).
2. The laundry care appliance (100) according to claim 1, characterized in that, The output device includes a screen for outputting images and / or characters, a light source for outputting optical signals, and / or a speaker for outputting acoustic signals.
3. The laundry care appliance (100) according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that, The first step of the laundry program selected by the user (104) includes a wetting step, during which the laundry is wetted by penetrating the laundry received in the laundry chamber (101) with a washing liquid.
4. The laundry care appliance (100) according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that, The second step of the laundry program selected by the user (104) includes at least one of the following steps: an additional wetting step, during which the laundry is soaked in the laundry received in the laundry chamber (101) with a washing liquid; A washing step, during which the laundry received in the laundry chamber (101) is washed; A rinsing step, during which water is poured into the laundry received in the laundry chamber (101) to rinse away the laundry care substance from the laundry; and / or a pumping step, during which the washing liquid received in the laundry chamber (101) is pumped out.
5. The laundry care appliance (100) according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that, The laundry chamber (101) arranged in the appliance insert (103) has a laundry receiving area (107) with the chamber opening (109), and the appliance housing (105) has a chamber cover configured to fluid-tightly close the chamber opening (109) when the appliance insert (103) is fully pushed into the appliance housing (105).
6. The laundry care appliance (100) according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that, When the device insert (103) is pulled out sectionally from the device housing (105), the cavity opening (109) is at least sectionally open.
7. The laundry care appliance (100) according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that, The cavity opening (109) is formed in the upper side (103-1) of the insert of the appliance insert (103), so that the user (104) of the laundry care appliance (100) can ergonomically access the laundry clothes arranged in the laundry cavity (101) to perform a manual hand washing step.
8. The laundry care appliance (100) according to claim 7, characterized in that, The cavity opening (109) surrounds the entire upper side of the washing chamber (101).
9. The laundry care appliance (100) according to any one of claims 1-2 and 8, characterized in that, The device insert (103) has a handle element that can be gripped by the user (104) to pull the device insert (103) out of the device housing (105) and push the device insert (103) into the device housing (105).
10. The laundry care appliance (100) according to any one of claims 1-2 and 8, characterized in that, The laundry care appliance (100) is a rollerless laundry care appliance (100).
11. The laundry care appliance (100) according to any one of claims 1-2 and 8, characterized in that, The selection device includes operating elements for selecting a laundry care program.
12. The laundry care appliance (100) according to claim 11, characterized in that, The selection device is an operation switch or a touch screen.
13. A method (200) for caring for laundry in a laundry care appliance (100), wherein, The laundry care appliance (100) has a laundry cavity (101) for receiving laundry, wherein the laundry care appliance (100) has an appliance housing (105) and an appliance insert (103), the appliance insert being segmentally pushable into and pulled out of the appliance housing (105), wherein the laundry cavity (101) is arranged in the appliance insert (103), wherein the laundry cavity (101) has a cavity opening (109). When the appliance insert (103) is pulled out sectionally from the appliance housing (105), the cavity opening is accessible to the user (104) of the laundry care appliance (100), wherein the laundry care appliance (100) has a program selection device for the user (104) to select a laundry care program from a plurality of laundry care programs, an output device for outputting an output signal, and a control device, characterized in that the method (200) comprises the following method steps: The user (104) selects (205) the laundry care program from the plurality of laundry care programs by means of the program selection device. The first step of the selected laundry care procedure is executed by the control device. After the first step of the selected laundry program is performed, the output device (209) is activated by the control device to output an output signal to prompt the user (104) to pull out the appliance insert (103) and manually perform the hand washing step inside the laundry chamber (101). The user (104) pulls the appliance insert (103) out (211) from the appliance housing (105) and manually performs the hand washing step inside the washing chamber (101). The user (104) pushes the device insert (103) into the device housing (105), and The control device executes the second step of the selected laundry care procedure to improve the washing process.
14. The method (200) according to claim 13, characterized in that, The method (200) has additional method steps performed before selecting the laundry care procedure (205): The user (104) places (201) laundry into the laundry cavity (101) of the appliance insert (103) that is pulled out in sections from the appliance housing (105). The user (104) pushes the device insert (103) into the device housing (105).
15. The method (200) according to claim 13 or 14, characterized in that, The first step of the laundry program selected by the user (104) includes a wetting step, during which laundry liquid is applied to the laundry received in the laundry chamber (101) to wet the laundry.
16. The method (200) according to claim 13 or 14, characterized in that, The second step of the laundry program selected by the user (104) includes at least one of the following steps: an additional wetting step, during which laundry liquid is applied to the laundry received in the laundry chamber (101); and a rinsing step, during which water is applied to the laundry received in the laundry chamber (101) to rinse the laundry care substance out of the laundry. And / or a pumping step, during which the washing liquid received in the washing chamber (101) is pumped out.