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CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE

  • US 20010039460A1
  • Filed: 07/09/1999
  • Published: 11/08/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/13/1998
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. Control system for an appliance which processes household items such as food, laundry, crockery and the like, said household appliance (1) comprising an electronic control unit (2) and selection means (3), located in particular on a control panel of the appliance cabinet, for the selection of predetermined basic programs of said appliance (1), whereby, as part of said control system, a first set of information is stored in said electronic control unit (2) which are used by said electronic control unit (2), in function of selections made through said selection means (3), for controlling the performance of said basic programs, characterized in that, as a further part of said control system, a second set of information is stored in said electronic control unit (2), for enabling said apparatus to perform additional programs to those basic programs which can be selected via said selection means (3), said electronic control unit (2) being prearranged for interfacing with an external electronic device (5;

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    9A) which enables the selection and the performance of said additional programs.

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