Dishwasher

• US 8,632,640 B2
• Filed: 04/10/2009
• Issued: 01/21/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/02/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Arcelik Anonim Sirketi
• Original Assignee: Arcelik Anonim Sirketi
• Inventors: Cetinkaya, Ebru, Kose, Yahya
• Primary Examiner(s): Barr, Michael
• Assistant Examiner(s): Bucci, Thomas
• Application Number:
  US12/990,781
• Publication Number:
  US 20110048477A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,747 Days
• Field of Search: 134/18, 134/56.R, 134/57.R, 134/57.D, 134/57.DL, 134/58.R, 134/58.D, 134/58.DL, 134/113, 134/200, 134/115.R, 134/172, 134/34, 134/94.1, 68/5.R, 68/120.1, 68/122.6, 68/13.R, 68/27, 68/28, 700/11, 700/28, 700/67, 700/83, 700/275
• US Class Current: 134/58.D
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 15/4293 Arrangements for programme selection, e.g. control panels; Indication of the selected programme, programme progress or other parameters of the programme, e.g. by using display panels

Abstract

The present invention relates to a dish-washer (1) having a single push-button (3) which is utilized by the user to select all of the programs.

Claims

1. A dishwasher that comprises a single push-button which is utilized in selecting all of a plurality of programs by a user and a control card, and characterized by

the control card that locks a push-button if the push-button is not pressed within a locking duration (T1) determined by a producer after a program is started, releases the push-button lock when the push-button is pressed on by the user as long as a releasing duration (T2) determined by the producer, and cancels the program when the push-button is pressed on for as long as a cancelling duration (T3) determined by the producer before the push-button lock is reactivated.

2. A dishwasher as in claim 1, characterized by the cancelling duration (T3) being equal to the releasing duration (T2).

3. A dishwasher as in claim 1, characterized by the cancelling duration (T3) being different from the releasing duration (12).

4. A dishwasher as in claim 1, characterized by a display that is activated when the user presses on the push-button and indicates for how much longer the user needs to press on the push-button by showing the user a time duration the push-button is pressed on by the user.

5. A dishwasher as in claim 2, characterized by a display that is activated when the user presses on the push-button and indicates for how much longer the user needs to press on the push-button by showing the user a time duration the push-button is pressed on by the user.

6. A dishwasher as in claim 3, characterized by a display that is activated when the user presses on the push-button and indicates for how much longer the user needs to press on the push-button by showing the user a time duration the push-button is pressed on by the user.

7. A dishwasher as in claim 4, characterized by a display that shows the user pressing on the push-button a remaining time for releasing the push-button lock or cancelling the program.

8. A dishwasher as in claim 5, characterized by a display that shows the user pressing on the push-button a remaining time for releasing the push-button lock or cancelling the program.

9. A dishwasher as in claim 6, characterized by a display that shows the user pressing on the push-button a remaining time for releasing the push-button lock or cancelling the program.