Dishwasher

• US 20110048477A1
• Filed: 04/10/2009
• Published: 03/03/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/02/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Arcelik Anonim Sirketi
• Original Assignee: Arcelik Anonim Sirketi
• Inventors: Kose, Yahya, Cetinkaya, Ebru
• Granted Patent: US 8,632,640 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• 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

1-5. -5. (canceled)

6. 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.

7. A dishwasher as in claim 6, characterized by the cancelling duration (T3) being equal to the releasing duration (T2).

8. A dishwasher as in claim 6, characterized by the cancelling duration (T3) being different from the releasing duration (12).

9. A dishwasher as in claim 6, 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.

10. A dishwasher as in claim 7, 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.

11. A dishwasher as in claim 8, 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.

12. A dishwasher as in claim 9, 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.

13. A dishwasher as in claim 10, 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.

14. A dishwasher as in claim 11, 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.