EP1413664B1 - Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Messung der Wäschefeuchtigkeit in Waschmaschinen oder Wäschetrocknern - Google Patents

Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Messung der Wäschefeuchtigkeit in Waschmaschinen oder Wäschetrocknern Download PDF

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EP1413664B1
EP1413664B1 EP02425637A EP02425637A EP1413664B1 EP 1413664 B1 EP1413664 B1 EP 1413664B1 EP 02425637 A EP02425637 A EP 02425637A EP 02425637 A EP02425637 A EP 02425637A EP 1413664 B1 EP1413664 B1 EP 1413664B1
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F58/00—Domestic laundry dryers
    • D06F58/32—Control of operations performed in domestic laundry dryers 
    • D06F58/34—Control of operations performed in domestic laundry dryers  characterised by the purpose or target of the control
    • D06F58/36—Control of operational steps, e.g. for optimisation or improvement of operational steps depending on the condition of the laundry
    • D06F58/38—Control of operational steps, e.g. for optimisation or improvement of operational steps depending on the condition of the laundry of drying, e.g. to achieve the target humidity
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F34/00—Details of control systems for washing machines, washer-dryers or laundry dryers
    • D06F34/14—Arrangements for detecting or measuring specific parameters
    • D06F34/18—Condition of the laundry, e.g. nature or weight
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F2101/00—User input for the control of domestic laundry washing machines, washer-dryers or laundry dryers
    • D06F2101/20—Operation modes, e.g. delicate laundry washing programs, service modes or refreshment cycles
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F2103/00—Parameters monitored or detected for the control of domestic laundry washing machines, washer-dryers or laundry dryers
    • D06F2103/02—Characteristics of laundry or load
    • D06F2103/08—Humidity
    • D06F2103/10—Humidity expressed as capacitance or resistance
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F2103/00—Parameters monitored or detected for the control of domestic laundry washing machines, washer-dryers or laundry dryers
    • D06F2103/38—Time, e.g. duration

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  • the present invention relates to a method for measuring the humidity of the linen in washing-machines, clothes-dryers and the like, and particularly to a method that allows to automatically control the drying of the linen according to the humidity thereof.
  • the present invention relates also to a system for carrying out said method.
  • the clothes-dryers and many washing-machines comprise a drying system wherein warm air flows to dry linen.
  • These electric household appliances generally do not comprise a linen humidity measuring system, so that the user has to set a drying program by choosing its duration according to a table provided by the constructors, with consequent excessive and useless consumptions if the maximum duration is always set, or with variable and not always optimal results if the duration indicated by table is set.
  • DE 19651883 discloses a system for measuring humidity, based on a linen conductivity measurement, that is on the resistivity thereof, which varies as a function of humidity. This measuring method, being directly carried out on linen, causes the two following drawbacks that make said known systems complex and expensive.
  • the measurement electronic circuit must ensure the perfect insulation between the main network power source and the measurement signal of the linen resistivity, in order to overcome the normative dielectric rigidity tests. This causes a considerable increase of the complexity and the costs of the control electronics, which otherwise would be simple and economic for this products category.
  • the object of the present invention is therefore to provide a method and a measuring system which are free from said drawbacks, i.e. which are simple, reliable, safe and cheap.
  • This object is achieved with a method and a system whose main features are specified respectively in claims 1 and 9, while other features are specified in the remaining claims.
  • the method and the system according to the present invention are based on the measurement of the variations of the electric permittivity or dielectric constant of the linen during the drying program and on the conversion of this permittivity, by means of a suitable control device, into a quantity, for example a voltage or a frequency, which depends on the humidity of the same linen.
  • the system according to the present invention thus allows to automatically adjust the duration of the drying program according to one or more drying levels selectable by the user, thus obtaining a constructive simplification of the apparatus in which it is inserted, as well as an easier use thereof.
  • the user can directly choose the drying degree of the linen at the end of the washing cycle without worrying about the definition of the duration of the drying period.
  • a washing-machine 1 provided with the system according to the present invention comprises in a known way a door 2 for introducing linen 3 in the washing basket 4.
  • Door 2 generally has a circular shape and comprises a metal frame 2a in which a glass chamber cylindrically or frustoconically shaped provided with an inner wall 2b and an outer wall 2c, both substantially circular, is inserted.
  • a metal plate 5 is fixed, for example with a biadhesive tape, to the outer surface of the inner wall 2b of door 2.
  • the metal plate 5 has a substantially semicircular shape and is arranged in the lower half of wall 2b.
  • the outer wall 2c of door 2 prevents from a possible direct contact of the user with the metal plate 5, thus avoiding the measure to be altered by eddy conductivities introduced by this contact.
  • the latter is earthed in a known way, while plate 5 is connected to an electric and/or electronic control device 8, which measures the capacity C of the condenser 6 and supplies a control signal to the drying system of the washing-machine 1 according to the measured capacity C.
  • control device 8 can comprise a charge transfer sensor, for example a Q-PROXTM device of the firm Quantum.
  • this sensor comprises a reference condenser 9 which has a known and constant capacity Cr and is connected in parallel to condenser 6 as well as to a reference voltage generator 10 which supplies a known and constant voltage Vr at the terminals of condensers 6 and 9.
  • the voltage generator 10 can be separated by condenser 6 through a first switch 11, while condensers 6 and 9 can be separated one from the other through a second switch 12, as well as short-circuited by a third switch 13. Condensers 6 and 9, apart from being connected in parallel one to the other, are also connected in series between the earth and an amplifier 14.
  • Figure 4 shows an experimental diagram containing a graph 15 of the real measure of the voltage A x Vs in volt during the drying cycle, as well as a graph 16 corresponding to an average of two adjacent values of graph 15.
  • control device 8 can comprise an astable multivibrator, in particular a square wave generator, for measuring the capacity C of condenser 6.
  • the frequency of the wave generated by the astable multivibrator is inversely proportional to a product RC, where R is a resistive component and C is a capacitive component depending on the used circuit. If the resistive component is kept constant, the variations of the capacitive components cause a variation of the frequency of the signal generated by the astable generator.
  • Figure 5 shows an astable generator which uses an integrated circuit 17, for example a known NE555 integrated circuit, which is connected to a pair of resistors 18 and 19, in turn connected in series between a source of direct current Vcc and the earthed condenser 6.
  • the astable multivibrator can further comprise a diode 20 connected in parallel to resistor 19 to obtain a duty cycle of the square output wave of 50% when the resistances of resistors 18 and 19 are the same.
  • the integrated circuit 17 may further be earthed through a condenser 21 acting as a filter.
  • a measurement of the frequency of the output signal Vs before and during the drying can thus give information about the progress of the humidity of linen 3 and allow the automatic regulation of the drying cycle in the washing-machine 1.

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  1. Verfahren zur Messung der Feuchtigkeit der in Waschmaschinen (1), Wäschetrocknern und dergleichen enthaltenen Wäsche (3), das die folgenden Betriebsschritte umfaßt:
    Anordnen der Platten (4, 5) eines Kondensators (6) um die Wäsche (3) herum, so daß die letztere als ein Nichtleiter wirkt,
       gekennzeichnet durch die folgenden Betriebsschritte:
    Messen der Kapazität (C) dieses Kondensators (6);
    Bestimmen der Feuchtigkeit der Wäsche (3) gemäß der gemessenen Kapazität (C).
  2. Verfahren nach dem vorstehend aufgeführten Anspruch, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß eine Platte des Kondensators (6) aus einem die Wäsche (3) enthaltenden Metallkorb (4) gebildet ist.
  3. Verfahren nach einem der vorstehend aufgeführten Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß eine Platte des Kondensators (6) aus einer Metallplatte (5) gebildet ist, die an einer Tür (2) zur Eingabe der Wäsche (3) im Innern des Korbs (4) fixiert ist.
  4. Verfahren nach einem der vorstehend aufgeführten Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß eine Platte des Kondensators (6) mit Masse und die andere Platte (5) mit einer elektrischen und/oder elektronischen Steuerungsvorrichtung (8) verbunden ist, die die Kapazität (C) des Kondensators (6) mißt und ein Steuerungssignal (Vs) gemäß der gemessenen Kapazität (C) liefert.
  5. Verfahren nach Anspruch 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Steuerungsvorrichtung (8) einen Ladungstransfersensor (9, 10) umfaßt.
  6. Verfahren nach Anspruch 4 oder 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die elektrische Spannung des Steuerungssignals (Vs) gemäß der Kapazität (C) des Kondensators (6) variiert.
  7. Verfahren nach Anspruch 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Steuerungsvorrichtung (8) einen astabilen Multivibrator (17, 18, 19) umfaßt.
  8. Verfahren nach Anspruch 4 oder 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Frequenz des Steuerungssignals (Vs) gemäß der Kapazität (C) des Kondensators (6) variiert.
  9. System zur Messung der Feuchtigkeit der in Waschmaschinen (1), Wäschetrocknern und dergleichen enthaltenen Wäsche (3), das einen Kondensator (6) mit den um die Wäsche (3) herum angeordneten Platten (4, 5) umfaßt, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Kondensator (6) mit einer Steuerungsvorrichtung (8) verbunden ist, die zum Messen der Kapazität (C) des Kondensators (6) und zum Bestimmen der Feuchtigkeit der Wäsche (3) gemäß der gemessenen Kapazität (C) geeignet ist.
  10. System nach Anspruch 9, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß eine Platte des Kondensators (6) aus einem die Wäsche (3) enthaltenden Metallkorb (4) gebildet ist.
  11. System nach Anspruch 9 oder 10, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß eine Platte des Kondensators (6) aus einer Metallplatte (5) gebildet ist, die an einer Tür (2) zur Eingabe der Wäsche (3) im Innern des Korbs (4) fixiert ist.
  12. System nach Anspruch 11, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Tür (2) eine innere Wand (2b) und eine äußere Wand (2c), die beide elektrisch isoliert sind, umfaßt und daß die Metallplatte (5) an der äußeren Oberfläche der inneren Wand (2b) fixiert ist.
  13. System nach Anspruch 12, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die innere Wand (2b) der Tür (2) im wesentlichen kreisförmig ausgebildet ist, während die Metallplatte (5) im wesentlichen halbkreisförmig ausgebildet und in der unteren Hälfte der inneren Wand (2b) vorgesehen ist.
  14. System nach einem der Ansprüche 9 bis 13, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß eine Platte (4) des Kondensators (6) mit Masse und die andere Platte (5) mit einer elektrischen und/oder elektronischen Steuerungsvorrichtung (8) verbunden ist, die die Kapazität (C) des Kondensators (6) mißt und ein Steuerungssignal (Vs) gemäß der gemessenen Kapazität (C) liefert.
  15. System nach Anspruch 14, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Steuerungsvorrichtung (8) einen Ladungstransfersensor (9, 10) umfaßt.
  16. System nach Anspruch 15, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Ladungstransfersensor (9, 10) einen Referenzkondensator (9), der eine bekannte und konstante Kapazität (Cr) hat und parallel mit dem ersten Kondensator (6) verbunden ist, sowie einen Referenzspannungsgenerator (10) umfaßt, der eine bekannte und konstante Spannung (Vr) an die Klemmen dieser Kondensatoren (6, 9) liefert.
  17. System nach Anspruch 16, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Spannungsgenerator (10) durch einen ersten Schalter (11) vom ersten Kondensator (6) getrennt werden kann, während die beiden Kondensatoren (6, 9) durch einen zweiten Schalter (12) voneinander getrennt sowie durch einen dritten Schalter (13) kurzgeschlossen werden können, so daß es durch Serien elektrischer Impulse, die das Öffnen und Schließen der Schalter (11, 12, 13) steuern, möglich ist, einen deutlichen Wert transferierter Ladung zu erhalten, so daß die Spannung (Vs) am Referenzkondensator (9) wesentlich erhöht wird.
  18. System nach Anspruch 16 oder 17, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß beide Kondensatoren (6, 9), neben ihrer parallel zueinander vorgesehenen Verbindung, zwischen der Masse und einem Verstärker (14) auch in Reihe verbunden sind.
  19. System nach einem der Ansprüche 15 bis 18, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Ladungstransfersensor eine Q-PROX™-Vorrichtung der Firma Quantum umfaßt.
  20. Verfahren nach Anspruch 14, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Steuerungsvorrichtung (8) einen astabilen Multivibrator (17, 18, 19) umfaßt.
  21. System nach Anspruch 20, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der astabile Multivibrator (17, 18, 19) einen mit einem Paar Widerstände (18, 19) verbundenen integrierten Schaltkreis (17) umfaßt, der wiederum in Reihe zwischen einer Quelle für Gleichstrom (Vcc) und dem in Reihe mit Masse verbundenen Kondensator (6) verbunden ist.
  22. System nach Anspruch 21, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der integrierte Schaltkreis (17) ein integrierter NE555-Schaltkreis ist.
  23. System nach Anspruch 21 oder 22, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der astabile Multivibrator (17, 18, 19) eine parallel mit einem (19) der beiden Widerstände (18, 19) verbundene Diode (20) umfaßt.
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SI200230029T SI1413664T1 (en) 2002-10-21 2002-10-21 Method and system for measuring the linen humidity in washing machines, dryers and the like
ES02425637T ES2227418T3 (es) 2002-10-21 2002-10-21 Metodo y sistema para medir la humedad de la ropa en maquinas lavadoras, secadoras y similares.
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