Dishwasher comprising a single button

Abstract

The present invention relates to a dishwasher (1) comprising a door (2), a control panel (3) disposed at the upper side of the door (2), a latch (4) disposed on the door (2) and providing the door (2) to be releasably locked, an on/off switch (5) disposed on the door (2) that provides the dishwasher (1) to be energized or to turn off the supplied energy, a control card (6) providing to perform an automatic washing program (P) the parameters of which are determined according to data such as dirt level of the dishes and temperature of the wash water, a single start button (7) providing the automatic washing program (P) to be started by the user pressing thereon and a display (8) that provides the user to monitor the data relating to the washing process and wherein changes can be made in the washing program or the display (8) language (L) by means of a single start button (7).

Claims

1. A dishwasher (1) comprising a door (2), a control panel (3) disposed at an upper side of the door (2), a latch (4) disposed on the door (2) and providing the door (2) to be locked, an on/off switch (5) disposed on the door (2) that provides the dishwasher (1) to be energized or to be turned, a control card (6) providing an automatic washing program (P) parameters determined according to data such as dishes dirtiness level and wash water temperature, a single start button (7) and a display (8) that allows monitoring the data relating to a washing process, wherein the control card (6) is configured to: detect that the door (2) is closed by means of a signal delivered from the latch (4) and start the automatic washing program (P) stored in a memory of the control card when the start button (7) is pressed once, and detect that the door (2) is open by means of the signal delivered by the latch (4) and provide options in a setting menu (S) to be reached when the start button (7) is pressed once providing settings from the setting menu (S) to be changed when the start button (7) is pressed again by the user.

2. The dishwasher (1) as in claim 1, wherein the control card (6) is configured to provide options in the setting menu (S) to be reached when the start button (7) is pressed once and held for at least a first time period (T1) when the door (2) is open.

3. The dishwasher (1) as in claim 2, wherein the control card (6) is configured to store a reference program option having a washing test regardless of the setting menu (S) and providing the reference program option is directly reached when the start button (7) is pressed once and held for at least a first time period (T1) while the door (2) is open, and the reference program is saved when the start button (7) is pressed again and the reference program is executed in the washing process instead of the automatic washing program (P).

4. The dishwasher (1) as in claim 3, wherein the control card (6) is configured to store an option for changing a display (8) language (L) present in the setting menu (S), providing the option of changing the display (8) language (L) when the start button (7) is pressed once and held for at least another time period (T3) while the door (2) is open, and various languages are seen successively on the display (8) and a desired language is saved by pressing the start button (7).

5. The dishwasher (1) as in claim 4, wherein the control card (6) is configured to store both a display (8) language (L) changing option and a reference program changing option in the setting menu (S) providing the display (8) language (L) changing option when the start button (7) is pressed once and held for at least another time period (T3) while the door (2) is open, and thereafter, leaving the display (8) language (L) changing option when the start button (7) is pressed again, while simultaneously entering the reference program changing option.

6. The dishwasher (1) as in claim 3, wherein the control card (6) is configured to store both a display (8) language (L) changing option and a reference program changing option in the setting menu (S) providing the display (8) language (L) changing option when the start button (7) is pressed once and held for at least another time period (T3) while the door (2) is open, and thereafter, leaving the display (8) language (L) changing option when the start button (7) is pressed again, while simultaneously entering the reference program changing option.

7. The dishwasher (1) as in claim 2, wherein the control card (6) is configured to store an option for changing a display (8) language (L) present in the setting menu (S), providing the option of changing the display (8) language (L) when the start button (7) is pressed once and held for at least another time period (T3) while the door (2) is open, and various languages are seen successively on the display (8) and a desired language is saved by pressing the start button (7).

8. The dishwasher (1) as in claim 7, wherein the control card (6) is configured to store both a display (8) language (L) changing option and a reference program changing option in the setting menu (S) providing the display (8) language (L) changing option when the start button (7) is pressed once and held for at least another time period (T3) while the door (2) is open, and thereafter, leaving the display (8) language (L) changing option when the start button (7) is pressed again, while simultaneously entering the reference program changing option.

9. The dishwasher (1) as in claim 2, wherein the control card (6) is configured to store includes both a display (8) language (L) changing option and a reference program changing option in the setting menu (S) providing the display (8) language (L) changing option when the start button (7) is pressed once and held for at least another time period (T3) while the door (2) is open, and thereafter, leaving the display (8) language (L) changing option when the start button (7) is pressed again, while simultaneously entering the reference program changing option.

10. The dishwasher (1) as in claim 1, wherein the control card (6) is configured to store a reference program option having a washing test regardless of the setting menu (S) and providing the reference program option is directly reached when the start button (7) is pressed once and held for at least a first time period (T1) while the door (2) is open, and the reference program is saved when the start button (7) is pressed again and the reference program is executed in the washing process instead of the automatic washing program (P).

11. The dishwasher (1) as in claim 10, wherein the control card (6) is configured to store an option for changing a display (8) language (L) present in the setting menu (S), providing the option of changing the display (8) language (L) when the start button (7) is pressed once and held for at least another time period (T3) while the door (2) is open, and various languages are seen successively on the display (8) and a desired language is saved by pressing the start button (7).

12. The dishwasher (1) as in claim 11, wherein the control card (6) is configured to store both a display (8) language (L) changing option and a reference program changing option in the setting menu (S) providing the display (8) language (L) changing option when the start button (7) is pressed once and held for at least another time period (T3) while the door (2) is open, and thereafter, leaving the display (8) language (L) changing option when the start button (7) is pressed again, while simultaneously entering the reference program changing option.

13. The dishwasher (1) as in claim 10, wherein the control card (6) is configured to store both a display (8) language (L) changing option and a reference program changing option in the setting menu (S) providing the display (8) language (L) changing option when the start button (7) is pressed once and held for at least another time period (T3) while the door (2) is open, and thereafter, leaving the display (8) language (L) changing option when the start button (7) is pressed again, while simultaneously entering the reference program changing option.

14. The dishwasher (1) as in claim 1, wherein the control card (6) is configured to store an option for changing a display (8) language (L) present in the setting menu (S), providing the option of changing the display (8) language (L) when the start button (7) is pressed once and held for at least another time period (T3) while the door (2) is open, and various languages seen successively on the display (8) and a desired language is saved by pressing the start button (7).

15. The dishwasher (1) as in claim 14, wherein the control card (6) is configured to store both the option for changing display (8) language (L) and an option for changing a reference program in the setting menu (S) providing the display (8) language (L) changing option when the start button (7) is pressed once and held for at least the another time period (T3) while the door (2) is open, and thereafter, saving the desired language and leaving the display (8) language (L) changing option when the start button (7) is pressed again, while simultaneously entering the reference program changing option.

16. The dishwasher (1) as in claim 1, wherein the control card (6) is configured to store both a display (8) language (L) changing option and a reference program changing option in the setting menu (S) providing the display (8) language (L) changing option when the start button (7) is pressed once and held for at least another time period (T3) while the door (2) is open, and thereafter, leaving the display (8) language (L) changing option when the start button (7) is pressed again, while simultaneously entering the reference program changing option.

Description

(1) The dishwasher realized in order to attain the aim of the present invention is illustrated in the attached figures, where:

(2) FIG. 1is the perspective view of a dishwasher.

(3) The elements illustrated in the figures are numbered as follows: 1Dishwasher 2Door 3Control panel 4Latch 5On/off switch 6Control card 7Start button 8Display

(4) The dishwasher (1) comprises a body, a door (2) providing the user to access into the body, a control panel (3) disposed at the upper side of the door (2), a latch (4) disposed on the door (2) and which provides the door (2) to be locked easily releasable manner, an on/off switch (5) disposed on the door (2) that provides the dishwasher (1) to be energized or to turn off the supplied energy, a control card (6) providing to perform an automatic washing program (P) the parameters of which are determined according to data such as dirtiness level of the dishes and temperature of the wash water, a single start button (7) disposed on the front surface of the control panel (3), providing the automatic washing program (P) to be started when pressed thereon by the user and furthermore to perform the test and setting processes by entering into the setting menu (S) present in the memory of the control card (6) by the service personnel through means of additional apparatuses or algorithms when the need for changing any settings is required and a display (8) disposed on the front face of the control panel (3) and which provides the user to monitor the data relating to the washing process.

(5) The dishwasher (1) of the present invention comprises the control card (6) that starts the automatic washing program (P) when the start button (7) is pressed once by the user and when the door (2) is detected to be closed by means of the signal delivered by the latch (4) when the door (2) is in the closed position and that provides the setting menu (S) options to be reached when the start button (7) is pressed once by the user by changing the function of the start button (7) when the door (2) is detected to be open by means of the signal delivered by the latch (4) when the door (2) is in the open position, and the settings in the setting menu (S) to be changed when the start button (7) is pressed again by the user.

(6) In an embodiment of the present invention, the control card (6) provides reaching the options in the setting menu (S) when the start button (7) is pressed by the user for a certain time period (T1) when the door (2) is in the open position.

(7) In the dishwasher (1) of the present invention, execution of the washing program and entering into the setting menu (S) operations are performed by the single start button (7) and the automatic washing program (P) is started by the control card (6) when the start button (7) is pressed once by the user while the door (2) is closed. While the door (2) is in the open position, the function of the start button (7) is changed by the control card (6), the options in the setting menu (S) are reached easily when the start button (7) is pressed once for a certain time period (T1) and the desired changes in the settings are made by again pressing the start button (7).

(8) In another embodiment of the present invention, the reference program option is present in the setting menu (S) that is used for the purpose of the washing test regardless of the dirt amount and the control card (6) provides the reference program option to be reached directly when the start button (7) is pressed by the user for a certain time period (T1) while the door (2) is in the open position, and when the start button (7) is pressed again, provides the reference program to be saved and the reference program to be executed in the washing process instead of the automatic washing program (P).

(9) In some situations, the user may prefer to use the reference program, regardless of the dirt amount of the dishes that consumes less energy by completing the washing process in a shorter time period than the automatic washing program (P). In this embodiment, while the door (2) is in the open position, the user can directly reach the reference program easily which is one of the options in the setting menu (S) by pressing the start button (7) for a certain time period (T1) and saves the Ref. Program ON option by the start button (7) and provides execution of the reference program in the washing process. In order to cancel the reference program, the user again presses the start button (7) while the door (2) is in the open position to save the Ref. Program OFF option and the automatic washing program (P) is executed in the washing process by cancelling the reference program.

(10) In this embodiment, in the dishwasher (1) the below given steps are followed for execution of the reference program instead of the automatic washing program (P): energizing the dishwasher (1) by pressing the on/off switch (5) while the door (2) is in the open position, entering into the setting menu (S) by pressing the start button (7), displaying the Settings inscription on the display (8), continuing to press the start button (7) for a certain time period (T1), e.g. for 10 seconds and in the meantime giving time information to the user with the countdown on the display (8), displaying Ref. Program OFF inscription on the display (8) at the end of the countdown, changing to Ref. Program ON mode by pressing the start button (7), saving the Ref. Program ON option by pressing the start button (7) for a certain time period (T2), e.g. for 5 seconds, leaving the reference program option by turning off and on the on/off switch (5), pressing the start button (7) after closing the door (2) and executing the reference program.

(11) In an embodiment of the present invention, the option for changing the display (8) language (L) is present in the setting menu (S) and the control card (6) provides the option of changing the display (8) language (L) to be reached directly when the user presses the start button (7) once for a certain time period (T1) while the door (2) is in the open position and various languages to be displayed successively on the display (8) as Trke, English, Deutsch . . . by again pressing the start button (7) and upon reaching the desired language, provides the desired language to be saved by pressing the start button (7).

(12) In the dishwasher (1) in this embodiment, the below given steps are followed for changing the display (8) language: energizing the dishwasher (1) by pressing the on/off switch (5) while the door (2) is in the open position, entering into the setting menu (S) by pressing the start button (7), displaying the Settings inscription on the display (8), continuing to press the start button (7) for a certain time period (T1), e.g. for 10 seconds and in the meantime giving time information to the user with the countdown on the display (8), displaying Language inscription on the display (8) at the end of the countdown, entering into the language (L) options by pressing the start button (7) for a certain time period (T3), e.g. for 5 seconds, displaying language (L) options on the display (8) respectively like Trke, English, Deutsch . . . by pressing the start button (7) successively, selecting the desired language (L) and saving by pressing the start button (7) for a certain time period (T4), e.g. for 5 seconds, leaving the display (8) language (L) changing option by turning off and on the on/off switch (5).

(13) In another embodiment of the present invention, both options of changing the display (8) language (L) and the reference program are present in the setting menu (S) and when the start button (7) is pressed once for a certain time period (T1) by the user while the door (2) is in the open position, the control card (6) provides firstly the display (8) language (L) changing option to be reached and after changing the display (8) language (L) or without making a change, the display (8) language (L) changing option to be left when the start button (7) is pressed again and simultaneously the reference program option to be entered.

(14) In this embodiment, when the user presses the start button (7) for a certain time period (T1) she or he directly reaches the display (8) language (L) changing option and when the start button (7) is pressed again for a short time after performing the language changing process or without performing the language changing process, she or he leaves the display (8) language (L) changing option and reaches the reference program option.

(15) In the dishwasher (1) of the present invention, the user easily reaches changing the display (8) language (L) and the reference program options desired to be changed in the setting menu (S) by means of the start button (7) while the door (2) is open and the processes of changing the washing program or the display (8) language (L) can be easily performed by the user particularly in situations wherein access to the service means are limited.

(16) It is to be understood that the present invention is not limited by the embodiments disclosed above and a person skilled in the art can easily introduce different embodiments. These should be considered within the scope of the protection postulated by the claims of the present invention.