US 12,012,685 B2
Laundry appliance comprising a drawer position detecting system
Alberto Santarossa, Porcia (IT); and Paolo Driussi, Porcia (IT)
Assigned to Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag, Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 17/270,582
Filed by Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag, Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed Aug. 23, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/072614
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 23, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/043622, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 5, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 18191666 (EP), filed on Aug. 30, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0388553 A1, Dec. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. D06F 34/20 (2020.01); D06F 23/02 (2006.01); D06F 33/37 (2020.01); D06F 33/47 (2020.01); D06F 39/02 (2006.01); D06F 105/42 (2020.01); D06F 105/54 (2020.01); D06F 105/62 (2020.01)
CPC D06F 34/20 (2020.02) [D06F 23/02 (2013.01); D06F 33/37 (2020.02); D06F 33/47 (2020.02); D06F 39/02 (2013.01); D06F 39/022 (2013.01); D06F 2105/42 (2020.02); D06F 2105/54 (2020.02); D06F 2105/62 (2020.02)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A laundry appliance, comprising:
a cabinet comprising a laundry treatment chamber and a drawer seat;
a storage drawer comprising at least one compartment for containing a laundry treatment agent, the storage drawer being housed in the drawer seat and slidable with respect to the drawer seat between a retracted position, in which the storage drawer is retracted inside the drawer seat, and an extracted position, in which the storage drawer is at least partially extracted from the drawer seat; and
a drawer position detecting system configured to detect when the storage drawer is in the retracted position, said drawer position detecting system comprising a target element and a sensor element configured to sense a proximity of the target element to the sensor element, a first element between said target element and said sensor element being located on the storage drawer and a second element between said target element and said sensor element different than said first element being located on the cabinet.