WASHING MACHINE AND METHOD OF WASHING MACHINE CONTROL Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC D06F39/00 D06F33/00 G01G17/00 

FIELD: textile, paper.

SUBSTANCE: washing machine comprises an object, displacement of which changes depending on linen weight, a sensor module for detection of an image, light quantity or optical pattern that vary depending on object displacement. Besides, the washing machine comprises a control device for measurement of linen weight on the basis of image change or weight amount change. In the method the object image change is defined depending on displacement of the object, and linen weight is measured on the basis of a certain change of the object image.

EFFECT: increased reliability of linen weight measurement and reduction of energy consumption.

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