Patents by Inventor Silvio Battistella

Silvio Battistella has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Arrangements provided for determining the type of textiles in the washload of clothes washing machines
    Patent number: 6023950
    Abstract: A clothes washing machine is provided with a wash tub (1) and a rotating arm (2) accommodated within the wash tub and adapted to contain washload items and capable of being driven so as to rotate both at high and low rotating speeds. A pressure switch (3) is arranged within an appropriate air chamber connected with the intake thereof at a location (4) situated below the lower level (5) of the wash tub. An inlet and shut-off (6) governs the water supply from the water delivery mains to the wash tub. The inlet and shut-off is arranged to detect average soaking characteristics of the washload items placed in the drum by first measuring their overall capacity of absorbing a defined amount of water, and then processing the measured capacity on the basis of the weight of the washload items, the weight being known.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2000
    Assignee: Eletrolux Zanussi Elettrodomestici S.P.A.
    Inventor: Silvio Battistella