Patent ID: 8691021
Filing Date: 2014-04-08
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
1. A water-bearing household appliance to which fluid can be supplied during at least one filling step, said water-bearing household appliance comprising: at least one drain pump to perform a pumping out operation to remove fluid from the water-bearing household appliance; and an overfill protection facility to prevent an excessive water level in the water-bearing household appliance, said overfill protection facility configured to capture at least one operating parameter of the drain pump, said overfill protection facility configured to determine, base on at least one captured operating parameter, whether fluid is present in the water-bearing household appliance after the pumping out operation is complete, wherein said overfill protection facility is configured to prevent execution of a further filling step when the overfill protection facility determines that fluid is present in the water-bearing household appliance.