Patent ID: 8590346

Claim:
A washer/dryer comprising an electric motor that actuates a drum wherein laundry is emplaced, one or more relays that is energized with a control signals received and changes to an active-passive mode for actuating, halting or changing the operational direction of the electric motor, a relay control circuit that sends the signals which control the relay and a microprocessor that maintains an implementation and control of a washing program, a door lock that is not controlled by the microprocessor and is locked when energized, and unlocked at the end of a delay period when de-energized, a triac that actuates the door lock and a thermal protector disposed in the electric motor that cuts off the current passing through it, by becoming open circuit when the temperature of the electric motor exceeds a predetermined limit value, wherein the thermal protector is connected between the triac driving the door lock and the relay control circuit and by being fed with a low voltage generated by the triac is thus prevented from damage due to high currents.