Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Russell W. Warnock
  • Process for eliminating foam in the lye container of a drum washing machine
    Patent number: 7340792
    Abstract: A sensor for determining the level of the liquid in the lye container for removing foam in the lye container of a drum washing machine with a lye discharge system arranged on the floor of the lye container with a lye pump during a program step, which is provided for dehydrating the lye container. Its sensor signal P is recorded during operation of the lye pump. According to the present invention the sequence p/t of the sensor signal contains a component ?p/?t, whereof the presence indicates the presence of foam in the measuring region. Further, in the presence of the component a foam treatment measure suiting the type of component is introduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Haugeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Gundula Czyzewski, Ingo Schulze
  • Electrical appliance
    Patent number: 7342492
    Abstract: A device 15, 2 to 6 and 10 to 14 for controlling appliance functions and for communicating with a user need not stay switched on during the entire operating time. These mostly include optical indicating means 10 to 14 whose lifetime can be increased if a motion detector 19 is arranged on the household appliance and is operatively connected to the device 15 for controlling and/or the device 2 to 6, 10 to 14 for communicating and if the device 10 to 14 for communicating can only be switched to active on receiving a signal from the motion detector 19.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Ludenia
  • Raised-level built-in cooking appliance
    Patent number: 7341054
    Abstract: A raised-level built-in cooking appliance, such as a wall-mounted oven, has a muffle and a bottom-side muffle opening. The latter can be closed with a lowerable bottom door. A drive device produces a lifting movement of the bottom door. In order to determine the weight of a cooking item, the wall-mounted cooking appliance has a weight detection device that determines the weight load on the bottom door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventor: Edmund Kuttalek
  • Controlled flame gas burner
    Patent number: 7322820
    Abstract: A multiple fingered burner includes controls for continuity of gas flow and ignition throughout all of the ports peripherally positioned around the contoured wall of the burner body. A plurality of burner parts are nested together with an indexer limiting insertion to at least one predetermined alignment in order to avoid improper fit or alignment between adjacent burner parts. In addition, the peripherally positioned ports are covered by a laterally extending lip of a cap, and at least one of the parts includes recesses adjacent the laterally extending lip to provide ignitable gas flow passages along the peripheral wall of the burner that maintain continuity of ignition at adjacent burner ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: BSH Home Appliances Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Welton, Ralph E. Jennings, Hans Daerendinger
  • Covering for an inflatable body of an apparatus for pressing items of clothing, and apparatus for pressing items of clothing equipped with the covering
    Patent number: 7322497
    Abstract: Items of clothing, such as dress shirts, may be smoothed or pressed by pulling them taut from within by way of an inflatable body that is linked with a base that is provided with a fan for inflating the inflatable body. In order to partially or completely prevent the inflatable body from being worn down, a covering is provided for the inflatable body, which is air-permeable across at least a part of its surface. The covering can be produced at substantially lower costs than the inflatable body so that it can be washed more often, while accepting the wear and tear thereby caused, since the covering can be replaced at a low cost. The covering may have a different shape and/or smaller dimensions in order to adapt to the type of the item of clothing to be smoothened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventor: Kathrin Redlin
  • Appliance door having see-through portion
    Patent number: 7320186
    Abstract: A door for a household appliance comprising a door body having a cylindrical portal with a ridge extending radially inwardly from an end of the portal. The door body includes multiple receptacles disposed adjacent the portal and spaced around the portal. A rear glass piece is at least partially disposed within the portal and includes a flange extending around an outer edge of the rear glass. A view guide is at least partially disposed within the portal and includes a cylindrical portion having a lead edge and multiple hooks extending back from the lead edge with a barb disposed near an end of each hook. The hooks engage corresponding receptacles to connect the view guide to the door body and retain the rear glass within the door body. The flange of the rear glass is disposed between the ridge and the lead edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2008
    Assignee: BSH Home Appliances Corporation
    Inventor: Oliver Schöne
  • Freezer with defrost function and method for operating the freezer
    Patent number: 7320226
    Abstract: A freezer includes a refrigeration surface that can be frozen, such as an evaporator surface, a heating device for heating the refrigeration surface, and a control circuit for controlling the operation of the heating device in accordance with a timer. The control circuit is configured to block the operation of the heating device for a time period that is defined by the timer. The timer is used to ensure that the refrigeration surface is only heated to defrost the freezer, if the refrigeration power requirement of the latter is low.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2008
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventor: Georg Strauss
  • Refrigerator with interior lighting
    Patent number: 7320528
    Abstract: A refrigerator including a body and a door pivotably fitted to the body. The body and the door together define an interior space in the refrigerator. At least one lamp for illumination of the interior is mounted on the door and the light distribution thereof, relative to the door, is variable and coupled to the pivot motion of the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2008
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventor: Bernhard Götz
  • Kneading hook for kitchen machine
    Patent number: D560432
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventor: Rolf Feil
  • Whisk for kitchen machine
    Patent number: D560433
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventor: Rolf Feil
  • Container for kitchen machine
    Patent number: D560434
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventor: Rolf Feil
  • Coffee machine
    Patent number: D560950
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventor: Christian Schwamkrug
  • Cooktop
    Patent number: D560957
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: BSH Home Appliances Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan Grey, Peter Hamm, Graham Sadtler
  • Cover for kitchen machine
    Patent number: D560968
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventor: Rolf Feil
  • Wine cooler
    Patent number: D562081
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventor: Mike Ambach
  • Washing machine
    Patent number: D563062
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Max Eicher, Johannes Geyer, Jacques Helot, Ralph Staud, Thomas Tischer, Carsten Weber
  • Gas range with 4 burners and griddle
    Patent number: D563714
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: BSH Home Appliances Corporation
    Inventor: Graham Sadtler
  • Cooktop
    Patent number: D563715
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: BSH Home Appliances Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan Grey, Peter Hamm, Graham Sadtler
  • Cooktop
    Patent number: D563716
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: BSH Home Appliances Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan Grey, Peter Hamm, Graham Sadtler
  • Control panel for a laundry appliance
    Patent number: D564155
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Max Eicher, Johannes Geyer, Jacques Helot, Carsten Weber