Abstract: A dishwasher is provided that permits the efficient and economical cleaning and drying of the items to be washed in the washing container, whilst reducing the associated energy consumption. To achieve this, in addition to the washing container, the inventive dishwasher also comprises a sorption column, which is connected to the washing container to form an air-conductive link and contains a material that can be reversibly dehydrated, said sorption column being used at least partially to dry the washed items. The thermal energy that is applied in the desorption of the sorption column is used at least partially to heat the rinsing water and/or the washed items in the washing container.
Abstract: A washing container for a dishwashing machine simplified by attaching at least one cover piece with sidepieces connected at angles to a base frame. The washing container can be assembled in a simpler, less expensive manner.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 25, 2003
Date of Patent:
October 23, 2012
Assignee:
BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
Inventors:
Michael Rosenbauer, Helmut Jerg, Bernd Schessl, Ernst Stickel
Abstract: A dishwasher and a method for detecting the quantity of dishes in the washing container of the dishwasher are provided. The method includes detecting data relating to the motor operation of a circulating pump and detecting data relating to the heat increase in the dishwasher during a pre-washing phase and a heating phase and comparing the detected data with stored target values. A quantity value for the quantity of dishes in the washing container is set based upon a comparison of the detected data with stored target values. The method also includes adapting the washing program according to the set dishes quantity value.
Abstract: A machine for preparing brewed drinks is provided and includes a brewing compartment for receiving drink substrate portions and a water supply for supplying a pressurized supply of water into the brewing compartment. The water supply is oriented in the brewing compartment in such that it would spray into a user region of the machine if the brewing compartment opens prematurely. However, a safety valve prevents the supplied water from entering into the brewing compartment when the brewing compartment is open.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 21, 2007
Date of Patent:
October 23, 2012
Assignee:
BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
Inventors:
Peter Brezovnik, Henrik Pavlovic, Aleksander Sedovsek, Igor Zibret
Abstract: A method and a device are provided for detecting the position of a closure element of a movement reversal device in a dishwasher. The device determines the position of a closure element via a comparison of a value corresponding to a predefined reference position of the closure element with a signal value of a circulation pump of the dishwasher.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 1, 2008
Date of Patent:
October 23, 2012
Assignee:
BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
Inventors:
Bernd Heisele, Anton Oblinger, Andreas Reiter, Michael Rosenbauer, David Semerad, Christian Wolf
Abstract: A refrigerator includes a body, a first door and a second door, where one of their edges is fixed to the opposite side of the opening of the body, and a beam which is joined to one edge of the first door which is opposite the fixed edge of the door. The beam can be pivoted by a guiding projection which can be displaced in a guiding groove on the edge of the opening, between a position when the first door is closed, in which one edge of the second door, which is opposite the fixed edge of said door, is applied to the beam, and a position when the first door is open, wherein the beam can pass to the closed second door. The guiding projection can be displaced in relation to the first door in the direction of the pivotable axis thereof.
Abstract: A kitchen extractor device includes a first body section, designed to be mounted in a fixed manner and a second body section, which can be displaced in a displacement direction in relation to the first body section. The kitchen extractor device comprehensively covers the cooking facilities but nevertheless can be easily cleaned. To achieve this, at least part of the second body section forms an external face of the body that is in transversal alignment with the displacement direction.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 16, 2006
Date of Patent:
October 16, 2012
Assignee:
BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
Inventors:
Ralf Grobleben, Joachim Gruetzke, Ulmar Neumann, Thomas Rembold, Thomas Wilde
Abstract: An air elutriation device for an air conveying household appliance includes a housing with an air elutriation zone delimited by a filter element, a detection element in a storage space for the filter element, and a cover sheet on the filter element. The detection element can be actuated via the filter element by the cover sheet.
Abstract: A device for determining the conductance of laundry in a drier. The device comprises at least two electrodes and means for dissipating heat from at least one part of at least one of said electrodes. The invention further relates to a drier comprising at least one area for receiving laundry and at least two electrodes for measuring the conductance of the laundry, at least one of the electrodes at least partly bordering said receiving area. Means for cooling at least one part of at least one of the electrodes are also provided inside the drier. Also disclosed is a method for preventing the formation of layers on electrodes used for measuring conductance in a drier.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 27, 2011
Date of Patent:
October 16, 2012
Assignee:
BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
Inventors:
Lothar Dittmer, Harald Moschütz, Thomas Nawrot, Andreas Ziemann
Abstract: An extractor hood is used for extracting and/or purifying a carrier that is contaminated with solid and/or liquid substances. In order to improve the extraction and/or purification output of an extractor hood and simultaneously to reduce the amount of maintenance required, the extractor hood uses a pre-filtering unit disposed upstream of the filter unit, whereby at least already a partial flow of the carrier to be extracted and/or to be purified is purified to a certain degree already before it reaches the filter unit that is configured as the main filter.
Abstract: A cooktop includes a plurality of heaters that form a contiguous cooking zone, a power supply for the plurality of heaters with a differentiator that differentiates between a first positive heating power for a first of the plurality of heaters and a second positive heating power for a second of the plurality of heaters in a differentiated heating mode.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 15, 2008
Date of Patent:
September 18, 2012
Assignee:
BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
Inventors:
Jesus Acero Acero, Rafael Alonso Esteban, Ruben Braulio Martinez, José Miguel Burdio Pinilla, Pablo Jesus Hernandez Blasco, Ignacio Millan Serrano, Daniel Palacios Tomas
Abstract: A condensation dryer is provided that includes a drying chamber for items to be dried, a process air circuit via which fan driven process air can be conducted across the items to be dried, and a heat pump circuit for alternately heating and cooling the process air. A secondary fluid circuit is provided between the process air circuit and the heat pump circuit.
Abstract: An exhaust air dryer with a drying chamber for items to be dried. The dryer includes a process air fan, a heat exchanger which includes a heat source, a heat sink of a heat pump, and a flushing device for flushing of a first inflow surface of the heat source and a second inflow surface of the heat sink with a liquid which is assigned to the heat source and the heat sink for removing of soil; and air ducts interconnecting the drying chamber, the process air fan, and the heat exchanger for conducting process air.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 16, 2009
Date of Patent:
September 18, 2012
Assignee:
BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
Inventors:
Klaus Grunert, Uwe-Jens Krausch, Günter Steffens, Andreas Stolze
Abstract: A floor-mounted domestic appliance includes an A.C. power connector that supplies the appliance with electric energy, an appliance outlet that corresponds to the A.C. power connector, wherein the appliance outlet comprises a terminal block for establishing an electrically conducting connection to a power supply lead.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 17, 2008
Date of Patent:
September 18, 2012
Assignee:
BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
Inventors:
Reinhard Hering, Stephan Lutz, Bruno Reiter, Michael Rosenbauer, Martin Stickel