Patents Assigned to BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete
  • COOKER
    Publication number: 20130003351
    Abstract: A cooking appliance includes a muffle having walls to delimit a cooking chamber. The muffle has a front face provided with a loading opening which is delimited peripherally by a front edge of the muffle. A lighting apparatus has at least one light source which is configured to light up the cooking chamber and/or to display information. The at least one light source is disposed outside the cooking chamber and in front of the front edge of the muffle when the cooking appliance is viewed from the front.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
    Inventor: Reinhard Wiedenmann
  • COOKING APPARATUS FOR INSERTION INTO A CUT-OUT IN A WORK TOP AND METHOD FOR MOUNTING TWO COOKING APPARATUSES THAT CAN BE ARRANGED ADJACENTLY IN A SHARED CUT-OUT IN A WORK TOP
    Publication number: 20120325824
    Abstract: A cooking appliance for insertion into a cut-out in a work top includes a peripheral lateral wall having four wall sections. Each wall section has on the outer face thereof at least one resiliently deformable compression element. Two such cooking appliances disposed adjacently in the shared cut-out in the work top can be mounted by inserting a first one of the two cooking appliances into the cut-out. An intermediate wall is arranged on a free face of the first cooking appliance so that compression elements of the first cooking appliance adjoining the intermediate wall engage in a first group of recesses in the intermediate wall, and a second one of the two cooking appliances is inserted into the cut-out so that compression elements of the second cooking appliance adjoining the intermediate wall engage in a second group of recesses in the intermediate wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
    Inventors: Anne-Francoise Cosentino, Jürgen Desor, Sebastien Dubois, Guillaume Hoffbeck, Dzmitry Kucharavy, Gael Mollet, Gildas Violain, Virginie Willmes
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CLEANING A WATER LINE
    Publication number: 20120325333
    Abstract: Apparatus for cleaning an internal water line of a household appliance, in particular of a refrigerating device, includes a chamber which contains a cleaning substance or can be filled with the cleaning substance. An inlet connection is in communication with the chamber and configured identical to an inlet connection of the internal water line, and an outlet connection is in communication with the chamber and configured to complement the inlet connection of the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
    Inventor: Athanasios Athanasiou
  • HOB HAVING AT LEAST ONE COOKING ZONE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A HOB
    Publication number: 20120321761
    Abstract: An induction cooktop includes a cooking zone, and a circuit arrangement for operating the cooking zone. The circuit arrangement has a parallel circuit, in which two inductors are connected in parallel manner. An apparatus is configured to detect occupancy of at least one cooking sub-zone of the cooking zone by a food preparation vessel and includes a current measuring element which is connected in series to the parallel circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
    Inventors: Jose Maria De la Cuerda Ortin, Ignacio Garde Aranda, Oscar Gracia Campos, Pablo Jesus Hernandez Blasco, Sergio Llorente Gil, Paul Muresan
  • COOK TOP HAVING AT LEAST ONE COOKING ZONE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A COOK TOP
    Publication number: 20120318786
    Abstract: In a method for operating a cooking zone of a cook top, wherein the cooking zone is formed by at least two cooking sub-zones and each cooking sub-zone can be heated by at least one heating unit, with the heating units arranged adjacent to each other without overlapping such that a cohesive heatable surface is formed during a joint operation of the cooking sub-zones, the cooking sub-zones are operated as a single cooking zone in a first operating mode, and occupancy of a cooking sub-zone by at least one food preparation vessel is detected in the first operating mode, with an occupancy detection phase being started in a user-defined manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
    Inventors: David Casanova Lacueva, Fang Dai, Ignacio Garde Aranda, Carlos Vicente Mairal Serrano, Julio Rivera Peman
  • COOK TOP HAVING AT LEAST ONE COOKING ZONE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A COOK TOP
    Publication number: 20120321762
    Abstract: In a method for operating a cooking zone of a cook top, wherein the cooking zone is formed by at least two cooking sub-zones and each cooking sub-zone can be heated by at least one heating unit, with the heating units arranged adjacent to each other without overlapping such that a cohesive heatable surface is formed during a joint operation of the cooking sub-zones, detection of an occupancy of a cooking sub-zone by at least one food preparation vessel is activated in a first operating mode and a same electrical power is supplied to all activated cooking sub-zones occupied by a food preparation vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
    Inventors: Sandra Aranda Vazquez, Ignacio Garde Aranda, Oscar Gracia Campos, Sergio Llorente Gil, Oscar Lucia Gil, Carlos Vicente Mairal Serrano, Ignacio Millan Serrano, Paul Muresan
  • Dishwasher
    Patent number: 8327862
    Abstract: A dishwasher comprising a wash compartment with a base wall that has a retaining contour, and an electronic control module supported by the retaining contour and which controls appliance components in the dishwasher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Werner Haltmayer, Mathias Herrmann, Stefan Kasbauer, Claus Köther, Martin Weissenburger
  • Apparatus for connecting an external water feed line to an internal water line of a washing machine
    Patent number: 8327872
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for connecting an external water feed line to an internal water line of a laundry care household appliance. The apparatus has a housing in which one end of an external water feed line is arranged and a safety valve for shutting off or opening a water line which is inside the housing. The housing has an opening for discharging leakage water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Edwin Bolduan, Andre Sabalat
  • METHOD FOR ADJUSTING A SPINNING SPEED OF A DRUM OF A HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE FOR CARING FOR LAUNDRY ITEMS
    Publication number: 20120303163
    Abstract: In a method for setting a spin speed of a drum of a household laundry care appliance, which is installed on a base, a gradient of an actual speed of the drum is detected during a spin operation and a determination is made as to whether the speed gradient is rising or falling. Vibrations caused by the household appliance during a spin operation as a function of the base in respect of frequency and/or amplitude are detected and compared with reference values. The spin speed is then changed as a function of the determined speed gradient if parameter values characterizing the vibrations deviate from the reference values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
    Inventors: Eduardo Compains Pascualena, Rainer Jurmann
  • Method for impregnating textiles
    Patent number: 8313535
    Abstract: A method for creating a hydrophobic effect of textiles in a washing machine. Hydrophobic agents dissolved in the washing liquid are contacted with the textiles during a treatment process. The tub is filled with an amount of water which is proportioned and which is heated to a minimum temperature in the tub while the textiles are soaked. The hydrophobic agent is flushed from the detergent storage chamber into the lye container by means of water and forms a washing liquid along with the water. The textiles are contacted with the washing liquid and are treated for a maximum of 30 minutes. The washing liquid is removed from the textiles and the washing liquid container by spin-drying without rinsing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Hartmut Schaub, Ingo Schulze
  • Automatically controlled washing machine
    Patent number: 8312745
    Abstract: An automatically controlled washing machine having a detergent dispensing unit that is arranged in an upper machine space of the washing machine. A drawer is arranged in the detergent dispensing unit and accessible from the front panel of the washing machine. The drawer has at least one chamber for hand-metered addition of washing powder or washing liquid. At least one storage unit in the upper machine space stores liquid or gel-like washing aid. A receptacle unit of the storage unit receives a transportable storage container that contains the liquid or gel-like washing aid and a metering unit automatically meters the liquid or gel-like washing aid. The metering unit is connected to the receptacle unit by a fluid connection and has an outlet opening that opens into a stationary chamber of the detergent dispensing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Torsten Hasse, Sven Jänicke, Uwe Mette, Ingo Schulze
  • Kitchen appliance provided with a reinforced electric motor-gear stage arrangement and method for producing an electric motor-driven kitchen appliance
    Patent number: 8313233
    Abstract: An electric motor-driven kitchen appliance includes an electric motor having a motor housing and a gear stage having a gear case fastened to the electric motor. A removable reinforcement frame is around the motor housing and gear case. The electric motor-gear stage arrangement can be tested outside of the housing of the kitchen appliance and produced in a cost effective manner, being particularly torsionally rigid due to the removable reinforcement frame, thereby exhibiting an operation reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Kovacic, Jurij Pesec
  • Self-reactivating electrical appliance
    Patent number: 8314516
    Abstract: A household appliance including a wiring, a power supply unit, a switch actuated by the wiring, and an energy store. The power supply unit is connected to a power supply network and supplies power to controlled functional units of the household appliance and to the wiring. The switch, which is actuated by the wiring, disconnects the power supply unit from the power supply network on a primary side of the power supply unit and in an idle state of the household appliance. The energy store stores energy that keeps the switch open in the idle state of the household appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Marc Federmann, Martin Graw, Volkmar Uebele
  • WASHING MACHINE COMPRISING A LAUNDRY DRUM
    Publication number: 20120279263
    Abstract: A washing machine includes a laundry drum which is rotatably mounted inside a tub. The tub is connected in a fixed manner within a surrounding housing. The axis of rotation of the laundry drum is variable in height with respect to the tub. Elastic elements are positioned outside the tub to suspend the laundry drum together with a drive unit within the housing in an oscillating manner. The presence of a relatively high water consumption of the washing machine can be avoided and the relative position of the laundry drum with respect to the tub can be adjusted by providing a position-adjusting device, by which the height and/or the angle of the axis of rotation can be adjusted within limits, and which engages with a part that is connected in a fixed manner to the bearing for the drive shaft of the laundry drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
    Inventors: Hans Eglmeier, Andreas Hanau
  • Dishwasher
    Patent number: 8293024
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Helmut Jerg, Kai Paintner
  • Method for detecting the position of a closure element in a water distribution mechanism
    Patent number: 8295984
    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
  • Safety valve for a machine for preparing brewed drinks
    Patent number: 8291811
    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
  • Method for detecting the quantity of dishes in the washing container of a dishwasher and dishwasher for carrying out said method
    Patent number: 8293022
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Georg Curtius, Michael Rosenbauer
  • Induction cooktop
    Patent number: D671789
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Goss, Florian Metz, Robert Sachon
  • Multi-beverage drink dispenser
    Patent number: D672188
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Gregor Luippold, Jeff Miller