Patents Assigned to BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete
  • Washing container for a dish-washing machine
    Patent number: 8292378
    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
  • Device for determining the conductance of laundry, dryers and method for preventing deposits on electrodes
    Patent number: 8286369
    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
  • Kitchen extractor device
    Patent number: 8286626
    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
  • Air elutriation device and method for detecting a filter element in an air elutriation device
    Patent number: 8287624
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventor: Ingo Meisel
  • HOT-BEVERAGE MACHINE WITH A VALVE ARRANGEMENT
    Publication number: 20120240783
    Abstract: A hot-beverage machine includes a water-storage tank, a heating device and a brewing chamber, which are connected to one another by a conduit system. A valve arrangement is disposed in a conduit segment of the conduit system and includes a gas-permeable membrane which includes a material made of PTFE and can be coated with a water-repellent coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
    Inventors: Josef Daburger, Wolfgang Georg, Ulrike Gerl
  • FILTER ELEMENT FOR AN EXTRACTOR HOOD AND EXTRACTOR HOOD
    Publication number: 20120240773
    Abstract: A filter element for an extractor hood includes an odor filter having depressions provided in an entry side of the filter element and extending at least over half of a height of the filter element. A frame holds the odor filter at its edges and has a height which is smaller at least on one side of the frame than a height of the odor filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
    Inventors: Holger Eich, Andrzej Goczol, Jochen Klemm, Ralf Knoch, Ulmar Neumann, Anja Presse, Udo Reiff, Martina Schnatz, Paul Seyfrid, Maja Wehrle
  • DISHWASHER WITH A SORPTION DRIER AND METHOD FOR THE OPERATION THEREOF
    Publication number: 20120240962
    Abstract: A method is provided for operating a dishwasher with at least one partial program step that includes heating a rinsing solution to a nominal temperature. Air that is heated by a heating device and used for desorption of a reversibly dehydratable material is conducted from a washing container of the dishwasher or ambient air is conducted through a sorption column with reversibly dehydratable material into the washing container in order to heat the rinsing solution and/or items to be washed. The heating device continues to operate after the desorbed state of the reversibly dehydratable material has been attained until the nominal temperature of the rinsing solution is reached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Helmut Jerg, Kai Paintner
  • POROUS SIO2-XEROGEL WITH A CHARACTERISTIC PORE SIZE, STABLE DRYING PRECURSORS THEREOF AND USE OF SAME
    Publication number: 20120238445
    Abstract: A porous SiO2 xerogel is produced using temporary pore fillers or solid skeletal supports, which are removed by thermal oxidation at the end of the production process (e.g. carbon or organic), by means of a sol-gel-process by subcritical drying of the gel. The SiO2 xerogel includes pores having a pore size from more than 50 nm to less than 1000 nm. The SiO2 xerogel has a density of less than 400 kg/m3, a carbon content of less than 10%, a thermal conductivity at 800° C. below 0.060 W/m*K, a thermal conductivity at 400° C. below 0.040 W/m*K, and a thermal conductivity at 200° C. below 0.030 W/m*K.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicants: Bayerisches Zentrum fur Angewandte Energieforschung e.V., BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Ebert, Theresa Noisser, Gudrun Reichenauer, Lena Weigang
  • Extraction hood and method for the suction extraction and/or purification of contaminated carrier substances
    Patent number: 8267756
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Jochen Klemm, Gert Meinhardt
  • Method and device for treating objects with at least one treatment agent in a household device, said household device, associated packaging and a dosing device
    Patent number: 8268083
    Abstract: A method for treating objects with at least one treatment agent in a household device includes the step of operating a first part of an identification system to identify data of a second part of the identification system, the data of the second part of the identification system comprising information on a dosing device operable to dose the treatment agent, and the data of the second part of the identification system being associated with a packaging for the dosing device. The method also includes the further step of adapting a treatment of objects by the household device or a dosing of the treatment agent based upon the identified data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventor: Michael Rosenbauer
  • Cooking device
    Patent number: 8269149
    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
  • Cleaning device for a component within a process air circuit of a household tumble-dryer
    Patent number: 8266815
    Abstract: A cleaning device for a component, especially a heat exchanger, operatively disposed within a process air circuit of a household tumble dryer, the cleaning device comprising a rotatable brush device for removal of lint deposits from the component; a linear drive mechanism for driving the brush device along the component; and a rotary drive mechanism for driving the brush device about an axis of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Roman Goldberg, Klaus Grunert
  • Condensation dryer having a heat pump and method for the operation thereof
    Patent number: 8266824
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventor: Dietmar Steiner
  • Method for operating a rinsing liquid device in a household appliance for cleaning pieces of laundry, and rinsing liquid device
    Patent number: 8266814
    Abstract: A household appliance for cleaning laundry includes a rinsing container that collects rinsing liquid generated during a cleaning process, a controller that stores a connection type of a rinsing liquid device during an initial commissioning of the rinsing liquid device, and one of a collection container that collects rinsing liquid after cleaning a heat exchanger of a heat pump and a connection to an external waste water system that disposes of the rinsing liquid after cleaning the heat exchanger based upon the connection type stored by the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventor: Klaus Grunert
  • Refrigerating device comprising two storage compartments with selective cooling modes
    Patent number: 8266923
    Abstract: A refrigeration device comprising at least two storage compartments that are thermally insulated from one another and from the environment. In said device, an evaporator that can be cooled independently of an evaporator of the other storage compartment or compartments, is allocated to each storage compartment. Said device is equipped with elements for switching at least one of the compartments from a freezing mode to a non-freezing mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Bauer, Erich Hell, Michael Neumann
  • Exhaust air dryer with heat exchanger
    Patent number: 8266813
    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
  • Dish washing machine comprising a device for storing washing liquid
    Patent number: 8268091
    Abstract: A dish washing machine configured to consume the smallest possible amount of water has a device for storing the washing liquid, in which at least one storage reservoir is provided that is made of a flexible material for holding at least a portion of the washing liquid located inside the dish washing machine. The dish washing machine offers the possibility of removing, at any time during the washing program, at least a portion of the washing bath from the washing circuit, of storing it in the storage reservoir and, when needed, of supplying it once again to the washing circuit. Thus, for example, after completing the last clear rinsing cycle, the washing bath is at least partially retained in the storage reservoir until use of the bath in a subsequent washing cycle, whereby by and large reducing the consumption of water of the dish washing machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Rüdiger Eiermann, Helmut Jerg
  • Device that supplies clear rinsing agents in a program-controlled dishwasher
    Patent number: 8268089
    Abstract: A device for checking the concentration of clear rinsing agent in a rinsing liquid circulated in the means for retaining water of a household appliance is provided. The device includes a processing unit operatively connectable to a sensor having at least one transmitting element that emits an optical signal and at least one receiving element that receives the optical signal emitted by the transmitting element. The processing unit determines the wetting of the sensor with clear rinsing liquid and renders an estimate of the concentration of clear rinsing agent in the clear rinsing liquid as a function of the wetting of the sensor with clear rinsing liquid based upon the energy level emitted by the transmitting element and received by the receiving element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Egbert Classen, Rüdiger Eiermann, Helmut Jerg
  • Dishwasher and method for operating a dishwasher
    Patent number: 8268088
    Abstract: A dishwasher, including: a washing container; at least two spray devices disposed inside the washing container; a circulating pump to deliver liquid to the at least two spray devices; a first drive to drive the circulating pump; a reversing device, wherein, based on a position of the reversing device, the circulating pump delivers the liquid to at least one of the at least two spray devices; and a control device to detect a current position of the reversing device based on an operating parameter assigned to the first drive and to at least one of control and regulate the first drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Kränzle, Pedro Sancho, Franz-Josef Wagner
  • Cooking appliance
    Patent number: D668104
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Hermann-Reinhard Segers, Sören Strayle