Patents Assigned to BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH
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Patent number: 9032675Abstract: A device for covering a gap between a housing of a household appliance and a surface which is adjacent thereto. Said device comprises two profile elements, a first for securing to the surface and the second for securing to the housing. One of the profile elements comprises a groove and the other comprises a spring. The spring can be introduced into the direction of the width of the gap in the groove.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2006Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERATE GMBHInventors: Karl-Friedrich Laible, Hans-Philipp Reitz
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Patent number: 9022228Abstract: A domestic appliance filter for use in a laundry treatment device includes a basic filter material with a hydrophobic coating for filtering out matter from a process water duct or a process air duct. The basic filter material includes a material which is resistant to temperatures of 160° C. or more and the hydrophobic coating on the basic filter material effects a surface energy of less than 35 mN/m.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2009Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbHInventor: Klaus Grunert
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Patent number: 9016085Abstract: The invention relates to a refrigerating appliance having an evaporator area and at least two cooling areas partitioned off from one another inside the housing of the refrigerating appliance. A wall has a solid inner skin, a solid outer skin and a layer made of expanded insulating material located between the inner and outer skin. A cold air supply channel in the wall extends from the evaporator area past the first cooling area to the second cooling area. A shaped part made of an insulating material extends between the cold air supply channel and the inner skin of the wall. The cold air supply channel is separated from the expanded insulating material by a partition.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2005Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbHInventors: Alexander Görz, Ralf Spiller
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Patent number: 9016885Abstract: A refrigerator includes a thermally insulating internal container having an interior space, a refrigeration apparatus for cooling the interior space, and a door leaf arranged pivotably relative to the internal container for opening and closing the interior space. Arranged within the interior space is an internal lighting system for at least partially illuminating the interior space. The lighting system includes a conductor board having an electrical contact, a housing having a shaft which is open in a direction toward the interior space so as to allow the conductor board to be pushed into the shaft, and a lighting member arranged within the housing and fastened on the conductor board. An electrical line supplies electrical energy to the lighting member and is provided with an edge board plug which is electrically connected to the electrical contact of the conductor board for connecting the lighting member electrically to the electrical line.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2011Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbHInventors: Stephan Kempfle, Michael Roth, Matthias Wiedenmann
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Patent number: 9010890Abstract: A cabinet-like domestic appliance is provided having an interior in which a height-adjustable support system is mounted. The support system includes a vertical rail provided with a plurality of snap-in recesses and a supporting arm that has a plurality of projections each of which engages with one of the snap-in recesses. The rail includes a profiled element that is immobilized on a wall via an at least one fastener and a strip is provided that can be vertically displaced in the profiled element between a position in which the at least one fastener is accessible through an opening on one side of the profiled element that faces away from the wall and another position in which the at least one fastener is concealed behind the strip.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2007Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignees: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH, Miele & Cie. KGInventor: Peter Eckartsberg
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Patent number: 8966927Abstract: An output unit of a refrigeration device having a niche with a rear wall, which is provided with a cover, and a method of installing the output unit. The cover includes a dish-shaped section, which is curved inward into the niche and bounded by opposite edge sections, which are connected with a niche frame. In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the edge sections at front supporting surfaces of the niche frame are held in contact in an installation end position, wherein the dish-shaped section is pulled by fastening means against the rear wall of the niche. By these means, it is ensured that the narrowest or most uniform gap possible between the cover and the place of installation is guaranteed and, in addition, fastening means are not visible to the user.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2008Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbHInventors: Peter Eckartsberg, Karl-Friedrich Laible, Arno Matzner, Frank Placke, Matthias Stahl, Ulrich van Pels
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Publication number: 20150040605Abstract: A domestic refrigerator (1) comprises a thermally insulated housing (2), a cold storage compartment (5) and a fresh food compartment (4) contained within the housing (2) and located on top of each other, a refrigerant circuit which comprises an evaporator (29) configured to directly cool the cold storage compartment (5), a first door leaf (18) for closing and opening the fresh food compartment (4), a second door leaf (19) for closing and opening the cold storage compartment (5), a divisional wall (17, 42) separating the cold storage compartment (5) from the fresh food compartment (5), and a air channel system (31, 32) which is configured to allow an air exchange between the cold storage compartment (5) and the fresh food compartment (4).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2012Publication date: February 12, 2015Applicant: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbHInventors: Alexander Görz, Jicong Song
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Publication number: 20150042453Abstract: A hob has a first communications interface which is designed to receive control commands from a portable multimedia device by means of a first radio link. The hob additionally has a second communications interface, which is designed to communicate with the multimedia device via a second radio link.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2013Publication date: February 12, 2015Applicant: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Wolfgang Beifuss, Uwe Has, Matthias Jahner
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Publication number: 20150027153Abstract: A multifunctional module for a refrigerating apparatus with a module housing, includes a controllable function valve arranged for dispensing water from a water circuit. The module housing includes a leak detection device for detecting water leakage inside the module housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERATE GMBHInventors: Elmar FAHNLE, Eugen GAPLIKOW, Hans Gerd KELLER, Michael KRAPP, Karl-Friedrich LAIBLE, Vitaliy RIMKEVICH, Hans Peter WERNER
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Method of, and a device for, evaluating information regarding a treatment agent in a washing machine
Patent number: 8938996Abstract: A treatment agent metering information evaluator of a washing machine includes a reader that reads portion-wise metering information from an information carrier of a storage container that is in close proximity to the reader, a controller that receives the portion-wise metering information from the reader, a meter that meters portions of treatment agent from the storage container into a treatment process of a washing treatment program, and storage that stores empirical information about experiences of the use of the treatment agent during the treatment process for subsequent application of the treatment agent. The reader includes a transmitter for transmitting the empirical information.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2008Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbHInventors: Robby Reinholz, Ingo Schulze -
Patent number: 8925341Abstract: An ice cube container of an ice maker for household purposes includes a bottom, front and rear wall sections arranged on opposite ends of the bottom, and two sidewall sections interconnecting the end wall sections. The front and rear wall sections have each a length which is shorter than a length of the side wall sections. Arranged on one of the sidewall sections is a removal handle to allow easy removal of ice cubes. The ice cube container is removably received in a receptacle of a freezer compartment drawer of a refrigeration appliance in only one way in which the removal handle of the ice cube container faces the center of the freezer compartment drawer when the ice cube container is inserted in the receptacle.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2009Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbHInventors: Thomas Benz, Alexander Görz, James Jenkins, Matthew Ricket
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Patent number: 8925751Abstract: The invention relates to a door storage container having a base, a rear wall, and a front wall. The front wall is in the form of a plurality of interlocking elements assembled together. The plurality of interlocking elements assembled together to form the front wall includes an upper extrusion profile, a lower extrusion profile, and a panel enclosed between the upper extrusion profile and the lower extrusion profile.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2006Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbHInventor: Thomas Benz
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Publication number: 20140379860Abstract: The invention relates to a method for communicating data between a domestic appliance and a user terminal of a user of said domestic appliance. In the course of said data communication, control data comprising control commands are transmitted to the domestic appliance, and/or status data comprising information on a current state of the domestic appliance are transmitted from the domestic appliance to the user terminal. The data communication between the domestic appliance and the user terminal takes place at least partially over the Internet, via an Internet server.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2012Publication date: December 25, 2014Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERATE GMBHInventors: David Bröcker, Jens Clauss
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Publication number: 20140360700Abstract: The invention relates to a heating device for heating a liquid flow (I) in a water-bearing domestic appliance. According to the invention, the heating device has a heat pipe having a heat-absorbing evaporator section and a heat-outputting condenser section that is in thermal connection with the liquid flow (I).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2012Publication date: December 11, 2014Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERATE GMBHInventor: Peter Pszola
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Publication number: 20140352166Abstract: A laundry dryer includes a body having air discharge openings in an upper region, a clothes drum disposed in the body, and a heat exchanger to condense process air from the drum. The heat exchanger is positioned in the body below the drum and has a cooling air outlet. Further provided is an air duct having an air inlet which is connected to the cooling air outlet and an air outlet which is positioned above the heat exchanger. The air duct is arranged to discharge cooling air from the air outlet in an upward direction into the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2013Publication date: December 4, 2014Applicant: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbHInventors: Marcin Ertel, Marek Gasieniec, Tomasz Suwalski, Jaroslaw Tazbir
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Publication number: 20140353302Abstract: A cooking appliance includes a cooktop having at least one sensor operating field. The at least one sensor operating field has at least one scroll field for step by step modification of a multi-value operating parameter of the cooking appliance. The at least one scroll field has a number of discretely disposed sensor keys which are disposed below a cooktop plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2012Publication date: December 4, 2014Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERATE GMBHInventors: Andreas Berr, Michael Hegendörfer
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Publication number: 20140338213Abstract: The invention relates to a laundry dryer, in particular a domestic laundry dryer, which has a drum intended for laundry to be dried. The drum is provided with at least one air line for supplying air or discharging air. The laundry dryer is characterized in that the air line can be closed by means of a temperature-activated air-flow blocking unit, which contains an expansion material that expands at a temperature caused by a fire to such an extent that the air line is closed thereby.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2012Publication date: November 20, 2014Applicant: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbHInventor: Gerhard Stegerwald
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Patent number: 8881547Abstract: The invention relates to a housing that houses a coiled conduit for a first heat transfer fluid with the housing open at two front sides and surrounding the coil. A wall of the housing that extends in the longitudinal direction of the coil is provided with passages.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2006Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbHInventor: Hans Ihle
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Patent number: 8876228Abstract: A door for a household appliance. The door includes a door body having an appliance-side plate and an outer-side decorative panel spaced from the appliance-side plate by a gap. A profiled cover extends at least between a portion of a side of the appliance-side plate to a portion of a side of the outer-side decorative panel such that the profiled cover closes off a side edge extent of the gap.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2006Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbHInventors: Karl-Friedrich Laible, Helmut Steichele
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Patent number: 8876233Abstract: A refrigeration device including a body and a first and a second door which jointly define an inner chamber. The first door bears an upright member which engages in the inner chamber and comes in contact with the first and the second door on their inner side in the closed position of the doors and which may be pivoted on opening the first door to pass the second door. The upright member is adjustable in height relative to the body.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2007Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbHInventor: Karl-Friedrich Laible