Abstract: A reciprocating pump assembly for dispensing liquids is provided. The pump assembly comprises a pump housing providing an interior compartment and being provided with an inlet for providing a liquid to be dispensed, and an outlet for dispensing the liquid. The assembly further comprises a piston being movably mounted within the interior compartment of the pump housing and comprising ferromagnetic material. The assembly comprises a magnetic actuator for generating a linearly moving magnetic field acting on the piston. The magnetic actuator comprises a permanent magnet arranged to be moved in linear directions, whereby the piston is moved in the pump housing between a resting position and an actuated position under influence of the linearly moving magnetic field.

Abstract: A washing machine (1) comprises a tub (2) and a draining circuit (16). The draining circuit (16) is fluidly connected to a lower portion of the tub (2). A valve (26) is arranged between the tub (2) and the draining circuit (16) and a recirculation circuit (10) is fluidly connected to the tub (2) for re-circulating fluid from a lower portion of the tub into the tub. An inlet (14) of the recirculation circuit (10) is positioned downstream of the valve (26).

Abstract: A laundry dryer is provided with a modular air recirculation subassembly fitted beneath a rotatable drum of the dryer. The subassembly has an air recirculation passage provided between an air supply passage and an air exhaust passage of the dryer. The air recirculation subassembly further has a flow directing flap at the juncture of the air inlet passage and the air recirculation passage to direct the recirculation air flow toward a heater and away from an inlet end of the air supply passage. The air recirculation subassembly may include a filter positioned across the air recirculation passage upstream of the heater, which filter is removable through the air exhaust passage. The subassembly may further include a heat exchanger to transfer heat from the warmer air exiting the exhaust passage to the cooler air entering the air supply passage, and a recirculation air flow regulating flap.

Abstract: A method is provided for operating a laundry dryer having a rotatable drum for accommodating clothes to be dried and an apparatus for circulating drying air through the drum. The method comprises the steps of performing a drying cycle selected by a user, wherein the drying cycle comprises predetermined drum movements over time depending on the cycle selected, detecting values indicative of the temperature of the drying air exiting the drum, based on said detected values, determining that the clothes inside the drum are in tangling conditions and starting an untangling operation for untying the clothes inside the drum. The untangling operation comprises modification of the predetermined drum movements.

Abstract: The present application in particular is directed to a microwave oven cavity (1). In order to obtain uniform heating and excellent heating efficiency, at least one inner wall (4) comprises at least one Fresnel reflective element (7) adapted to reflect microwaves coupled into the cavity (1) from a microwave source (5).

Abstract: The present invention relates to an induction hob with a cooking surface (10) and a number of induction coils (12; 16, 18) within said cooking surface (10). The induction coils (12; 16, 18) are arranged on the cooking surface (10) according to predetermined scheme, so that at least two induction coils (12; 16, 18) can be covered by a standard cooking vessel (14). Each induction coil (12; 16, 18) is connected to at least one induction generator being switched or switchable between a high power and a low power. Each induction generator is separately controllable, so that the induction coils (12; 16, 18) are switched or switchable between the high power and the low power. At least one control unit is provided for controlling the individual induction coils (12; 16, 18) according to a predetermined time pattern. Further, the present invention relates to a corresponding method for controlling the induction hob.

Abstract: Provided herein is a household appliance with at least one pedestal comprising a threaded rod which can be screwed into a corresponding threaded hole in a base of the household appliance in a longitudinal direction in order to reach a desired effective height of the pedestal. A snap nut made of a resilient material is provided having a threaded bore with a diameter and a thread fitting to the threaded rod so that the snap nut can be screwed along the longitudinal extension of the threaded rod, the snap nut further comprising a slot having a width that is less than the diameter of the bore and which defines a lateral opening of the bore wherein the width of the slot and the resiliency of the material allows the snap nut to be snapped from the side onto the threaded rod.

Abstract: A laundry washing machine includes an outer casing, a washing tub arranged inside the casing directly facing a laundry loading/unloading opening realized in a front wall of the casing, a rotatable drum arranged in an axially rotating manner inside the washing tub and structured for receiving the laundry to be washed, a detergent dispenser which is housed inside the casing between the washing tub and the top wall of the casing and is structured for feeding into the washing tub a detergent, softener and/or other washing agent mixed with fresh water arriving from the water mains, and a water softening device which is arranged inside the boxlike casing and is structured for reducing the hardness degree of the fresh water supplied to the washing tub.

Abstract: Clothes drying machine comprising a drum holding the clothes to be dried, a first fan adapted to blow a first flow of drying air through said drum, and possibly a condenser adapted to condense the moisture out of the drying air exiting said drum. The machine is provided with a drying program that includes a step involving an increase in the temperature of the air introduced in said drum, in which said temperature is increased to a value of at least 130° C. and held there for a pre-set period of time, and said temperature increase step is provided in the initial portion of the drying program, when the moisture content of the clothes is not less than 20%.

Abstract: An electric household appliance has a low-voltage capacitive power means (10) connected to an electrical power network (3) and is designed to generate a low-voltage (S2,V2). The low-voltage capacitive power means (10) comprise a capacitive dividing circuit (28) comprising a first (30) and second input terminal (31) connected to a first and second power line (3) at a first (V1) and second (VREF) predetermined potential respectively; a first output terminal (32) adapted to generate said low-voltage enabling signal (S2); first (37) and second charge-accumulating means (38) connected between said first and second input terminal; and at least one voltage limiter (40) connected parallel to said second charge-accumulating means (38) and designed to switch from a non-conducting to a conducting state when subjected to a voltage above a predetermined breakdown voltage (VZ).

Abstract: A laundry washing machine (1) has a casing (2) supporting a washing tub (3) external to a washing drum (4) suitable to receive the laundry to be washed, and a detergent supply system (5; 35; 55; 65; 105) comprising a mixing chamber (6; 56; 86; 106) suitable to receive detergent (D) and water (W). A mixing device (20; 40; 100) suitable to mix the detergent (D) and the water (W) in the mixing chamber (6; 56; 86; 106) to form a washing solution (S) is provided. The mixing chamber (6; 56; 86; 106) and the mixing device (20; 40; 100) are disposed inside the casing (2) and the mixing chamber (6; 56; 86; 106) comprises an inlet (7; 57; 87; 107) accessible from outside the casing (2) for the insertion of the detergent (D) and an outlet (14; 94) for delivering the washing solution (S) in the washing tub (3).

Abstract: A laundry machine includes a cabinet with a front panel having a laundry loading/unloading opening, and a door. A washing tub is accommodated within the cabinet. A drum is rotatably arranged within the washing tub in such a way that a frontal rim of the drum faces the laundry loading/unloading opening, and a bellows connecting a rim of the laundry loading/unloading opening to the opening of the washing tub. The bellows includes a first and a second lip protruding towards the rotation axis of the drum wherein the first and second lips are each placed to hinder the passage of foreign bodies from the drum to the washing tub through a gap between the drum and the washing tub. The frontal rim of the drum is located between the first and the second lips.

Abstract: A method of controlling a rotatable-drum laundry drier to dry delicate laundry in a drum of the rotatable-drum laundry drier. The method includes the steps of feeding drying air into the drum; rotating the drum at a variable rotation speed about an axis of rotation; rotating the drum at a first rotation speed higher than, or equal to a rotation speed, at which centrifugal acceleration of the inner surface of the drum equals gravitational acceleration; making interruptions in rotation of the drum at the first rotation speed; and performing, at each interruption, one or more rotation cycles at a second rotation speed, so that, at each cycle, at least part of the laundry slides/tumbles slowly inside the drum while remaining in contact with the inner surface of the drum and/or another part of the laundry contacting the drum.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an induction cooking hob including at least one induction coil (20). The induction cooking hob comprises a housing (10) with at least one vertical wall (12, 14, 16) and a bottom panel (18). A top panel is provided for covering the top side of the housing (10). The induction coil (20) is connected or connectable to the at least one vertical wall (12, 14, 16) by at least one fixing element (22). A rigid conjunction is provided between the vertical wall (12, 14, 16) and at least one the fixing element (22). The induction coil (20) and the at least one fixing element (22) form a rigid body, so that the induction coil (20) is supported by the vertical wall (12, 14, 16). Further, the present invention relates to an induction coil (20) provided for said induction cooking hob.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a stemware holder unit (1) for holding a stemware (23) in a predetermined position in a dishwasher cup shelf (13), said stemware holder unit (1) comprising a flexible holding element (2) adapted to hold a stem (22) of said stemware (23). The holding element (2) comprises a first attachment portion (3) and a second attachment portion (4) adapted to be movably interconnected with said dishwasher cup shelf (13). The stemware holder unit (1) has a loading state, in which said holding element (2) is adapted to receive said stem (22) of said stemware (23), and a secured state, in which said holding element (2) is adapted to secure said stem (22) of said stemware (23), and wherein, in said loading state, said holding element (2) is essentially unfolded, and in said secured state, said holding element (2) is folded and essentially enclosing said stem (22) of said stemware (23).

Abstract: A grill and/or frying plate for use on an induction cooking hob, including at least one grill section and at least one section different from the grill section, in particular a frame section or a warming section. When the grill and/or frying plate is mounted to the cooking hob, the at least one grill section is at least partially arranged directly above at least one heating element of the cooking hob and that the at least one section different from the grill section is at least partially arranged in a position where no heating element is arranged below. A recess and/or a securing recess and/or a fixation groove are arranged in a region that delimits the grill section from the section different from the grill section, in such a way that the heat transfer from the grill section to the section different from the grill section is reduced.

Abstract: A home appliance has a control field (A) for selecting and setting a program and program option. The control field includes: a plurality of program indicators (2.1-2.5) each having an associated program symbol (2.1a-2.5a), a plurality of program option indicators (4.1-4.5, 6.1-6.4, 8.1-8.4) each having an associated program option symbol (4.1a-4.5a, 6.1a-6.4a, 8.1a-8.4a), a user-operable program selector (2), and a plurality of user-operable program option selectors (4, 6, 8). The program selector (2) and the program option selectors (4, 6, 8) are arranged in an inner region (II) of the control field (A). The program indicators (2.1-2.5) and program option indicators (4.1-4.5, 6.1-6.4, 8.1-8.4) are arranged in a first region (III) at least partially surrounding the inner region (II). The program symbols and the program option symbols are arranged in a second region (IV) at least partially surrounding the first region (III). At least one program symbol (2.1a-2.

Abstract: A gas stove having an upper work plate with at least one integrated gas burner, said gas burner including a bowl-shaped base body, a burner crown, and an upper cap, with several flame ports provided to let out a gas-air mixture towards a recipient to be heated, and an annular mixing zone, whose cross section incrementally expands towards the flame ports, defined between the burner crown and the upper cap with the burner crown including a Venturi pipe which feeds the gas-air mixture into the mixing zone and is designed to suck primary air from above the upper work plate the flame ports are formed in the upper cap as through-holes, and the bottom side of the upper cap, which defines the upper side of the mixing zone, is at least partially inclined upwardly towards the flame ports to define the incrementally expanding cross section of the mixing zone.

Abstract: Provided herein are a household appliance and a method for using a heat pump in a household appliance, which may include a household appliance for washing and drying goods. The household appliance may include a processing chamber for receiving goods to be washed and dried, and a heat pump having a warm side provided with a condenser and a cold side provided with an evaporator, wherein the condenser may be adapted to heat water to be used in the processing chamber and the evaporator may be adapted to cool a liquid in a heat reservoir for storing heat generated on the cold side of the heat pump during heating of the condenser. The condenser may be arranged in a water tank adapted to provide water to the processing chamber.

Abstract: A household appliance (1) is provided with an electronic command device (3) for reducing standby-state energy consumption of the electric household appliance (1). The electronic command device (3) includes an electronic control unit (20) and a switching mode low power supply unit (6) designed to supply a predetermined supply voltage (VB) to the electronic control unit (20). The switching mode low power supply unit (6) has at least a first control terminal (12) and at least an output terminal (9) supplying the main prefixed supply voltage (VB) to the electronic control unit (20). The switching mode low power supply unit (6) is further configured to switch from a operating state to a standby state, when the first control terminal (12) receives a command signal (Soff). The electronic control unit (20) has a sensing terminal (23) and is configured to generate the command signal (Soff) when it detects a predetermined voltage variation on the sensing terminal (23).