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.

Abstract: An ice maker includes a frame, a mold shell having at least one chamber and capable of holding water for formation of ice cubes, and a support device which secures the mold shell in the frame and moves the mold shell between a first position for filling with water and a second position for ejecting ice cubes. The support member is able to rotate the mold shell about a rotation axis from the first position for filling with water into the second position for ejecting ice cubes. A securing device is disposed on the support device and constructed to allow manual removal of the mold shell from the ice maker and manual insertion of the mold shell into the ice maker. The securing device has at least one securing rail for pulling out and pushing in the mold shell, and extends parallel to the rotation axis.

Abstract: A refrigerator includes an electric valve that can be transferred into a closed state in response to a closing signal. In order to increase the tightness of the electric valve, the refrigerator includes a valve driver unit which is designed to subject the electric valve in the closed state to a sequence of closing signals.

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.

Abstract: A household appliance, in particular a refrigeration device, in which ice bodies can be made of supplied water, includes a hose and/or tube assembly for supply of water to a receiving container, and a valve connected to the hose and/or tube assembly and constructed to release or suppress the water supply to the receiving container. The hose and/or tube assembly has zones in which a physical condition changes, wherein the valve is disposed in the hose and/or tube assembly in a region which has not yet encountered a change in the physical condition after water has been supplied into the hose and/or tube assembly.

Abstract: A refrigerator with a thermally insulated housing and integrated elements, suitable for the supply of potable water which can be connected to an external potable water supply. The surfaces of the integrated elements, provided for coming into contact with the potable water, are at least partly provided with a finish which is effective against microbes and/or fungi.

Abstract: An assembly of a vibration-generating unit and a housing accommodating the unit includes a vibration damper. The unit is retained on the housing by way of at least one dampened spring configuration that is linked with the unit on the one hand and the housing on the other hand, each at a respective connecting point. The spring configuration has at least one single spring element that is capable of oscillating with a resonant frequency different from that of the single spring element.

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a housing that encloses at least one interior space, a low temperature generator or refrigerating machine for cooling the interior space, and a control device for receiving a target signal and for controlling the temperature of the interior space to a target temperature represented by the target signal, by controlling the operation of the refrigerating machine. A control element supplies the target signal to the control device with a level that varies in accordance with a predetermined course.

Abstract: A household appliance comprises at least one sensor for detecting an operating parameter of the household appliance, a memory for periodically recording the value of the operating parameter detected by the sensor, and comprises an interface for reading out the contents of the memory. In the event of a failure, the memory is read out in order to deduce a possible cause of failure from the stored parameter values.

Abstract: A refrigerator with a thermally insulated housing and integrated elements, suitable for the supply of potable water which can be connected to an external potable water supply. The surfaces of the integrated elements, provided for coming into contact with the potable water, are at least partly provided with a finish which is effective against microbes and/or fungi.

Abstract: An assembly of a vibration-generating unit and a housing accommodating the unit includes a vibration damper. The unit is retained on the housing by way of at least one dampened spring configuration that is linked with the unit on the one hand and the housing on the other hand, each at a respective connecting point. The spring configuration has at least one single spring element that is capable of oscillating with a resonant frequency different from that of the single spring element.

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a housing that encloses at least one interior space, a low temperature generator or refrigerating machine for cooling the interior space, and a control device for receiving a target signal and for controlling the temperature of the interior space to a target temperature represented by the target signal, by controlling the operation of the refrigerating machine. A control element supplies the target signal to the control device with a level that varies in accordance with a predetermined course.