Patents by Inventor Bernd Gemünden

Bernd Gemünden has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9580859
    Abstract: A lint retention apparatus for a laundry drying appliance has a lint separator, upstream of which a lint wetter is connected. A laundry drying appliance has a laundry drum and a process air condenser, which are connected by way of a process air channel conducting process air. It also has a lint separator disposed in the process air channel for flow purposes downstream of the laundry drum and upstream of the process air condenser, wherein a lint wetter is disposed for flow purposes downstream of the laundry drum and upstream of the lint separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Bömmels, Bernd Gemünden, Jürgen Heβ, Vladimir Proseanic, Svetlana Visnepolschi
  • Publication number: 20140013608
    Abstract: A lint retention apparatus for a laundry drying appliance has a lint separator, upstream of which a lint wetter is connected. A laundry drying appliance has a laundry drum and a process air condenser, which are connected by way of a process air channel conducting process air. It also has a lint separator disposed in the process air channel for flow purposes downstream of the laundry drum and upstream of the process air condenser, wherein a lint wetter is disposed for flow purposes downstream of the laundry drum and upstream of the lint separator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERATE GMBH
    Inventors: Ralf Bömmels, Bernd Gemünden, Jürgen Heß, Vladimir Proseanic, Svetlana Visnepolschi
  • Publication number: 20130340797
    Abstract: A clothes treatment appliance includes a transfer pipe leading to a water-cleanable unit of the clothes treatment appliance. The transfer pipe includes a water diverter that diverts part of the water exiting the transfer pipe in a sideway direction. A method for cleaning a water-cleanable unit of a clothes treatment appliance includes releasing water into a transfer pipe and diverting part of the water exiting the transfer pipe in a sideway direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
    Inventors: Ralf Bömmels, Bernd Gemünden, Jürgen Heß, Vladimir Proseanic, Svetlana Visnepolschi
  • Publication number: 20130255097
    Abstract: A clothes treatment appliance includes a process air condenser and a cleaner for the process air condenser. The cleaner is adapted to direct a cleaning medium to the condenser from a direction other than from above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERATE GMBH
    Inventors: Ralf Bömmels, Bernd Gemünden, Jürgen Heß, Vladimir Proseanic, Svetlana Visnepolschi
  • Publication number: 20130255095
    Abstract: A clothes treatment appliance includes a process air condenser and a cleaner for the process air condenser. The cleaner is adapted to direct a cleaning medium to the condenser from any direction other than from above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Bömmels, Bernd Gemünden, Jürgen Heß, Vladimir Proseanic, Svetlana Visnepolschi
  • Publication number: 20130255331
    Abstract: A clothes treatment appliance includes a water container connected to a downpipe leading to a water-cleanable unit, in particular, a process air condenser, of the clothes treatment appliance. The clothes treatment appliance further includes a water accelerator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERATE GMBH
    Inventors: Ralf Bömmels, Bernd Gemünden, Jürgen Heß, Vladimir Proseanic, Svetlana Visnepolschi
  • Publication number: 20130255094
    Abstract: A clothes treatment appliance includes a water container connected to a transfer pipe leading to a water-cleanable unit, in particular, a process air condenser, of the clothes treatment appliance. The clothes treatment appliance further includes a water accelerator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERATE GMBH
    Inventors: Ralf Bömmels, Bernd Gemünden, Jürgen Hess, Vladimir Proseanic, Svetlana Visnepolschi