Abstract: An appliance is disclosed. The appliance includes a cavity, a door associated with a front opening, a rack including at least one carrier support for supporting at least one carrier. The rack is movably associated with the cavity interior so as to be movable in an extraction and retraction movement. One or more motorized drive units and a kinematic coupling mechanism are also included. The kinematic coupling mechanism includes one or more kinematic coupling units and is configured for providing a kinematic coupling between the one or more motorized drive units and at least one of the rack and the carrier. The one or more motorized drive units and the kinematic coupling mechanism are configured such that an operation of the one or more motorized drive units is translated into at least one of the extraction movement and retraction movement of at least one of the rack and the carrier.

Abstract: The underlying invention is directed to an appliance (1), in particular a cooking appliance, such as a baking oven (1). The appliance (1) comprises a cavity (2) comprising a back wall (3) and an opposite front opening (4), the cavity (2) defining in depth dimension (D) a maximum depth dimension (Dmax) for the accommodation of carriers (5), such as trays (5) or grids, a rack (7) comprising at least one carrier support (8, 17, 34), the rack (7) movably associated with the cavity interior (9) and having a depth extension (E) that is smaller than the maximum depth dimension (Dmax), a door (10) for opening and closing the front opening (4) and hinged to open to the outside, and a coupling member (11) providing a kinematic coupling between the rack (7) and the door (10) configured such that a pivoting movement of the door (10) is translated into a movement of the rack (7) in depth dimension (D).

Abstract: Monitoring device (3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3) for household appliances, preferably for cooking appliances, comprising: —a housing (33), —at least one camera objective (1, 1.1, 1.2), —at least one fixation unit (2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3), wherein the fixation unit (2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3) is adapted for the fastening, preferably for the releasable fastening, the monitoring device (3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3) on at least one predetermined surface area (34) of at least one predetermined model of a household appliance, and wherein the fixation unit (2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3) is arranged relative to the camera objective (1, 1.1, 1.2) in order to arrange the camera objective (1, 1.1, 1.2), in a mounted state of the monitoring device (3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3) on the household appliance, in at least one position of a predetermined distance (d) and/or in a predetermined orientation (?) relative to a predetermined monitoring region (32) of the household appliance.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a domestic appliance, particularly a cooking oven, comprising a chassis and a door hinged to the chassis at a rotating axis of the door, wherein the door comprises at least one door panel, at least one door frame attached at an inner side of the door panel, at least one electric or electronic unit attached inside or at the door, at least one electrically conducting cable for interconnecting the electric or electronic unit to a control unit arranged at or in the chassis of the domestic appliance, at least one cable channel attached or attachable to the door frame for guiding a first section of the cable, and at least one cable tube arranged within the region of a rotating axis of the door for guiding a second section of the cable from the door frame to the chassis, wherein the cable tube comprises a main section, and a first end section for connecting the cable tube to the hinge-sided end of the door and a second end section for connecting the cable tube to the chassis, wherein

Abstract: The present invention relates to a monitoring system for a door (12) of a domestic appliance (10). The monitoring system comprises at least one door sensor (22; 24, 26, 28; 30, 32) arrangeable or arranged at or within the door (12). The door sensor (22; 24, 26, 28; 30, 32) is an inertial measurement unit (IMU) including at least one accelerometer and/or at least one gyroscope. The accelerometer can be provided for detecting a linear acceleration of the door sensor (22; 24, 26, 28; 30, 32). The gyroscope can be provided for detecting a rotational speed of the door sensor (22; 24, 26, 28; 30, 32). The monitoring system determines at least one of the angle (?,??), the angular speed and the angular acceleration of the door (12).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a sealing system for an oven cavity (10) of an oven, in particular of a cooking oven. The sealing system includes an outer steam-tight gasket (20) attachable or attached at a front frame (26), which encloses a cavity frame (12) of the oven cavity, which in turn encloses a front opening of said oven cavity (10). The sealing system includes an inner heat resistant gasket (18) attachable or attached at the cavity frame (12) and/or at the front frame (26), so that the inner heat resistant gasket (18) is aligned at least partially at the cavity frame (12) and at an inner panel (16) of an oven door (14) for closing the oven cavity (10) in a closed state of said oven door (14). The sealing system includes a gap sealing (19) arrangeable or arranged within a gap between the cavity frame (12) and the front frame (26), so that the gap sealing (19) encloses completely or partially the cavity frame (12).

Abstract: The present invention relates to an automatic door (12) for a domestic appliance (10), in particular an automatic oven door (12) for a cooking oven (10). The door (12) comprises at least one door handle (16) for manually opening and/or closing said door (12). The door (12) comprises at least one switch element (20) for automatically opening and/or closing said door (12).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a locking device (10) for a door of a domestic appliance. The locking device (10) comprises a main body (12) and a locking hook element (14) supported pivoting in and/or at the main body (12). The locking hook element (14) is pivoting between an engaged position and a disengaged position. The locking hook element (14) is engageable with and disengageable from a corresponding counterpart (40). The locking device (10) comprises an electric actuator (22) arranged in and/or at the main body (12) and mechanically connected or connectable to the locking hook element (14). The electric actuator (22) effects the pivoting of the locking hook element (14) from the engaged position to the disengaged position. The locking device (10) comprises a first spring element (26) interconnected between the locking hook element (14) and the main body (10), wherein said first spring element (26) effects a movement of the locking hook element (14) from the disengaged position to the engaged position.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a door (10) for a domestic appliance, in particular an oven door (10) for a cooking oven. The door (10) comprises a front panel (12) and at least one door handle (14) made of metal and arranged at an outer side of said front panel (12). The door (10) comprises at least one electric and/or electronic device (18) arranged inside and/or at the door handle (14). The door (10) comprises at least one fastening element (24) for fastening the door handle (14) at the front panel (12). At least one conducting element (26) is attached at the inner side and/or outer side of the front panel (12).

Abstract: In order to avoid that the picture signal obtained from an oven camera that is mounted at the exterior side of an oven door is disturbed by reflections, it is suggested to provide a reflection shield (40) for an oven camera (18) that is mounted at the exterior side of an oven door (30; 14) for monitoring an oven cavity (12) of a cooking oven (10), the reflection shield (40) comprising: a shield element (40) for covering a portion of the oven door (30; 14), a viewing window (46) for the camera (18); and at least one clamp (42) for clamping the reflection shield (40) to a handle (36; 16) of the oven door (30; 14).

Abstract: The present invention relates to glass package (10) for an oven door of a cooking oven. The glass package (10) includes an inner glass pane (12) and at least one further glass pane (14, 16), wherein the inner glass pane (12) is provided for an arrangement towards to an oven cavity (46) in an assembled and a closed state of the oven door, while the at least one further glass pane (14, 16) is provided for an arrangement opposite to the oven cavity (46) in the assembled and closed state of the said door. The glass package (10) includes connecting means (18, 20, 28) for a permanent connection between the inner glass pane (12) and the at least one further glass pane (14, 16). The inner glass pane (12) and the at least one further glass pane (14, 16) are arranged plane-parallel to each other. An intermediate space is formed between two adjacent glass panes (12, 14, 16).

Abstract: The invention relates to an oven door (10) for closing a cavity (2) of an oven (1) comprising a door window (11) being at least partially transparent for enabling a user to look into the oven cavity (2), wherein the door window (11) comprises at least one printing (12), the printing (12) being made of an ink comprising scattering components, said ink being transparent and wherein the oven door (10) is adapted to provide light to the printing (12) by at least one light source (13) such that said light is scattered by the scattering components of said printing (12) thereby implementing an optical user interface for displaying information at the door window (11).

Abstract: The invention relates to a door for closing a cavity (3) included in a chassis (2) of a household or kitchen appliance (1), the door (10) comprising a first electrical component that can be releasably electrically coupled with a second electrical component comprised within the chassis (3) of the household or kitchen appliance (2) in the closed state of the door (10) by first coupling means (20), said first coupling means (20) comprising a first contact section (21) arranged at the door (10) for releasable interaction with corresponding second contact section (22) arranged at said chassis (3), wherein said first contact section is configured such that in the closed state of the door (10) an electrical contact is established between said first and second contact sections (21, 22) and said electrical contact is opened when opening the door (10), wherein the first contact section (21) is arranged at a removable door portion (11) and the door (10) comprises second coupling means (30) are provided for releasable el

Abstract: Monitoring device (3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3) for household appliances, preferably for cooking appliances, comprising: —a housing (33), —at least one camera objective (1, 1.1, 1.2), —at least one fixation unit (2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3), wherein the fixation unit (2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3) is adapted for the fastening, preferably for the releasable fastening, the monitoring device (3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3) on at least one predetermined surface area (34) of at least one predetermined model of a household appliance, and wherein the fixation unit (2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3) is arranged relative to the camera objective (1, 1.1, 1.2) in order to arrange the camera objective (1, 1.1, 1.2), in a mounted state of the monitoring device (3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3) on the household appliance, in at least one position of a predetermined distance (d) and/or in a predetermined orientation (?) relative to a predetermined monitoring region (32) of the household appliance.

Abstract: A, preferably dismountable, oven door comprising at least one glass panel and a door frame or a pair of door columns for supporting said glass panel, wherein the glass panel comprises a first large-area surface, an opposing second large-area surface and at least two lateral edges, the glass panel is detachably or permanently mounted or mountable in the door frame or at the door columns, respectively, the glass panel is chiral in respect of a physical or chemical property of its first large-area surface and of its second large-area surface and of the geometric shapes of its at least two lateral edges, the door frame or at least one door column, respectively, is formed at least partially complementary to the glass panel, so that the door frame or the at least one door column, respectively, is engageable or compatible with said glass panel.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a door (10) for a domestic appliance, in particular an oven door (10) for a cooking oven. The door (10) comprises a front panel (12) and at least one door handle (14) made of metal and arranged at an outer side of said front panel (12). The door (10) comprises at least one electric and/or electronic device (18) arranged inside and/or at the door handle (14). The door (10) comprises at least one fastening element (24) for fastening the door handle (14) at the front panel (12). At least one conducting element (26) is attached at the inner side and/or outer side of the front panel (12).

Abstract: The invention relates to an oven door (10) for closing a cavity (2) of an oven (1) comprising a glass portion (11) being at least partially transparent for enabling a user to look into the oven cavity (2), wherein the oven door (10) comprises lighting means (12) implementing an optical user interface for displaying optical information at the glass portion (11).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a domestic appliance, particularly a cooking oven, comprising a chassis and a door hinged to the chassis at a rotating axis of the door, wherein the door comprises at least one door panel, at least one door frame attached at an inner side of the door panel, at least one electric or electronic unit attached inside or at the door, at least one electrically conducting cable for interconnecting the electric or electronic unit to a control unit arranged at or in the chassis of the domestic appliance, at least one cable channel attached or attachable to the door frame for guiding a first section of the cable, and at least one cable tube arranged within the region of a rotating axis of the door for guiding a second section of the cable from the door frame to the chassis, wherein the cable tube comprises a main section, and a first end section for connecting the cable tube to the hinge-sided end of the door and a second end section for connecting the cable tube to the chassis, wherein

Abstract: The present invention relates to a door for a domestic appliance, in particular a cooking oven. Said door comprises a door frame (14) formed as a closed rectangular frame, at least one outer glass panel (10) attached or attachable at an outer side of the door frame (14), at least one inner glass panel (16) attached or attachable at an inner side of the door frame (14), at least one outer sealing element (38) arranged or arrangeable between the inner side of the outer glass panel (10) and the outer side of the door frame (14), and at least one inner sealing element (40) arranged or arrangeable between the outer side of the inner glass panel (16) and the inner side of the door frame (14). The large area side of the outer glass panel (10) is bigger than the large area side of the door frame (14). Further, the large area side of the outer glass panel (10) is bigger than the large area side of the inner glass panel (16).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a door handle (20) for a door (16) of a domestic appliance (10), in particular for an oven door (16) of a cooking oven (10). The door handle (20) comprises an elongated handle bar (24) formed as a hollow profile part or as a pipe and at least one handle adapter (26), preferably two handle adapters (26), connectable or connected to the handle bar (24) at its front side and connectable to the door (16) at its rear side. The door handle (20) comprises at least one housing (34) removably attached at the handle bar (24). The handle bar (24) includes at least one recess (70) for receiving at least partially the housing (34). The housing (34) includes an open side facing the recess (70) of the door handle (20), so that an inner space (62) of the door handle (20) is enlarged by said housing (34). The door handle (20) comprises an electric device (28) arranged or arrangeable inside the housing (34) and/or inside the handle bar (24) next to said housing (34).