Patents by Inventor Georg Spiessl
Georg Spiessl 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).
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Publication number: 20240270605Abstract: The invention relates to a filtration device, in particular for the filtration of microplastics for a water-carrying household appliance, wherein the filtration device comprises a housing in which a first filter element is arranged, wherein the first filter element is designed in such a manner that it encloses an inner cavity which is fluidly connected to a first discharge element, wherein between the first filter element and the housing there is an intermediate space into which the water to be filtered can be introduced, wherein a second filter element is provided between the intermediate space and a second discharge element.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2024Publication date: August 15, 2024Inventors: GEORG SPIEßL, MANFREDI SIGNORINO, BENJAMIN SCHEMELA
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Publication number: 20240270604Abstract: The invention relates to a filtration device, in particular for the filtration of microplastics for a water-bearing household appliance, wherein the filtration device comprises a housing in which a filter element is arranged, wherein the filter element is designed in such a way that it encloses an inner cavity which is fluidically connected to a supply line element, wherein a first drain element is arranged along the height axis Z above the filter element, wherein a second drain element is arranged along the height axis Z below the filter element.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2024Publication date: August 15, 2024Inventors: GEORG SPIEßL, MANFREDI SIGNORINO, BENJAMIN SCHEMELA
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Patent number: 12029373Abstract: A dosing system for installation in a domestic dishwasher is disclosed. The dosing system in some embodiments permits the automated delivery of a defined dose of a detergent in powder form into a dishwashing chamber of the dishwasher. It comprises for this purpose a supply chamber for receiving a supply of the detergent and an extracting mechanism for extracting a dose of the detergent from the supply and for delivering the extracted dose into a fall channel. In order to assist with expelling an extracted dose of the detergent powder from the fall channel or/and to accelerate drying of the fall channel, the dosing system in some embodiments includes a fan for generating a blowing air stream which flows through at least parts of the fall channel.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2021Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: EMZ-HANAUER GMBH & CO. KGAAInventors: Albert Dirnberger, Georg Spiessl, Sophia Grimm
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Patent number: 11982036Abstract: A light sensor device is disclosed for installation in a heat-using domestic electrical appliance such as, for example, a washing machine or a dishwasher and permits the implementation of a touch-free operating function, for example an automatic door opening function. The light sensor device includes in some embodiments: a window element which is formed of light-permeable material and is arranged with space on a first window side for hand movements; a first light source arrangement arranged to radiate visible light into the window element; a second light source arrangement which is arranged to radiate infrared light through the window element from a second window side opposite the first window side; and a photodetector arrangement which is sensitive to infrared light of the second light source arrangement and is arranged on the second window side, for detecting infrared light which strikes the photodetector arrangement from the window element.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2022Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: EMZ-HANAUER GMBH & CO. KGAAInventors: Manfredi Signorino, Martin Brabec, Lukas Schade, Georg Spießl
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Patent number: 11889965Abstract: A mechanism for the door of a domestic electrical appliance, for example a dishwasher, is described. The mechanism includes a door latch for holding the door closed, a latch opener mechanism, an electrically controlled actuator for displacing the latch opener mechanism, a movably arranged pusher, and a spring device for providing a spring force which acts on the pusher. The latch opener mechanism functions such that, when the door is closed, it can be transferred from an inactive position into an active position while at least partially overcoming a holding-closed action of the door latch. The movably arranged pusher is separate from the latch opener mechanism and is decoupled therefrom in terms of movement. After the holding-closed action of the door latch has been overcome, the spring drive allows the door to be pushed open by the pusher.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: EMZ-HANAUER GMBH & CO. KGAAInventors: Albert Dirnberger, Josef Bauriedl, Matthias Bauer, Georg Spießl
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Publication number: 20240011327Abstract: A domestic electrical appliance, for example a dishwasher, is disclosed, in which a door latch is installed in a profile strip of an appliance body. The door latch comprises a latch housing in which, in some embodiments, a rotary gripper and a leg-torsion spring serving as a closing spring are accommodated. In one embodiment, the door latch as a whole is displaceable in the profile strip in the strip longitudinal direction thereof in order to implement a self-healing function which allows the door to close even after the door latch has moved into a closed state without the door being closed. In another embodiment, a housing main part of the latch housing is mounted in a longitudinally fixed manner on the profile strip, but a housing cover of the latch housing is longitudinally displaceable relative to the housing main part, and the torsion spring and the rotary gripper are held on the housing cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Applicant: emz-Hanauer GmbH & Co. KGaAInventors: Josef BAURIEDL, Georg SPIESSL
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Publication number: 20230349612Abstract: An ice maker for a domestic refrigeration device with an ice-making tray having a plurality of freezing cavities, a support structure installed in the refrigeration device and rotatably supporting the ice-making tray, a rotational drive unit arranged on the support structure for driving the ice-making tray in rotation relative to the support structure, and at least one pair of electrodes arranged spaced apart from one another and having an electrical capacitance which is influenced by the contents of at least some of the freezing cavities. In addition, an electric measuring and control circuit is adapted to determine a capacitance measurement variable which is representative of the electrical capacitance of the electrode pair and to activate the rotational drive unit for rotation of the ice-making tray relative to the support structure in dependence on the fulfilment of at least one condition relating to the capacitance measurement variable.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Inventors: Lukas SCHADE, Georg SPIEßL, Sophia GRIMM, Manfredi SIGNORINO
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Patent number: 11788340Abstract: A domestic electrical appliance includes an appliance main body having an access opening to a usable chamber formed inside the appliance main body, and a door which is movably mounted on the appliance main body and which in an open position frees the access opening and in a closed position closes the access opening, a door latch for holding the door closed in the closed position, and a door opener, structurally separate from the door latch, for opening the closed door. The door opener includes a first coupling structure displaceably arranged on one of the appliance main body and the door, an electrically controllable drive unit for driving the first coupling structure, and a second coupling structure arranged on the other of the appliance main body and the door. The first and second coupling structure are configured for push- and pull-transmitting but releasable coupling engagement with one another.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: EMZ-HANAUER GMBH & CO. KGAAInventors: Dominik Walz, Shaojiang Ren, Georg Spiessl, Albert Dirnberger
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Publication number: 20230324249Abstract: The invention relates to a sensor device for detecting a leakage, in particular for a water-bearing household appliance, the sensor device comprising a base device and a detector device, the detector device being arranged on the base device by means of at least one first releasable non-positive and/or positive connection, the detector device detecting a change in an electrical parameter in a measuring chamber or a measuring element of the base device, the detector device having a first housing which can be closed in a sealed manner and in which a self-sufficient power supply device and a circuit arrangement are arranged, the circuit arrangement comprising a communication device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2023Publication date: October 12, 2023Applicant: emz-Hanauer GmbH & Co. KGaAInventors: Georg SPIESSL, Manfredi SIGNORINO, Christian MEIER, Johann KLEBER
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Patent number: 11629528Abstract: A door lock for a domestic electrical appliance comprises a movably arranged locking member, which is selectively adjustable into an unlocking position and a locking position and in the unlocking position permits the opening of a closed door of the domestic appliance and in the locking position is in blocking engagement with a blockable component, at least when the door is closed. The blocking engagement causes the closed door to be blocked against opening. The door lock further comprises an electrically controllable actuator for actuating the locking member, and an electrical door detection switch that switches depending on the closing of the door. The doer lock also comprises an electrical auxiliary switch device, which selectively opens or closes an electrical shunt path to the door detection switch depending on the position of the locking member.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2020Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: EMZ-HANAUER GMBH & CO. KGAAInventors: Albert Dirnberger, Markus Lang, Georg Spiessl, Robert Reitinger
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Patent number: 11624209Abstract: A door lock for a domestic electrical appliance includes a locking member which is electrically switchable between an unlocking position and a locking position, which locking member in the unlocking position allows a closed door of the domestic appliance to be opened and in the locking position is in blocking engagement with a blockable component at least when the door is closed, and an auxiliary member, separate from the blockable component, which is movable in dependence on the closing of the door from a release position into a blocking position. The blocking engagement effects blocking of the closed door against opening. In the release position, the auxiliary member allows the locking member to be transferred from the unlocking position into the locking position; in contrast, in its blocking position, the auxiliary member blocks the locking member against being transferred from the unlocking position into the locking position.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2020Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: EMZ HANAUER GMBH & CO. KGAAInventors: Albert Dirnberger, Georg Spiessl, Markus Lang, Robert Reitinger
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Patent number: 11543166Abstract: An ice maker includes a carriage, an ice mold defining a plurality of cavities that is movably coupled to the carriage such that the ice mold is movable relative to the carriage between a home position and a harvest position, and a detection lever movably coupled to the carriage such that the detection lever is movable between a retracted position and an extended position, the detection member being biased toward the extended position. The ice maker further includes a retention mechanism configured to retain the detection lever in the retracted position when the ice mold is in the harvest position.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2020Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.Inventors: Jose Carlos Trejo Olvera, Thomas W. McCollough, Matthias Bauer, Georg Spiessl
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Patent number: 11536509Abstract: A shelf assembly, in particular for a domestic cooling device, includes a receiving plate having a front plate edge, a rear plate edge and two lateral plate edges, and a holding strut on at least one of the lateral plate edges for supporting the receiving plate. The holding strut has in the region of a rear strut end at least one hook structure for fitting the holding strut into a mounting opening of a carrying structure. At a distance beneath the hook structure, the holding strut forms a first support structure for support on a front side, facing the strut, of the carrying structure. The holding strut, in the region of the rear strut end, at a distance above the first support structure, provides a resiliently deflectable second support structure for support on the front side, facing the strut, of the carrying structure.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2021Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: EMZ-HANAUER GMBH & CO. KGAAInventors: Manfredi Signorino, Martin Brabec, Georg Spiessl
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Publication number: 20220356627Abstract: A light sensor device is disclosed for installation in a heat-using domestic electrical appliance such as, for example, a washing machine or a dishwasher and permits the implementation of a touch-free operating function, for example an automatic door opening function. The light sensor device includes in some embodiments: a window element which is formed of light-permeable material and is arranged with space on a first window side for hand movements; a first light source arrangement arranged to radiate visible light into the window element; a second light source arrangement which is arranged to radiate infrared light through the window element from a second window side opposite the first window side; and a photodetector arrangement which is sensitive to infrared light of the second light source arrangement and is arranged on the second window side, for detecting infrared light which strikes the photodetector arrangement from the window element.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2022Publication date: November 10, 2022Inventors: Manfredi Signorino, Martin Brabec, Lukas Schade, Georg Spießl
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Publication number: 20220354336Abstract: A cover assembly for mounting in a domestic dishwasher, for example, is proposed. The cover assembly includes a pivoting cover which is mounted on a support component and is to close an opening, wherein the pivoting cover has a cover part and a closure part which is movable relative to the cover part. The cover part has sealing faces which, on closing of the pivoting cover, come into sealing contact with sealing counter-faces encircling the opening. There are formed on the closure part engagement formations which, in a closed pivot position of the pivoting cover, can be brought into and out of holding-closed engagement with engagement counter-formations by relative movement between the closure part and the support component. The cover part is mounted on the closure part and is supported via the closure part on the support component.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2022Publication date: November 10, 2022Inventors: Albert Dirnberger, Johann Kleber, Matthias Bauer, Georg Spießl
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Patent number: 11434662Abstract: A door latch for an electrical domestic appliance includes a rotary member arranged to be rotationally movable between a closing rotational position and a release rotational position and is spring-biased in the direction towards the release rotational position, a movably arranged catch that is in an arresting engagement with the rotary member when the rotary member is in the closing rotational position, and a locking assembly that includes a movable locking member movable between an unlocking position and a locking position. The arresting engagement is releasable by an overlifting rotational movement of the rotary member. The rotary member is rotationally movable between a closing rotational position and a release rotational position and is spring-biased in the direction towards the release rotational position. The locking member, when transferred from the unlocking position into the opening position, causes the arresting engagement of the catch with the rotary member to be released.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2018Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: EMZ-HANAUER GMBH & CO. KGAAInventors: Albert Dirnberger, Georg Spiessl, Matthias Bauer
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Publication number: 20220273157Abstract: A mechanism for the door of a domestic electrical appliance, for example a dishwasher, is described. The mechanism includes a door latch for holding the door closed, a latch opener mechanism, an electrically controlled actuator for displacing the latch opener mechanism, a movably arranged pusher, and a spring device for providing a spring force which acts on the pusher. The latch opener mechanism functions such that, when the door is closed, it can be transferred from an inactive position into an active position while at least partially overcoming a holding-closed action of the door latch. The movably arranged pusher is separate from the latch opener mechanism and is decoupled therefrom in terms of movement. After the holding-closed action of the door latch has been overcome, the spring drive allows the door to be pushed open by the pusher.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2022Publication date: September 1, 2022Inventors: Albert Dirnberger, Josef Bauriedl, Matthias Bauer, Georg Spießl
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Publication number: 20220175212Abstract: A domestic dishwashing machine includes a dishwashing container, a door, pivotably mounted on the dishwashing container, for closing a dishwashing chamber formed in the dishwashing container, and a dosing system, arranged at the door, for a solid detergent, for example, in tablet form. The dosing system may include an annular magazine having a rotatably arranged rotor which delimits a plurality of radially outwardly open storage compartments, distributed in the circumferential direction, which are each to receive a detergent tablet. In some embodiments, a chute is arranged beneath the rotor, and the chute allows a detergent tablet which has fallen into the chute to fall freely to an outlet opening at which the detergent tablet can pass into the dishwashing chamber. By rotation of the rotor, a storage compartment filled with a detergent tablet can move into a position radially opposite a dosing opening, at which the chute begins.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2021Publication date: June 9, 2022Inventors: Albert Dirnberger, Johann Kleber, Matthias Bauer, Georg Spießl
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Patent number: 11284776Abstract: A tablet dosing system, in particular for a domestic dishwasher, includes a magazine for stocking cleaning tablets in a plurality of stacks arranged side by side in a row, and an extractor for extracting cleaning tablets from the magazine. The extractor comprises an extractor member which is arranged to be movable relative to the magazine and which is adapted, without changing the position of the stacks, to serve each of the stacks for the purpose of extracting cleaning tablets. The extractor member is in the form of an extractor roller having a plurality of extraction pockets distributed along the roller axis for each receiving at least one cleaning tablet from the stacks or the extractor member is in the form of a linearly movable extractor slider which is able to serve two adjacent stacks alternately for the purpose of tablet extraction.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2019Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: EMZ-HANAUER GMBH & CO. KGAAInventors: Albert Dirnberger, Sophia Grimm, Georg Spiessl, Peter Nitsche
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Publication number: 20220072190Abstract: The invention relates to an air treatment apparatus for a domestic appliance, with at least one air flow device being provided, by means of which an air flow into and/or out of the air treatment apparatus can be generated, the air flow passing through at least one treatment device, and the air treatment apparatus having a closure device by means of which the air treatment apparatus can be sealingly closed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2021Publication date: March 10, 2022Applicant: emz-Hanauer GmbH & Co. KGaAInventors: Manfredi SIGNORINO, Martin BRABEC, Georg SPIESSL, Günter ZÜHLKE