Patents by Inventor Hans-Peter Nannt
Hans-Peter Nannt 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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Patent number: 10945583Abstract: A dishwasher, in particular a domestic dishwasher, including a washing compartment, at least one washing basket disposed in the washing compartment to hold items for washing, and a door configured to close the washing compartment. The door has a planar surface to form an inner face of the door as a whole or a part thereof. When the door is closed, a guide structure including a plurality of individual guide elements projects in a raised manner from the planar surface into an interior of the washing compartment and is disposed so as to guide a drying fluid flowing along the inner face of the door onto the items in the washing compartment, when the dishwasher is in drying mode.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2017Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GMBHInventors: Helmut Jerg, Hans-Peter Nannt, Michael Georg Rosenbauer
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Patent number: 10722100Abstract: A household dishwasher includes a wash container for holding dishes to be washed and a fill reservoir attached to the wash container. The fill reservoir is filled with fresh water from a fresh water network, and a quantity of fresh water required for the wash sub-cycle is removed from the fill reservoir and feed into the wash container. A heat pump includes an evaporator which is thermally coupled to the fill reservoir to extract heat energy from stored fresh water, and a condenser via which heat energy is fed into an interior space of the wash container. Disposed between the interior space of the wash container and an interior space of the fill reservoir is a single-layer or multilayer insulation material system to reduce a heat flow from the wash container.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2016Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Martin Heinle, Hans-Peter Nannt, Kai Paintner
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Publication number: 20180103826Abstract: A dishwasher, in particular a domestic dishwasher, including a washing compartment, at least one washing basket disposed in the washing compartment to hold items for washing, and a door configured to close the washing compartment. The door has a planar surface to form an inner face of the door as a whole or a part thereof. When the door is closed, a guide structure including a plurality of individual guide elements projects in a raised manner from the planar surface into an interior of the washing compartment and is disposed so as to guide a drying fluid flowing along the inner face of the door onto the items in the washing compartment, when the dishwasher is in drying mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2017Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventors: Helmut Jerg, Hans-Peter Nannt, Michael Georg Rosenbauer
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Patent number: 9901241Abstract: A dishwasher, in particular a domestic dishwasher, including a washing compartment, at least one washing basket disposed in the washing compartment to hold items for washing, and a door configured to close the washing compartment. The door has a planar surface to form an inner face of the door as a whole or a part thereof. When the door is closed, a guide structure including a plurality of individual guide elements projects in a raised manner from the planar surface into an interior of the washing compartment and is disposed so as to guide a drying fluid flowing along the inner face of the door onto the items in the washing compartment, when the dishwasher is in drying mode.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2013Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: BSH Hasugeräte GmbHInventors: Helmut Jerg, Hans-Peter Nannt, Michael Georg Rosenbauer
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Publication number: 20180028042Abstract: A household dishwasher includes a wash container for holding dishes to be washed and a fill reservoir attached to the wash container. The fill reservoir is filled with fresh water from a fresh water network, and a quantity of fresh water required for the wash sub-cycle is removed from the fill reservoir and feed into the wash container. A heat pump includes an evaporator which is thermally coupled to the fill reservoir to extract heat energy from stored fresh water, and a condenser via which heat energy is fed into an interior space of the wash container. Disposed between the interior space of the wash container and an interior space of the fill reservoir is a single-layer or multilayer insulation material system to reduce a heat flow from the wash container.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2016Publication date: February 1, 2018Inventors: Martin Heinle, Hans-Peter Nannt, Kai Paintner
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Patent number: 9451870Abstract: A dishwasher having a washing container, a sorption dryer device connected to the washing container in an air-conducting fashion, and at least one flow-conditioning device to homogenize a flow cross-section profile of an airflow as the airflow flows through the sorption dryer device. The flow-conditioning device is provided for the sorption unit between at least one heating element and the sorption unit of the sorption dryer device when viewed in the direction of the airflow such that essentially every point of an intake cross-section area of the sorption unit of the sorption dryer device is permeated by a volumetric airflow with essentially the same intake temperature.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2009Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Daniel Delle, Ulrich Ferber, Helmut Jerg, Hans-Peter Nannt, Kai Paintner
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Patent number: 9138123Abstract: A dishwasher comprising liquid lines that guide washing liquor towards spray devices arranged inside a washing receptacle. In an exemplary embodiment, the dishwasher includes a switch-over element, upon actuation of which, the washing liquor may be guided to a first liquid line leading to a first spray device, and/or to a second liquid line leading to a second spray device. The dishwasher may include at least one supplementary filter associated with the switch-over element.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2008Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbHInventors: Egbert Classen, Helmut Jerg, Hans-Peter Nannt, Kai Paintner, Thomas Wachinger
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Patent number: 9078557Abstract: A dishwasher is provided that includes a washing compartment and a sorption drying system to dry items to be washed, wherein the sorption drying system has a sorption container that contains reversibly dehydratable sorption material. The dishwasher further includes an air ducting channel to connect the sorption container with the washing compartment in order to generate an air flow. The air ducting channel has an inlet-side tube section and the sorption container and/or the inlet-side tube section has flow conditioning elements. Each flow conditioning elements has an air passage such that, to a large extent, an equalization of a local cross-sectional profile of an air flow is effected when air flows through the sorption container in a throughflow direction of the sorption container.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2009Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Haugeraete GmbHInventors: Daniel Delle, Ulrich Ferber, Helmut Jerg, Hans-Peter Nannt, Kai Paintner
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Publication number: 20150157186Abstract: A dishwasher, in particular a domestic dishwasher, including a washing compartment, at least one washing basket disposed in the washing compartment to hold items for washing, and a door configured to close the washing compartment. The door has a planar surface to form an inner face of the door as a whole or a part thereof. When the door is closed, a guide structure including a plurality of individual guide elements projects in a raised manner from the planar surface into an interior of the washing compartment and is disposed so as to guide a drying fluid flowing along the inner face of the door onto the items in the washing compartment, when the dishwasher is in drying mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2013Publication date: June 11, 2015Inventors: Helmut Jerg, Hans-Peter Nannt, Michael Georg Rosenbauer
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Patent number: 9032980Abstract: A dishwasher includes a dishwashing compartment and a rack provided in the dishwashing compartment for holding items to be cleaned. A rotatable spray arm is associated with the rack for applying water or wash liquor liquid upon the items. Water or wash liquor liquid is supplied to the spray arm via an upright supply tube having at least one region which flares in a direction of the spray arm and a peripheral terminal end facing the spray arm. The terminal end of the supply tube is configured to project into the cavity and thereby is extended into the spray arm.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2011Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbHInventors: Johannes Büsing, Christian Jakob, Hans-Peter Nannt
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Patent number: 8887742Abstract: A drying apparatus that allows the wet washed dishes located in the washing container to be dried quickly from an economic and hygienic point of view is provided. The drying apparatus for drying washed dishes is disposed inside a dishwasher and circulates exclusively the air located in a washing container of the dishwasher. The drying apparatus is provided with a suction port for introducing the air from the washing container into the drying apparatus, a blow-out port for discharging the air from the drying apparatus into the washing container, a conveying section between the suction port and the blow-out port, and a fan for conveying the air from the suction port to the blow-out port via the conveying section with the conveying section having a condensing section with at least one wall operable as a condensing surface upon which the humidity contained in the air condenses.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2004Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgaraete GmbHInventors: Rüdiger Eiermann, Helmut Jerg, Hans-Peter Nannt
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Patent number: 8733375Abstract: A water conducting household appliance, particularly a dishwasher or a washing machine, having a hydraulic circuit, in which cleaning fluid can be recycled and in which at least one further filter is provided for filtering recycled washing liquor. In an exemplary embodiment, the appliance includes a filter in the hydraulic circuit for filtering recycled washing liquor. The filter may be disposed in a region of the hydraulic circuit in which the recycled washing liquor is rotated.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2008Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbHInventors: Egbert Classen, Helmut Jerg, Hans-Peter Nannt, Kai Paintner, Thomas Wachinger
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Patent number: 8603255Abstract: A dishwasher, in particular a domestic dishwasher, having at least one substantially closed water circuit in which washing liquor is recirculated in a first direction in accordance with a program control unit, with the washing liquor being conveyed through a filter element during recirculation in order to filter impurities. Provision is made of a device for reversing the direction of flow, and this allows recirculation of the washing liquor in a second direction, which runs counter to the first direction, in order to flow through and eliminate impurities from a first screen, with the first screen being arranged in the water circuit in such a way that liquid forcibly flows through the first screen during recirculation of the washing liquor both in the first and in the second direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2006Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbHInventors: Egbert Classen, Helmut Jerg, Hans-Peter Nannt, Roland Rieger
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Patent number: 8528574Abstract: A dishwasher machine with a compact device for spraying items to be rinsed is provided whereby the rinsing liquid is regularly sprayed in the rinsing container and the spray jets created by the spray device can be varied. To this end, the rinsing device comprises at least one spray channel which guides a rinsing liquid and comprises, on a side thereof facing the inside of the rinsing container, openings for the rinsing liquid and two open ends via which rinsing liquid can be supplied in a pressurized manner. At least one distributor is provided for regulating the supply of rinsing liquid to the spray channel in lieu of conventional mobile components such as spray arms, and various spray patterns can be produced by means of the distributor, improving the cleaning action of the dishwasher machine.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2004Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbHInventors: Helmut Jerg, Hans-Peter Nannt
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Publication number: 20130206188Abstract: A dishwasher includes a dishwashing compartment and a rack provided in the dishwashing compartment for holding items to be cleaned. A rotatable spray arm is associated with the rack for applying water or wash liquor liquid upon the items. Water or wash liquor liquid is supplied to the spray arm via an upright supply tube having at least one region which flares in a direction of the spray arm and a peripheral terminal end facing the spray arm. The terminal end of the supply tube is configured to project into the cavity and thereby is extended into the spray arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2011Publication date: August 15, 2013Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERATE GMBHInventors: Johannes Büsing, Christian Jakob, Hans-Peter Nannt
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Publication number: 20110120512Abstract: A dishwasher having a washing container; a sorption dryer device connected to the washing container in an air-conducting fashion; at least one flow-conditioning device to homogenize a flow cross-section profile of an airflow as the airflow flows through the sorption dryer device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2009Publication date: May 26, 2011Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBHInventors: Daniel Delle, Ulrich Ferber, Helmut Jerg, Hans-Peter Nannt, Kai Paintner
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Publication number: 20110120510Abstract: A dishwasher is provided that includes a washing compartment and a sorption drying system to dry items to be washed, wherein the sorption drying system has a sorption container that contains reversibly dehydratable sorption material. The dishwasher further includes an air ducting channel to connect the sorption container with the washing compartment in order to generate an air flow. The air ducting channel has an inlet-side tube section and the sorption container and/or the inlet-side tube section has flow conditioning elements. Each flow conditioning elements has an air passage such that, to a large extent, an equalization of a local cross-sectional profile of an air flow is effected when air flows through the sorption container in a throughflow direction of the sorption container.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2009Publication date: May 26, 2011Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBHInventors: Daniel Delle, Ulrich Ferber, Helmut Jerg, Hans-Peter Nannt, Kai Paintner
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Publication number: 20110056527Abstract: A dishwasher comprising liquid lines that guide washing liquor towards spray devices arranged inside a washing receptacle. In an exemplary embodiment, the dishwasher includes a switch-over element, upon actuation of which, the washing liquor may be guided to a first liquid line leading to a first spray device, and/or to a second liquid line leading to a second spray device. The dishwasher may include at least one supplementary filter associated with the switch-over element.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2008Publication date: March 10, 2011Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBHInventors: Egbert Classen, Helmut Jerg, Hans-Peter Nannt, Kai Paintner, Thomas Wachinger
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Patent number: 7887642Abstract: A device for spraying spray products in a dishwasher enables the dishes to be impinged upon with dishwashing fluid in an efficient manner and to avoid wear and tear caused by moving parts and to provide trouble-free operation. The spraying device sprays dishwashing fluid into the inside of the washing container and includes at least one spray channel that guides at least one dishwashing liquid and is integrated into the bottom, top and/or wall area of the washing container, whereby openings which are oriented toward the interior of the washing container are provided on one side and enable the dishwashing fluid to pass therethrough. An improved more homogeneous distribution of dishwashing fluid is provided and it is possible to dispense with moving parts, such as spray arms for the distribution of dishwashing fluid, leading to greater freedom in terms of washing container and wash basket design.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2004Date of Patent: February 15, 2011Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbHInventors: Helmut Jerg, Hans-Peter Nannt
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Patent number: 7842136Abstract: A device and method for handling waste water to-be-discharged out of a dishwashing machine that includes a pump well and a sump section, with the sump section communicating with the pump well in the lower regions of the dishwashing machine through an inflow section. The device also contains a valve located in or operating with the inflow section that blocks the influx of waste water from the pump well into the sump section when the valve is closed. The valve allows the influx of waste water from the pump well into the sump section when the valve is opened.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2009Date of Patent: November 30, 2010Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbHInventors: Heinz-Werner Giefer, Georg Hechtl, Hans-Peter Nannt, Horst Sipple