Patents by Inventor Helga E. Schmidt

Helga E. Schmidt 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).

  • Device for securing an outlet hose and an inlet hose or inlet valve in a domestic appliance such as a washing machine, dishwasher and the like
    Patent number: 5582199
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for securing an outlet hose and an inlet hose or an inlet valve to a rear wall baffle of a domestic appliance such as a washing machine, dishwasher and the like. The outlay on parts and assembly is considerably reduced in that there is provided in the rear wall baffle an opening into which a retaining portion may be resiliently engaged, and in that the retaining portion has two outwardly open resilient engagement openings, into which the outlet hose and the inlet hose or the inlet valve may be resiliently engaged and axially immovably secured before resilient engagement of the retaining portion in the opening in the rear wall baffle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1996
    Assignee: Whirlpool Europe B.V.
    Inventors: Friedrich H. Schmidt, Helga E. Schmidt