Patents by Inventor Helmut Jerg

Helmut Jerg 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: 9451870
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Delle, Ulrich Ferber, Helmut Jerg, Hans-Peter Nannt, Kai Paintner
  • Patent number: 9345381
    Abstract: A water-conducting domestic appliance, in particular a domestic dishwasher, the water-conducting domestic appliance including a washing compartment for receiving items therein that are to be subjected to a washing cycle by the water-conducting domestic appliance; a door movable between an open position for permitting access to the washing compartment and a closed position for preventing access to the washing compartment; and a detergent dosing system, the detergent dosing system having a detergent dispenser with a receiving compartment, the receiving compartment for receiving at least one cartridge that is configured to hold at least one detergent, the detergent dosing system having the capability to store a quantity of detergent greater than a quantity needed for a single washing cycle and the one receiving compartment being configured such that, in the event that the door is partially opened, at least one cartridge can be inserted into the receiving compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Egbert Classen, Helmut Jerg
  • Patent number: 9204778
    Abstract: A dishwasher, especially a household dishwasher, includes a control device, in which at least one wash program for carrying out a wash cycle comprising a number of part wash cycles for cleaning and/or drying items to be washed is stored, and an operating device for entering operating commands for the control device. At least one operating command for carrying out one or more adaptation measures on at least one of the wash programs can be input at the operating device to improve avoidance of spots on the items to be washed and/or the drying result on the washed items, when the wash cycle based on the adapted wash program is carried out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Helmut Jerg, Andreas Reiter, Michael Georg Rosenbauer
  • Patent number: 9186037
    Abstract: A dishwasher comprising at least one partial program step “drying” in which air from a washing container of the dishwasher and/or ambient air is directed through a sorption column with reversibly dehydratable material into the washing container by a fan, and humidity is removed from the air when the same is directed therethrough. The fan is operated at different rotational speeds in accordance with a main controller of the dishwasher in order to influence the adsorption process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Helmut Jerg, Kai Paintner
  • Patent number: 9163349
    Abstract: A domestic appliance having a metering device into which a storage insert containing additive substances can be inserted and by means of which additive substances can be dispensed in metered fashion during a number of cleaning operations. The metering device is distinguished in that it has an interface device for interacting with different storage inserts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Egbert Classen, Caroline Heiligenmann, Helmut Jerg
  • Patent number: 9155442
    Abstract: A dishwasher, in particular a household dishwasher, includes a control facility for performing a wash cycle to clean items to be washed based on a plurality of selectable wash programs. The control facility operates, in particular controls or regulates, a drain pump for pumping off wash fluid from the dishwasher. At least one of the wash programs includes an automatic execution of a pump-off sequence having at least three successively executed pump-off phases to define first, second and third pump-off phases, during each of which the drain pump is activated, with a break being provided between the first and second pump-off phases and a break being provided between the second and third pump-off phases, wherein the drain pump is deactivated during each of the breaks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Helmut Jerg, Andreas Reiter, Michael Georg Rosenbauer
  • Patent number: 9138123
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Egbert Classen, Helmut Jerg, Hans-Peter Nannt, Kai Paintner, Thomas Wachinger
  • Patent number: 9131826
    Abstract: A water-conducting household appliance and a method for disinfecting a conduit system of a water-conducting household appliance. The method feeds a gaseous disinfectant into a liquid circulating in the conduit system. The water-conducting household appliance includes a conduit system for circulating liquid, and a disinfector with a gas injector for injecting a gaseous disinfectant into a liquid circulating in the conduit system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Caroline Heiligenmann, Helmut Jerg
  • Patent number: 9101254
    Abstract: A dishwasher includes a tub and a bottom assembly disposed below the tub and including at least one fluid collection apparatus having a main reservoir with a fluid overflow safety unit and at least one additional intermediate reservoir for collecting leakage and/or overflow fluid from the tub and/or at least one fluid-conducting component. The additional intermediate reservoir is disposed and configured such that solid particles contained in the leakage and/or overflow fluid can largely be deposited and/or retained in the at least one additional intermediate reservoir. The additional intermediate reservoir is connected to the main reservoir by at least one run-off to conduct fluid out of the additional intermediate reservoir into the main reservoir when a predetermined fill level top limit in the additional intermediate reservoir is exceeded, with the run-off having a gradient from the intermediate reservoir to the main reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Ismael Jesus Almendros Carmona, Helmut Jerg, Roberto Lizoain Mendoza, Koldo Urdiain Yoldi
  • Patent number: 9078555
    Abstract: A dishwasher includes a rinsing container having a rinsing chamber and a drying facility which is provided outside of the rinsing container and fluidically connected to the rinsing chamber for drying air charged with humidity from the rinsing chamber. A storage tank is fluidically connectable with the rinsing chamber for intermediately storing rinsing fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Heisele, Helmut Jerg, Michael Lugert, Michael Georg Rosenbauer, Franz-Josef Wagner
  • Patent number: 9078557
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Haugeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Delle, Ulrich Ferber, Helmut Jerg, Hans-Peter Nannt, Kai Paintner
  • Patent number: 9055850
    Abstract: A dishwasher includes a control device controlling a dishwashing cycle for cleaning items to be washed, a dishwashing chamber for the items to be washed, an inlet valve for controlled filling the washing chamber with washing liquid, and a circulating pump for circulating the washing liquid in the dishwashing chamber. The inlet valve is opened during a primary filling phase having a duration sufficient to fill the dishwashing chamber with a nominal amount of washing liquid and allowing the circulating pump running to run concentrically at a rated speed. A concentricity monitoring unit performs a concentricity check at the end of the primary filling phase to ascertain whether the circulating pump is running concentrically at the rated speed. The filling sequence is terminated when the circulating pump is running concentrically, whereas the filling sequence is continued when the circulating pump is not running concentrically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Helmut Jerg, Anton Oblinger, Michael Georg Rosenbauer
  • Patent number: 9055858
    Abstract: A method for operating a water-conducting domestic appliance is provided. During at least one of a plurality of successive partial program steps, a first medium is heated at least at times by means of a first heating element and items undergoing treatment are heated by applying the heated first medium to the items. When the first heating element is inactive, a second medium is heated at least at times by means of a second heating element and the items undergoing the treatment are heated by the heated second medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Helmut Jerg, Michael Georg Rosenbauer
  • Patent number: 9055859
    Abstract: A dishwasher and a method for operating a dishwasher, wherein a liquid is heated at least twice with a first heater, and wherein the first heater is an air heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Fauth, Helmut Jerg, Kai Paintner, Andreas Reiter, Roland Rieger
  • Patent number: 9055854
    Abstract: A water-guiding household appliance that includes a filter arranged in a line system, the filter including at least one filter element; and a base body, wherein the at least one filter element is secured to the base body in a pivotable manner at a rotation point and structured to be moved between a filter position and a cleaning position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Helmut Jerg, Thomas Wachinger
  • Publication number: 20150157186
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Helmut Jerg, Hans-Peter Nannt, Michael Georg Rosenbauer
  • Patent number: 9034115
    Abstract: A dishwasher having a washing compartment; an air-guiding channel to generate an airflow; and a sorption drying system to dry items to be washed. The sorption drying system has a sorption compartment with reversibly dehydratable sorption material and the sorption compartment is connected to the washing compartment by the air-guiding channel. The reversibly dehydratable sorption material in the sorption compartment is layered in form of a sorption unit that has an inlet cross-sectional area such that the substantially identical respective air volume flow value that is applied to each entry point of the inlet cross-sectional area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Helmut Jerg, Kai Paintner
  • Publication number: 20150115784
    Abstract: A water-conducting domestic appliance, in particular a domestic dishwasher, includes a first retaining device which is arranged on an outer wall and which is provided to hold a pipe on the outer wall when the domestic appliance is in operation. The outer wall has an aperture through which the hose is guided, with the first retaining device being arranged above the aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Johannes Büsing, Helmut Jerg, Michael Georg Rosenbauer
  • Patent number: 9005368
    Abstract: In a method for operating a dishwasher containing wash items, in particular a household dishwasher, at least at times a heated liquid to the wash items is applied during at least two of a plurality of program steps. A desorption process for desorption of a reversibly dehydratable drying material of a sorption drying system is effected at least at times. The desorption process is carried out at least partially before or during a first of the at least two program steps, with heated liquid being applied to the wash items during the at least two program steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Fauth, Helmut Jerg, Kai Paintner, Andreas Reiter, Roland Rieger
  • Patent number: 8980014
    Abstract: A cartridge for use in a detergent-dosing system of a water-conducting domestic appliance, in particular, a cartridge for use in a domestic dishwasher of the type having a detergent dispenser configured with a holding space for holding the cartridge, the cartridge including at least a pair of chambers, each chamber for holding a detergent separate from any detergent held by another chamber; and a pair of seals, each seal being associated with a respective one of the chambers for substantially precluding discharge of a detergent retained by the respective chamber and each seal being configured to be opened at least once for a discharge of detergent from the respective chamber and to be closed again at least once.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Egbert Classen, Helmut Jerg