Patents by Inventor Irene Dumkow

Irene Dumkow 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).

  • Publication number: 20100011797
    Abstract: An ice reservoir container for a refrigerator is provided and includes a reservoir chamber which has a base that slopes along a first vertical section plane towards an outlet opening. The gradient of the base decreases along the section plane as the distance from the outlet opening increases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERATE GMBH
    Inventors: Martin Buchstab, Irene Dumkow, Adolf Feinauer, Klaus Flinner, Bernd Heger, Helen Lewis, Peter Nalbach, Craig Duncan Webster, Nathan Wrench, Kasim Yazan
  • Publication number: 20090320512
    Abstract: A refrigerator including a water tank having an inlet connection and an outlet connection in fluid communication with a water dispenser wherein the water tank includes a mixing area and a laminar flow area connected in series with the mixing area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2007
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmBh
    Inventors: Martin Buchstab, Irene Dumkow, Adolf Feinauer, Klaus Flinner, Bernd Heger, Peter Nalbach, Nathan Wrench, Kasim Yazan
  • Publication number: 20090320511
    Abstract: An ice dispenser including a storage compartment for ice cubes having a dispensing opening through which ice cubes can exit; and a slider movable over the dispensing opening along a predefined path, the slider including a first set of fingers and a module having a second set of fingers, with the first set of fingers being formed with at least two axially interspaced fingers delimiting therebetween an intermediate space, and during movement of the slider on the predefined path, a finger of the second set of fingers passes through the intermediate space, the module of the slider being movable between a partial covering position in which the module partially covers the dispensing opening and a release position in which the module does not cover the dispensing opening to the same extent as it covers the dispensing opening in its partial covering position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2007
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Buchstab, Irene Dumkow, Adolf Feinauer, Klaus Flinner, Bernd Heger, Peter Nalbach, Kasim Yazan
  • Publication number: 20090308493
    Abstract: A dispensing device for free-flowing or pourable products, said device comprising a dispenser opening for the products, which is situated in a recess on the front of the device and at least one first tray surface for a tray part, which supports a container that is to be filled from the dispenser opening. The tray part can be controllably displaced in the recess between a first position, in which the first tray surface lies opposite the dispenser opening at a first distance and a second position, in which at least one tray surface lies opposite the dispenser opening at a second distance that is greater than the first.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2006
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERAETE GMBH
    Inventors: Martin Buchstab, Irene Dumkow, Adolf Feinauer, Klaus Flinner, Bernd Heger, Peter Nalbach, Kasim Yazan
  • Publication number: 20090303695
    Abstract: A display element comprising a light-emitting diode and a display field that is backlit by the light-emitting diode. In said element, the beam path of the light in the display element passes through at least two light scattering elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2006
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Buchstab, Irene Dumkow, Adolf Feinauer, Klaus Flinner, Bernd Heger, Peter Nalbach, Kasim Yazan
  • Publication number: 20090282856
    Abstract: A dispensing device (4) for a free-flowing or pourable refrigerated product is situated on the front face (2) of the housing (1, 2) of a refrigeration device. A sleeve (8), through which the dispensing device (4) is accessed, protrudes beyond the front face (2) and is surrounded by a peripheral frame (9) that protrudes beyond the sleeve (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Applicant: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Buchstab, Irene Dumkow, Adolf Feinauer, Klaus Flinner, Bernd Heger, Peter Nalbach, Kasim Yazan
  • Publication number: 20090193834
    Abstract: A refrigeration appliance with a water tank having an interior with an inlet connection and an outlet connection connected to a water dispenser, the water tank being divided by at least a first fin disposed in the tank interior and dividing the interior into at least two sections through which the contents of the tank flow from the inlet connection to the outlet connection, with the at least two sections merging into one another at a free edge of the fin, with the at least one fin being formed with a through-opening formed a predetermined distance from the free edge and connecting the at least two sections, the cross-sectional dimension of the through-opening being smaller than the cross-sectional dimension of the at least two sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2006
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventors: Martin Buchstab, Irene Dumkow, Adolf Feinauer, Klaus Flinner, Bernd Heger, Marek Myszko, Peter Nalbach, Kasim Yazan
  • Publication number: 20090159154
    Abstract: A dispensing device for free-flowing or pourable products, said device comprising a dispenser opening for the products, which is situated in a recess on the front of the device and a support that can be removed from the recess and has at least one first tray surface for a container that is to be filled from the dispenser opening. The support comprises a base part that is detachably fixed in the recess and a tray part, on which the first tray surface is formed. Said tray part is connected to the base part in such a way that it can be displaced between a first position, in which the first tray surface lies opposite the dispenser opening at a first distance and a second position, in which the tray surface lies opposite the dispenser opening at a second distance that is greater than the first.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Buchstab, Irene Dumkow, Adolf Feinauer, Klaus Flinner, Bernd Heger, Peter Nalbach, Kasim Yazan
  • Publication number: 20090071184
    Abstract: A refrigerator is provided that includes a housing and a dispensing device for flowable and/or pourable chilled material, the dispensing device being located in a front recess of the housing. The front of the housing is covered at least in part by an adjustable decorative plate. The recess is accessible through a hole in the decorative plate while a case that is open towards the dispensing device and the hole of the decorative plate is adjustably mounted in the recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2007
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Buchstab, Irene Dumkow, Adolf Feinauer, Klaus Flinner, Bernd Heger, Peter Nalbach, Kasim Yazan
  • Publication number: 20090044562
    Abstract: A door for a refrigerator comprises a door leaf and a dispensing unit for water and/or ice, this unit being introduced into the door leaf, as well as a supply channel, which runs from one edge of the door leaf to the dispensing unit. The supply channel has a groove which is recessed into the door leaf and extends between adjacent corners of the door leaf.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2006
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERAETE GMBH
    Inventors: Martin Buchstab, Irene Dumkow, Adolf Feinauer, Klaus Flinner, Bernd Heger, Peter Nalbach, Kasim Yazan
  • Publication number: 20090044560
    Abstract: A refrigeration device comprising a heat-insulated housing, which contains a storage compartment, a water tank, a fan for propelling a stream of cold air that passes through an evaporator and a distribution unit for the controlled distribution of the stream of cold air along at least two circulation paths, the first of which is in closer thermal contact with the water tank than the second.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERAETE GMBH
    Inventors: Martin Buchstab, Irene Dumkow, Adolf Feinauer, Klaus Flinner, Bernd Heger, Peter Nalbach, Kasim Yazan