Patents by Inventor Klemens Roch

Klemens Roch 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: 20090001069
    Abstract: A cooking appliance including a high-level cooking appliance having a muffle including a muffle compartment defining a cooking compartment with a muffle opening, a door for movement between an open and closed relationship with the muffle opening and a drive device controlled by a control device for moving the door, the cooking appliance including a detector for determining a trapping condition wherein an object becomes trapped as the door is being moved, wherein the detector is configured for detecting the trapping state by comparing a door movement parameter with a threshold value associated with door movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Ingo Bally, Alexander Dinkel, Kerstin Feldmann, Wolfgang Fuchs, Martin Keller, Angelika Namberger, Maximilian Neuhauser, Klemens Roch, Wolfgang Schnell, Guenter Zschau
  • Publication number: 20090001067
    Abstract: A cooking appliance, in particular a high-level built-in cooking appliance, including at least one muffle defining a cooking compartment and having a muffle opening, a door for movement into and out of a closed relationship with the muffle opening, a drive device including a drive motor operatively attached to the door for moving the door into and out of a closed relationship with the muffle opening, and a control device in operative communication with the drive device for controlling door movement into and out of a closed relationship with the muffle opening, and a plurality of lift cables operatively attached to the drive device and the door for supporting the door during movement into and out of a closed relationship with the muffle opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Ingo Bally, Alexander Dinkel, Kerstin Feldmann, Wolfgang Fuchs, Martin Keller, Edmund Kuttalek, Maximilian Neuhauser, Klemens Roch, Wolfgang Schnell, Guenter Zschau
  • Publication number: 20080314374
    Abstract: A cooking appliance, especially a top-mounted cooking appliance including a muffle that defines a cooking space and is provided with a muffle access opening; a door pivotably mounted to the muffle for movement into and our of a covering relation with the access opening; a driving device in operative engagement with the door; a control device operatively associate with the driving device for controlling door movement; and an arrangement for determining a door displacement parameter during door movement, wherein a determined door displacement parameter is used as a reference parameter for a function of the appliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERAETE GMBH
    Inventors: Ingo Bally, Alexander Dinkel, Kerstin Feldmann, Wolfgang Fuchs, Martin Keller, Angelika Namberger, Maximilian Neuhauser, Klemens Roch, Wolfgang Schnell, Guenter Zschau
  • Publication number: 20080302779
    Abstract: A cooking appliance which is mounted in an elevated manner, which comprises a muffle which defines a cooking chamber and which comprises a muffle opening which is arranged on the base thereof, a base door which is used to close the muffle opening and at least one heating body which is provided in the muffle, in addition to an associated operational method. The pyrolysis heating power, which is produced by the base door, does not exceed 20% of the pyrolysis heating power of all heating bodies for pyrolysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: BSH Bosh und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbHü
    Inventors: Ingo Bally, Kerstin Feldmann, Wolfgang Fuchs, Martin Keller, Edmund Kuttalek, Maximilian Neuhauser, Klemens Roch, Wolfgang Schnell, Günter Zschau
  • Patent number: 7448374
    Abstract: A cooking compartment door of a cooking oven having a pyrolysis function in the cooking compartment, includes a borosilicate glass pane forming at least a portion of the cooking compartment door. The borosilicate glass pane is provided at least in sections with a colored layer. The colored layer provides impact resistance to the borosilicate glass pane by being applied to the surface of the borosilicate glass pane on the side opposite the cooking compartment. The colored layer is resistant to temperatures up to four hundred degrees Celsius and is not joined to the borosilicate glass pane surface by melting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Klemens Roch, Michael Wagner, Frank Jördens, Bernhard Walter
  • Patent number: 7287462
    Abstract: A high-level built-in oven unit having a housing with a heated cooking chamber having a floor opening therein. The chamber has a lowerable trap-door movable between a position closing the floor opening and a lowered position opening the floor opening. The trap-door is movable by a lifting device, which has lifting elements mounted outside of the cooking chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Dengler, Felix Hangl, Wolfgang Schnell, Josef Gerl, Christian Zimmerman, Klemens Roch, Klaus Rabenstein, Michael Wagner, Reinhard Fleissner, Christian Unterreiner, Johann Herbst, Bernd Hopfenmüller, Peter Mallinger, Ingo Bally, Edmund Kuttalek
  • Publication number: 20070240701
    Abstract: The invention relates to an oven comprising a sealing element (2) that, for sealing an oven door, rests only against a cool area (14) of an oven flange (4) without contacting the hot area (12) of the oven flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2003
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Applicant: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Schnell, Klaus Rabenstein, Klemens Roch, Michael Wagner, Rainer Lebacher, Christine Thaller, Robert Hasslberger, Hans Lappat, Peter Lohner
  • Publication number: 20070039941
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cooking device, especially a raised-level built-in cooking device, comprising at least one muffle defining a cooking chamber whose muffle opening is surrounded by a muffle frame, furthermore a door for closing the muffle opening which can be moved by means of a drive device and comprising at least one movement control panel for moving the door in a direction-dependent manner, wherein the door can only be moved when both movement control panels are actuated for movement of the doors in the same direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2006
    Publication date: February 22, 2007
    Applicant: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH
    Inventors: Ingo Bally, Kerstin Feldmann, Wolfgang Fuchs, Martin Keller, Edmund Kuttalek, Maximilian Neuhauser, Klemens Roch, Wolfgang Schnell, Guenter Zschau
  • Publication number: 20060180141
    Abstract: A cooking device door having a viewing window on the side facing the cooking area located in the housing of the cooking device. The viewing window completely covering the cooking area opening and forming a contact surface with a contact flange formed surrounding the cooking area. The viewing window including a recess in at least one area oriented in the direction of the cooking area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2003
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Applicant: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Schnell, Michael Wagner, Rainer Lebacher, Klemens Roch, Christine Thaller, Gerd Wilsdorf
  • Publication number: 20050145241
    Abstract: A cooking compartment door of a cooking oven having a pyrolysis function in the cooking compartment, includes a borosilicate glass pane forming at least a portion of the cooking compartment door. The borosilicate glass pane is provided at least in sections with a colored layer. The colored layer provides impact resistance to the borosilicate glass pane by being applied to the surface of the borosilicate glass pane on the side opposite the cooking compartment. The colored layer is resistant to temperatures up to four hundred degrees Celsius and is not joined to the borosilicate glass pane surface by melting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2005
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Applicant: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Jordens, Klemens Roch, Michael Wagner, Bernhard Walter
  • Publication number: 20050092318
    Abstract: The cooking appliance door has a borosilicate glass inner window pane, on which a paint layer and an infrared-reflecting layer are applied. The paint layer is high-temperature-resistant non-enamel paint with an organic or inorganic binder. In order to provide especially good adherence and high scratch resistance for the paint layer, the paint layer is applied directly on one side of the inner window pane and the infrared-reflecting layer is applied on and over this paint layer. A cooking appliance with this cooking appliance door is also part of this invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2004
    Publication date: May 5, 2005
    Inventors: Holger Haustein, Erhard Schwarz, Rainer Lebacher, Michael Wagner, Klemens Roch, Wolfgang Schnell
  • Patent number: 6843245
    Abstract: A high-level built-in oven unit including a bottom opening in the oven unit. A removable trap-door including lifting elements to open and close the bottom opening of the oven unit. The trap door has a baking tray mounting arrangement detachably mounted thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2005
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH
    Inventors: Klemens Roch, Christian Zimmermann, Peter Mallinger, Wolfgang Schneii, Klaus Rabenstein, Josef Gerl, Michael Wagner, Reinhard Fleissner, Christian Unterreiner, Johann Herbst, Bernd Hopfenmuller, Edmund Kuttalek
  • Publication number: 20040232133
    Abstract: A cooking appliance door and a method for producing a door pane for the cooking appliance door. The cooking appliance door has improved strength and heightened resistance to pyrolysis operation heat stress. The door pane for the appliance door includes a thermally pre-stressed borosilicate sheet glass door pane supported by a front muffle frame of the cooking appliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Applicant: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH
    Inventors: Klemens Roch, Michael Wagner
  • Publication number: 20040107955
    Abstract: The invention relates to an oven comprising a sealing element (2) that, for sealing an oven door, rests only against a cool area (14) of an oven flange (4) without contacting the hot area (12) of the oven flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2003
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Applicant: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Schnell, Klaus Rabenstein, Klemens Roch, Michael Wagner, Rainer Lebacher, Christine Thaller, Robert Hasslberger, Hans Lappat, Peter Lohner
  • Publication number: 20040099259
    Abstract: Wall-mounted cookers comprising a housing (38) with a hood and an oven (32) are known. The base of the hood has an opening, which can be closed by a base door (2) that can be lowered. A retaining part (19) of a device that retains a cooking product carrier is mounted on the upper side of the base door (2) facing the oven (32). According to the invention, to facilitate the cleaning of the retaining part (19), the latter (19) is detachably connected to the base door (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2003
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Applicant: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH
    Inventors: Klemens Roch, Christian Zimmermann, Peter Mallinger, Wolfgang Schnell, Klaus Rabenstein, Josef Gerl, Michael Wagner, Reinhard Fleissner, Christian Unterreiner, Johann Herbst, Bernd Hopfenmuller, Edmund Kuttalek
  • Publication number: 20040074890
    Abstract: A high-level built-in oven unit having a housing with a heated cooking chamber having a floor opening therein. The chamber has a lowerable trap-door movable between a position closing the floor opening and a lowered position opening the floor opening. The trap-door is movable by a lifting device, which has lifting elements mounted outside of the cooking chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2003
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Applicants: BSH Home Appliances Corporation, BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Dengler, Felix Hangl, Wolfgang Schnell, Josef Gerl, Christian Zimmerman, Klemens Roch, Klaus Rabenstein, Michael Wagner, Reinhard Fleissner, Christian Unterreiner, Johann Herbst, Bernd Hopfenmuller, Peter Mallinger, Ingo Bally, Edmund Kuttalek
  • Patent number: 6259063
    Abstract: An oven includes a cooking chamber. A cooling-air fan is disposed outside the cooking chamber. An intake opening leads to the cooling-air fan and an exhaust duct leads from the cooling-air fan into the open air. A holding section associated with the exhaust duct has a bearing plate for a motor of the cooling-air fan, in order to reduce mounting expenditures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Kurt Lintner, Klemens Roch
  • Patent number: 6220239
    Abstract: A cooking appliance door has a door base. A front panel is secured at the front side and an inner panel is secured at the rear side of the door base. Cooking-product support brackets are fastened to the rear side of the cooking appliance door. In order to ensure a stable fastening of the cooking-product support brackets, they are fastened to the door base with fastening elements that extend through openings in the inner panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Kieslinger, Klemens Roch
  • Patent number: 6080966
    Abstract: An oven muffle has mutually spaced apart inner and outer insulating walls. An insulation layer composed of particulate material is disposed in an interstice between the inner and the outer insulating walls. At least one of the insulating walls is pretensioned toward the respective other insulating wall in order to exert a permanent pressure on the insulation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Mallinger, Klemens Roch
  • Patent number: 5763857
    Abstract: A heating home appliance, in particular a household appliance such as an oven, includes an appliance space having at least one heating body. At least one multi-ply layer of air-tight foils at least partly surrounds the appliance space, enclosing air chambers, being at least peripherally joined together and otherwise being kept mutually spaced apart from one another. The at least one foil layer has foil edges, with an air-tight-sealed edge on all sides being formed of the foil edges and forming a flexible fastening and/or connecting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Assignee: Bosch-Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Johann Klement, Klaus Rabenstein, Klemens Roch