Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080276976 | Household Device, in Particular Dishwasher - A dishwasher includes a washing container, which can be closed by a pivotable door and a control panel. The control panel is disposed on the pivotable door and includes a glazed surface and at least one of a control clement and a display element disposed behind the glazed surface and activatable by touching the glazed surface. The glazed surface is optically switchable so as to change its optical properties between transparent and opaque. | 11-13-2008 |
20080314423 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A DISHWASHER - A control system for a dishwasher includes an input device operable to select a wash cycle from a plurality of wash cycles. The input device has a control panel area including a display device, and a plurality of input elements. At least one of the plurality of input elements is operable to select a soil level. A controller is provided, the controller being configured to control cycle parameters and to preselect, based on a selected soil level, a basic wash cycle from a plurality of wash cycles, and to offer different additional cycle options associated with the basic wash cycle based on the selected soil level. | 12-25-2008 |
20100078049 | DISHWASHER MACHINE COMPRISING A WATER POINT ON THE PUMP PRESSURE SIDE - A dishwasher includes a plurality of spray arms, a recirculation pump driven by an electric motor and a water diverter. The water diverter is disposed on a pressure side of the recirculation pump and is operable to generate flow from an inlet to at least one of a plurality of selectable outlets associated with the spray arms. The water diverter includes at least one blocking element, a drive element driven together with the electric motor of the recirculation pump and configured to move the at least one blocking element, and a transmission disposed between the blocking element and the drive element. The transmission is configured to convert a continuous movement of the drive element into a discontinuous movement of the blocking element. | 04-01-2010 |
20100225211 | DISHWASHER WITH A LIGHTING DEVICE OF THE WASHING COMPARTMENT - A dishwasher includes a cleaning compartment having a front portion that can be closed by a door. The door is configured to pivot at a bottom section thereof around a horizontally running axis. An illuminating device is configured to illuminate at least one of the cleaning compartment and the front portion of the cleaning compartment. A control device switches the illuminating device on or off based on a opening position of the door. The control device includes a switching element that is actuated by a Bowden cable arranged on the door in order to compensate for the weight of the door. | 09-09-2010 |
20100295690 | DISHWASHER HAVING A TURBIDITY SENSOR - The invention relates to a dishwasher comprising a control and display unit having input elements ( | 11-25-2010 |
20110180116 | DISHWASHER HAVING MEANS FOR CHANGING HEAT DISSIPATION - A dishwasher includes a washing chamber surrounded by walls. The walls include a water-impermeable inner wall and an insulation layer. At least a first wall of the walls has in a first region on an outside thereof an emission changing device configured to change an emission of thermal radiation. The emission changing device includes a layer having a variable emissivity. | 07-28-2011 |
20110203619 | DISHWASHER - A dishwasher includes a washing chamber and at least one spray arm rotatably mounted in the washing chamber. The at least one spray arm is provided with a plurality of nozzles, each configured to spray wash water in a respective spray jet. The plurality of nozzles are supplied with wash water by a pump. A flow obstacle is disposed in the spray arm upstream of a first nozzle of the plurality of nozzles and configured to change a geometry of the respective spray jet. | 08-25-2011 |
20110215689 | DISHWASHER - A dishwasher includes a housing having a washing chamber with an access opening. An access door is operable to close the access opening in a fluid tight manner. A movable loading unit is disposable in the washing chamber and is at least partially removable from the washing chamber through the access opening. The loading unit includes an illumination device. | 09-08-2011 |
20110271479 | FILTER AND VACUUM CLEANER HAVING SUCH A FILTER - A filter includes a filter medium, a filter inlet side, a filter outlet side and an indicator device. The indicator device is configured to be acted upon by air flow through the filter and is disposed adjacent to the filter medium and extends from the filter inlet side to the filter outlet side. The indicator device includes an air path starting from the filter inlet side, a viewing window covering the air path on the filter outlet side, and a flow-through usage indicator configured to receive filtered material and disposed in the air path and visible beneath the viewing window on the filter outlet side. | 11-10-2011 |
20110271480 | VACUUM CLEANER HAVING A FILTER - A vacuum cleaner includes a filter, an optically sensitive filter replacement indicator associated with the filter, and a light source configured to provide light on the optically sensitive filter replacement indicator. The light source is variably energizable according to a selectable power level of the vacuum cleaner. | 11-10-2011 |
20110271832 | INDICATOR DEVICE FOR A FILTER, VACUUM CLEANER, AND METHOD OF FILTERING A VACUUM CLEANER EXHAUST STREAM - An indicator device for a filter includes a filter replacement indicator that is actuatable by thermal expansion. The indicator device can be included in a filter. Also, a vacuum cleaner including a filter having the indicator device. | 11-10-2011 |
20120298598 | DISH RACK, IN PARTICULAR UPPER RACK - A dish rack for an automatic dishwashing machine includes a main body and a dishware support movably mounted on the main body. The dishware support has an adjustable orientation relative to the main body and is configured so as to adjust orientation based on a dishwashing cycle. | 11-29-2012 |
20150182087 | ROBOTIC VACUUM CLEANER - A robotic vacuum cleaner for autonomously cleaning surfaces. The robotic vacuum cleaner comprises an appliance housing and a side arm. The side arm is movably mounted on the appliance housing. A brush element is disposed on the side arm. The side arm projects, in a first position, in front of the appliance housing in part and, in a second position, is received by the appliance housing. The side arm comprising a first arm element having a first end and a second end. The first arm element is movably mounted in the appliance housing at the first end. The side arm comprises a second arm element having a first end and a second end. The second arm element is movably mounted in the appliance housing at the first end and is movably connected to the second end of the first arm element at the second end. | 07-02-2015 |