Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.v.

Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag

Bernd Krische

Giuseppe Dreossi

Guiseppe Dreossi

Anders Haegermarck

Stefan Jonsson

Richard Furberg

Magnus Wahlberg

Sarah Tempelmann

Elisabetta Bari

Petter Svanbom

Monica Celotto

Marie Minde

Christian Lundberg

Alex Gray

Sarah Förster

A detergent dispensing device for a dishwasher that may include a container for accommodating detergent, at least two inlets to the container, which inlets are arranged such that pressurized fluid entering the inlets are applied onto the detergent from different directions, and an outlet via which the detergent dissolved by the pressurized fluid exits the container.

Detergent dispensing device for a dishwasher

The present invention relates to a method of handling process water in a household appliance () and to a household appliance, for example a dish washer. The household appliance comprises a wash tub () for performing wash program cycles and a tank () for storing process water to be re-used in a following program cycle, the method comprising the steps of: determining () the type of detergent used in the household appliance with a sensor unit (), measuring () the amount of detergent in the process water with the sensor unit, comparing () at least one sensor unit output value with a predetermined threshold value to define the quality of the process water, and storing () at least a part of the process water from a rinse cycle in the tank () when the sensor unit output value complies with the predetermined threshold value related to the quality of the process water.

Household appliance and method

The invention in particular is directed to a household appliance, such as a washing machine or dishwasher, comprising a heat pump arrangement () with a heat pump () adapted to transfer heat to an operating medium () of the appliance (), with a closed storage tank () adapted to receive a phase change substance () and being heat exchangeably coupled with a process side () of the heat pump (), with at least one sensor () adapted and arranged to detect an actual phase state of the phase change substance (), and with a recovery unit () adapted and operable to actively recover the phase change substance () in dependence of a signal of the sensor ().

Household appliance and method of operating a household appliance

Provided herein are a household appliance and a method for using a heat pump in a household appliance, which may include a household appliance for washing and drying goods. The household appliance may include a processing chamber for receiving goods to be washed and dried, and a heat pump having a warm side provided with a condenser and a cold side provided with an evaporator, wherein the condenser may be adapted to heat water to be used in the processing chamber and the evaporator may be adapted to cool a liquid in a heat reservoir for storing heat generated on the cold side of the heat pump during heating of the condenser. The condenser may be arranged in a water tank adapted to provide water to the processing chamber.

Household appliance

A device (), arranged for fluid communication with a washing chamber () of a dishwasher (), the device further being arranged to allow a passage of air () between the washing chamber and the device, the device comprising a drying material () arranged in a bed (), the drying material being able to withdraw moisture from the air passing through the bed during a withdrawal step, and release moisture to the air during a regeneration step, a heating element () arranged in the bed arranged to heat the drying material during the regeneration step such that moisture is released from the drying material, and a fan (), arranged to circulate the air between the device and the washing chamber such that the air flow rate during the withdrawal step is higher than the air flow rate during the regeneration step by altering the fan speed.

Device and method for a dishwasher

A device (), arranged for fluid communication with a washing chamber () of a dish washer (), the device () comprising a duct () arranged to allow a flow of air () between the washing chamber () and the device (), a drying material () arranged in a bed () wherein the back side of the bed () is provided adjacent a side of the duct (), the bed () being arranged for a flow of air () adjacent and parallel to the front side of the bed (), the drying material () being able to withdraw moisture from the air flowing adjacent and parallel to the front side of the bed () during a withdrawal step, and release moisture to the air at the front side of the bed () during a regeneration step, a heating element () for heating the drying material () during the regeneration step, and a fan (), arranged to circulate the air between the device () and the washing chamber (), thereby generating the flow of air ().

Absorption drying device for a dishwasher and associated method

A dishwasher () () having a box-shaped casing () having an inner wash chamber () communicating externally through an opening () formed in one of the lateral walls of the casing (); and at least one dish rack basket () housed inside the wash chamber () to house dishes/cutlery within a hold volume () bounded by two predetermined boundary planes (A, B); the dishwasher () having an alarm device () which generates, inside the wash chamber (), at least one light beam in a direction coplanar with a reference plane (R) lying in one of the predetermined boundary planes (A, B); and the alarm device () alerting the user to incorrect positioning of the dishes/cutlery inside the basket () when the light beam is interrupted by the dishes/cutlery.

Dishwasher with an alarm device

There is provided a household appliance including a housing and a cavity arranged within the housing. The housing element is further arranged to allow viewing of the cavity. A display which is transparent to at least one wavelength in the visible light spectrum is arranged in connection to the housing element and is further arranged such that the cavity is exposed from outside the household appliance. The display is a thin film type electroluminescent display which is arranged as an integral part of the housing element.

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Saltsjö-Boo, Sweden

Bernd Krische