Emz-hanauer Gmbh & Co Kgaa

Miele & Cie. Kg

Georg SPIEßL

Manfredi Signorino

Matthias Bauer

Albert Dirnberger

Lukas Schade

Martin Brabec

Dirk Wegener

Benjamin Schemela

Josef Bauriedl

Peter Nitsche

Sophia Grimm

Fabian Hils

Florian Scharte

Johann Kleber

Günter KRÖGER

Florian Winderl

A door latch for an electrical appliance includes a rotary gripper movably disposed between a gripping position and a release position with rotational displaceability and having a gripping mouth delimited between a pair of jaws. The rotary gripper is adapted to hold captive a striker in the gripping mouth for holding closed a door of the electrical appliance in the gripping position and to permit release of the striker for opening the door in the release position. The gripping position and the release position correspond to different rotational positions of the rotary gripper. A spring arrangement in the gripping position of the rotary gripper exerts on the rotary gripper a bias which counteracts a movement of the rotary gripper towards the release position. An opener mechanism for opening the closed door includes a movably arranged opening element separate from the striker and a drive unit for driving the opening element.

Domestic electrical appliance and door latch therefor

The invention relates to an ice-making device, in particular for a household appliance, comprising a receiving device for receiving at least one moulding element which is suitable and intended for moulding a piece of ice, wherein the at least one moulding element is designed in one piece and consists of an elastic material, wherein the at least one moulding element comprises an inlet opening for introducing a liquid and an ejection opening for ejecting a piece of ice.

Ice-making device

An ice maker for a domestic refrigeration device with an ice-making tray having a plurality of freezing cavities, a support structure installed in the refrigeration device and rotatably supporting the ice-making tray, a rotational drive unit arranged on the support structure for driving the ice-making tray in rotation relative to the support structure, and at least one pair of electrodes arranged spaced apart from one another and having an electrical capacitance which is influenced by the contents of at least some of the freezing cavities. In addition, an electric measuring and control circuit is adapted to determine a capacitance measurement variable which is representative of the electrical capacitance of the electrode pair and to activate the rotational drive unit for rotation of the ice-making tray relative to the support structure in dependence on the fulfilment of at least one condition relating to the capacitance measurement variable.

Ice maker with capacitive ice detection

A cover assembly for mounting in a domestic dishwasher, for example, is proposed. The cover assembly includes a pivoting cover which is mounted on a support component and is to close an opening, wherein the pivoting cover has a cover part and a closure part which is movable relative to the cover part. The cover part has sealing faces which, on closing of the pivoting cover, come into sealing contact with sealing counter-faces encircling the opening. There are formed on the closure part engagement formations which, in a closed pivot position of the pivoting cover, can be brought into and out of holding-closed engagement with engagement counter-formations by relative movement between the closure part and the support component. The cover part is mounted on the closure part and is supported via the closure part on the support component.

Cover assembly for mounting in a domestic dishwasher

A light sensor device is disclosed for installation in a heat-using domestic electrical appliance such as, for example, a washing machine or a dishwasher and permits the implementation of a touch-free operating function, for example an automatic door opening function. The light sensor device includes in some embodiments: a window element which is formed of light-permeable material and is arranged with space on a first window side for hand movements; a first light source arrangement arranged to radiate visible light into the window element; a second light source arrangement which is arranged to radiate infrared light through the window element from a second window side opposite the first window side; and a photodetector arrangement which is sensitive to infrared light of the second light source arrangement and is arranged on the second window side, for detecting infrared light which strikes the photodetector arrangement from the window element.

Light sensor device and domestic electrical appliance equipped therewith

A mechanism for the door of a domestic electrical appliance, for example a dishwasher, is described. The mechanism includes a door latch for holding the door closed, a latch opener mechanism, an electrically controlled actuator for displacing the latch opener mechanism, a movably arranged pusher, and a spring device for providing a spring force which acts on the pusher. The latch opener mechanism functions such that, when the door is closed, it can be transferred from an inactive position into an active position while at least partially overcoming a holding-closed action of the door latch. The movably arranged pusher is separate from the latch opener mechanism and is decoupled therefrom in terms of movement. After the holding-closed action of the door latch has been overcome, the spring drive allows the door to be pushed open by the pusher.

Domestic appliance with a latching and opening function for a door of the domestic appliance

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Altendorf, Germany

Georg SPIEßL