Miele & Cie. Kg

Hermann Bronstering

Matthias Stahl

Hans-Gerd Holtdirk

Jürgen Scharmann

Claudia Scholt

Helmut Kindler

Hubert Hollenbeck

A connecting device for connecting glass panes of a door of a household appliance includes a first retainer configured to connect to an outer glass pane. The first retainer includes a first insertion structure configured to receive an inner glass pane. A second retainer is fixed to the first retainer and configured to pivot from a first position to a second position and from the second position to the first position. The second retainer includes a locking element configured to retain the inner glass pane in the first position of the second retainer. The second retainer further includes an actuating element including a handle. The handle is configured to pivot the second retainer from the first position to the second position and from the second position to the first position.

Device for connecting the glass panes of a door of a domestic appliance

The invention relates to a household appliance with an electric control system (), which is connected to an accessory part () for the household appliance in a signal-transmitting fashion, wherein the accessory part () can be moved back and forth between an active position and a resting position on the household appliance and, in the switched-on state of the household appliance, exchanges signals for controlling the household appliance with the electric control system (), at least in the active position. In order to specify a household appliance in which the accessory part, in its resting position, is stored in the household appliance in such a way that the user can access the household appliance without obstruction and, at the same time, a high degree of security against malfunction is guaranteed, the signal exchange between the transmission or transmission/reception device () of the accessory part () and the electric control system () occurs wirelessly and the accessory part (), in its resting position, is mounted in a storage element () of the household appliance at least partly consisting of an electrically conductive material, said storage element electrically shielding the transmission or transmission/reception device () of the accessory part () from the electric control system () so that signal exchange is prevented.

Household appliance with an electric control system and an accessory part

A household appliance includes a body having a front, an appliance port including a cooling air inlet port and/or a vapor exhaust port disposed on the body, and a door. A console-type user control and display unit is provided including a control and display element, a housing, and control electronics disposed in the housing. The control electronics provide signal communication with the control and display element and with power electronics of the household appliance. At least a first portion of the user control and display unit is disposed on the door so as to be cooled by a flow of ambient air and so as to shield, when the door is in a closed position, the appliance port from view in a direction perpendicular to the front of the body.

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Wadersloh, Germany

Hermann Bronstering