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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2006
Applicants:
Martin Buchstab, Bopfingen, DE;
Hans Ihle, Giengen, DE;
Andreas Kempte, Zschopau, DE;
Peter Nalbach, Kirchheim/Nabern, DE;
Michael Roth, Giengen, DE;
Inventors:
Martin Buchstab, Bopfingen, DE;
Hans Ihle, Giengen, DE;
Andreas Kempte, Zschopau, DE;
Peter Nalbach, Kirchheim/Nabern, DE;
Michael Roth, Giengen, DE;
Assignee:
BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH, Munich, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 17/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A refrigerator comprising a water conduit that is equipped with a socket for an exchangeable water filter and a monitoring unit for detecting the water throughput through the water conduit, said unit generating an alarm if the water throughput exceeds a threshold value. The monitoring unit can be deactivated if a water filter is mounted in the socket.