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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2006
Applicants:
Georg Hausmann, Dillingen, DE;
Peter Nalbach, Kirchheim/Nabern, DE;
Inventors:
Georg Hausmann, Dillingen, DE;
Peter Nalbach, Kirchheim/Nabern, DE;
Assignee:
BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH, Munich, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25C 1/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An ice maker for a domestic appliance comprises an ice tray, a water feed line which can be used to fill the ice tray with water, a water filter which is arranged in the water feed line such that it can be replaced, and a monitoring unit for calculating a value which is representative of the degree of wear of the filter. The monitoring unit has means for changing the representative value by a first fixed step width each time the ice tray is filled.