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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2011
Applicants:
Volker Backherms, Osnabrueck, DE;
Dominic Beier, Guetersloh, DE;
Stefan Tiekoetter, Bielefeld, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Miele & Cie. KG, Guetersloh, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A household appliance includes a door, an opening drive configured to move the door from a closed position into an at least partially open position and a door-opening sensor coupled to the door. The door opening sensor is configured to recognize an acoustically expressed door-opening command and includes a three-axis sensor.