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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2012
Jürgen Heβ, Berlin, DE;
Petra Pfister, Schönwalde, DE;
Vladimir Proseanic, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Svetlana Visnepolschi, West Boomfield, MI (US);
Jürgen Heβ, Berlin, DE;
Petra Pfister, Schönwalde, DE;
Vladimir Proseanic, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Svetlana Visnepolschi, West Boomfield, MI (US);
BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A water-conducting household appliance having a rotatable component, which is rotatably mounted on a stationary component of the household appliance by way of a bearing formed from a metallic material, and having a sealing element, by means of which the bearing is sealed off from a liquid chamber of the household appliance, wherein a contact surface of the sealing element is in contact with a contact surface of a shaft part which is connected to the moveable component and can be rotated relative to the sealing element, and slides on the contact surface of the shaft part. A pump is on at least one of the contact surfaces, by means of which liquid can be conveyed out of an intermediate space embodied between the respective contact surfaces in the direction of the liquid chamber when rotating the rotatable component.