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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2015
Applicant:
Bsh Hausgeräte Gmbh, München, DE;
Inventor:
Stephan Kempfle, Ellzee, DE;
Assignee:
BSH Hausgeraete GmbH, Munich, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47B 96/04 (2006.01); F25D 23/02 (2006.01); F25D 17/04 (2006.01); F25D 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 23/028 (2013.01); F25D 17/047 (2013.01); F25D 29/005 (2013.01); F25D 2700/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A household appliance includes an interior compartment, a door for closing the interior compartment and a drive facility for assisting with opening the door. The household appliance further includes a pressure sensing facility for detecting or sensing a difference between an interior pressure inside the interior compartment and an ambient pressure outside the interior compartment. The drive facility is configured to apply a driving force to the door as a function of the difference between the pressures.