Household appliance

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10136792-B2
Application number	US-201113286249-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 1, 2011
Priority date	Nov 3, 2010
Publication date	Nov 27, 2018
Grant date	Nov 27, 2018

Abstract

A household appliance, in particular a dishwasher, includes at least one packing element disposed on a side face of the household appliance, and at least one load-bearing structural part. The packing element has at least one force transfer region, which has a force action surface in contact with the load-bearing structural part.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A household appliance assembly, comprising:
a household appliance having a treatment container which defines a treatment chamber;
at least one packing element including a positioning aid and disposed on a side face of the household appliance, wherein the packing element is adapted to prevent damage to the household appliance due to forces occurring during at least one of storage and transportation of the household appliance, and the positioning aid includes one of a projection and a recess; and
the household appliance further comprising at least one load-bearing structural part with a cross-sectional profile that includes the other of the projection and the recess, the at least one load-bearing structural part being positioned externally of the treatment chamber, such that the other of the projection and the recess of the at least one load-bearing structural part is exposed so as to be accessible from outside of the household appliance,
wherein the packing element has at least one force transfer region, which has a force action surface in direct contact with the load-bearing structural part,
the household appliance is configured to be a built-in appliance that does not have external casing walls at least where the packing element is disposed, and
the cross-sectional profile is inserted into the positioning aid or the positioning aid is inserted into the cross-sectional profile such that the projection and the recess are in contour-matched contact.

2. The household appliance assembly of claim 1 , constructed in the form of a dishwasher.

3. The household appliance assembly of claim 1 , wherein the load-bearing structural part is disposed in an uncovered region of the side face.

4. The household appliance assembly of claim 1 , wherein the load-bearing structural part is a member selected from the group consisting of the treatment container, and a support element.

5. The household appliance assembly of claim 1 , wherein the positioning aid is a molded segment of the packing element.

6. The household appliance assembly of claim 1 , wherein the positioning aid is a molded segment of the force transfer region of the packing element.

7. The household appliance assembly of claim 1 , wherein the load-bearing structural part is a frame around a loading opening.

8. The household appliance assembly of claim 7 , wherein the cross-sectional profile is an outwardly open U-profile and the frame has at least one outer corner, with the force transfer region of the packing element extending around the outer corner of the frame.

9. The household appliance assembly of claim 8 , wherein the at least one outer corner is at least two outer corners and the frame has the two of outer corners.

10. The household appliance assembly of claim 1 , wherein the positioning aid includes the recess and the load-bearing structural part includes the projection.

11. The household appliance assembly of claim 10 , wherein the load-bearing structural part is the treatment container, and the projection is a folded connection point for connecting wall parts of the treatment container.

12. The household appliance assembly of claim 1 , wherein the load-bearing structural part is a hinge support for connection of a hinge lever of an appliance door.

13. The household appliance assembly of claim 12 , wherein the force transfer region of the packing element with its force action surface is disposed within a pivot path of the hinge lever.

14. The household appliance assembly of claim 1 , wherein the packing element and the force transfer region are a same material.

15. The household appliance assembly of claim 1 , wherein the packing element and the force transfer region are a single piece.

16. A packing for a household appliance, comprising at least one packing element, which in a packed state envelopes at least one face of the household appliance and has a positioning aid and a force transfer region, which is in direct contact with a load-bearing structural part of the household appliance, the load-bearing structural part being positioned externally of a treatment chamber of a treatment container of the household appliance, such that the load-bearing structural part is exposed so as to be accessible from outside of the household appliance, wherein the packing element is adapted to prevent damage to the household appliance due to forces occurring during at least one of storage and transportation of the household appliance, wherein the positioning aid includes one of a projection and a recess, wherein the positioning aid is adapted to be inserted into an externally exposed cross-sectional profile of the load-bearing structural part or the externally exposed cross-sectional profile is adapted to be inserted into the positioning aid, wherein the externally exposed cross-sectional profile includes the other of the projection and the recess, and wherein the projection and the recess are configured to be in contour-matched contact.

17. The packing of claim 16 , wherein the positioning aid is a molded segment of the packing element.

18. The packing of claim 16 , wherein the positioning aid is a molded segment of the force transfer region of the packing element.

19. The packing of claim 16 , wherein the positioning aid includes the projection and the externally exposed cross-sectional profile is an outwardly open hollow profile of the load-bearing structural part.

20. The packing of claim 16 , wherein the positioning aid includes the recess and the load-bearing structural part includes the projection.

21. The packing of claim 16 , wherein the force transfer region of the packing element is disposed within a pivot path of a hinge lever for an appliance door of the household appliance.

22. The packing of claim 16 , wherein the packing element and the force transfer region are a same material.

23. The packing of claim 16 , wherein the packing element and the force transfer region are a single piece.

24. The household appliance assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the load bearing structural part is selected from the group consisting of the treatment container, a support frame, a hinge support and a frame-type assembly support.

25. A household appliance assembly, comprising:
a household appliance having a treatment container which defines a treatment chamber;
at least one packing element including a positioning aid and disposed on a side face of the household appliance, wherein the packing element is adapted to prevent damage to the household appliance due to forces occurring during at least one of storage and transportation of the household appliance, and the positioning aid includes one of a projection and a recess; and
the household appliance further comprising at least one load-bearing structural part with a cross-sectional profile that includes the other of the projection and the recess, the at least one load-bearing structural part being positioned externally of the treatment chamber, such that the other of the projection and the recess of the at least one load-bearing structural part is exposed so as to be accessible from outside of the household appliance, the load bearing structural part being selected from the group consisting of the treatment container, a support frame, a hinge support and a frame-type assembly support,
wherein the packing element has at least one force transfer region, which has a force action surface in direct contact with the lo

Assignees

• Bak Michael
• Hoepfl Markus
• Kratzer Juergen
• Maier Udo
• Bsh Hausgeraete Gmbh

Inventors

• Bak Michael
• Höpfl Markus
• Kratzer Jürgen
• Maier Udo

Classifications

• B65D85/68

  for machines, engines or vehicles in assembled or dismantled form · CPC title

• A47L15/4268 Primary

  Arrangements for transporting or moving, e.g. stiffening · CPC title

• B65D85/48

  for glass sheets · CPC title

• D06F39/001

  Arrangements for transporting, moving, or setting washing machines; Protective arrangements for use during transport (transport in general B65) · CPC title

• B65D2585/6815

  kitchen devices, including unspecified devices, e.g. Haushaltgeräte · CPC title