Household appliance

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10165856-B2
Application number	US-201415033660-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 4, 2014
Priority date	Nov 6, 2013
Publication date	Jan 1, 2019
Grant date	Jan 1, 2019

Abstract

A household appliance includes a loading level, and a receiving area for receiving the loading level. A guide device guides the loading level when the loading level is selectively displaced into or out of the receiving area along the guide device. Secured to the guide device is a retraction device for automatically displacing the loading level into the receiving area.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A household appliance, comprising
a loading level;
a receiving area for receiving the loading level;
a guide rail assembly configured to guide the loading level when the loading level is selectively displaced into or out of the receiving area along the guide rail assembly;
a retractor secured to the guide rail assembly and configured to automatically displace the loading level into the receiving area; and
an activator arm configured to engage in a form-fit manner in an engagement section of the retractor,
wherein the guide rail assembly comprises a fixed guide rail, which is fixed to the receiving area, and at least one movable guide rail, which is fixed to the loading level, said retractor configured to automatically displace the at least one movable guide rail along the fixed guide rail,
wherein the retractor includes a plate-shaped fastening section which is directly fixed to the at least one movable guide rail,
wherein the plate-shaped fastening section includes at least one snap hook which engages in a form-fit manner into at least one corresponding cut-out of the at least one movable guide rail,
wherein the activator arm is fixed to the fixed guide rail of the guide rail assembly, and
wherein the activator arm has a contact section that rests on a top side of the fixed guide rail, and a triangular extension plate with a securing section configured to engage the fixed guide rail and a pin-type activator section located on a tip of the triangular extension plate.

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

3. The household appliance of claim 1 , wherein the retractor includes a spring element, which is maintained under tension, when the loading level is displaced out of the receiving area.

4. The household appliance of claim 1 , wherein the retractor has a dampener configured to dampen a movement of the loading level while automatically displacing the loading level into the receiving area.

5. The household appliance of claim 1 , wherein the retractor, the guide rail assembly and the activator arm form a retraction arrangement of the household appliance.

6. The household appliance of claim 1 , wherein the activator arm engages into the engagement section, when the loading level and the retractor are displaced in a retraction direction, to thereby enable activation of the retractor to automatically displace the loading level into the receiving area.

7. The household appliance of claim 1 , wherein the activator arm is a plastic injection molded part.

8. The household appliance of claim 1 , wherein the activator arm is configured to snap into the fixed guide rail of the guide rail assembly.

9. The household appliance of claim 1 , wherein the receiving area is a dishwasher cavity.

10. The household appliance of claim 1 , wherein the loading level is a receptacle for items to be washed.

11. The household appliance of claim 10 , further comprising a plurality of said receptacle, each said receptacle being configured as a bottom basket, a top basket or a cutlery drawer.

12. The household appliance of claim 1 , wherein the at least one snap hook comprises a plurality of snap hooks which engage in a form-fit manner into a plurality of corresponding cut-outs of the at least one movable guide rail.

Assignees

• Bsh Hausgeraete Gmbh

Inventors

• Gleixner Marco
• Kiechle Franz
• Lader Reinhold

Classifications

• A47L15/501

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• A47B88/047 Primary

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• A47L15/502 Primary

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• A47B2088/401

  Slides or guides for wire baskets · CPC title

• A47L15/507 Primary

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