Fluid container of a household appliance

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016244207-A1
Application number	US-201514625948-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Feb 19, 2015
Priority date	Feb 19, 2015
Publication date	Aug 25, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A fluid container of a household appliance, the fluid container having a retaining region to hold fluid and which has at least one oligodynamic surface, and a household appliance that includes on such fluid container.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A fluid container of a household appliance, the fluid container comprising:
a retaining region to hold fluid, and which has at least one oligodynamic surface.

2 . The fluid container of claim 1 , wherein the at least one oligodynamic surface is composed of at least one element out of Group Ib of the periodic table.

3 . The fluid container of claim 2 , wherein the retaining region further has at least one other electrode.

4 . The fluid container of claim 3 , wherein the least one other electrode is to apply a current to the at least one oligodynamic surface to cause the decomposition of the at least one oligodynamic surface.

5 . The fluid container of claim 4 , wherein the at least one oligodynamic surface is located at a bottom of the retaining region.

6 . The fluid container of claim 5 , wherein a oligodynamic surface is located at a central position of the bottom of the retaining region.

7 . The fluid container of claim 6 , wherein the retaining region is predominantly covered by the at least one oligodynamic surface.

8 . A household appliance comprising:
at least one fluid container having a retaining region to hold fluid, and which has at least one oligodynamic surface.

9 . The household appliance of claim 8 , wherein the at least one oligodynamic surface is composed of at least one element out of Group Ib of the periodic table.

10 . The household appliance of claim 9 , wherein the retaining region further has at least one other electrode

11 . The household appliance of claim 10 , wherein a current can be applied to the at least one oligodynamic surface to decompose the at least one oligodynamic surface.

12 . The household appliance of claim 11 , wherein the at least one oligodynamic surface is located at a bottom of the retaining region.

13 . The household appliance of claim 12 , wherein a oligodynamic surface is located at a central position of the bottom of the retaining region.

14 . The household appliance of claim 13 , wherein the retaining region is predominantly covered by the at least one oligodynamic surface.

15 . The household appliance of claim 8 , wherein the household appliance comprises a clothes drying appliance.

16 . The household appliance of claim 8 , wherein the at least one fluid container comprises a condensate container.

17 . A household appliance comprising:
at least one fluid container having a retaining region to hold fluid, and which has at least one oligodynamic surface and at least one other electrode to apply a direct current having an electrical charge between 10 −9 and 3×10 −3 C to the at least one oligodynamic surface to electrolytically decompose the at least one oligodynamic surface.

18 . The household appliance of claim 17 , wherein the household appliance comprises a clothes drying appliance.

19 . The household appliance of claim 17 , wherein the at least one fluid container comprises a condensate container.

Assignees

• Bsh Hausgeraete Gmbh

Inventors

• Hess Jürgen
• Proseanic Vladimir
• Skierman Piotr

Classifications

• B65D25/14 Primary

  Linings or internal coatings (of containers made by folding or erecting blanks made of paper B65D5/56 {; linings for domestic water storage heaters F24H1/183}) · CPC title

• D06F58/20 Primary

  General details of domestic laundry dryers  (D06F59/00 takes precedence) · CPC title

• D06F58/24

  Condensing arrangements · CPC title