Water-conducting household appliance having a rotatable component

US9309615B2 · US · B2

Patent metadata
FieldValue
Publication numberUS-9309615-B2
Application numberUS-201213532883-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJun 26, 2012
Priority dateJun 26, 2012
Publication dateApr 12, 2016
Grant dateApr 12, 2016

How to read this patent

A practical reading order for non-experts. Skip the full description unless you need deep technical detail.

  1. Title

    What the patent document calls the invention.

  2. Abstract

    A short plain-language summary of the technical disclosure.

  3. Assignees and inventors

    Who owns or filed the patent and who is credited as inventor.

  4. Key dates

    Filing, priority, publication, and grant dates set the timeline.

  5. First independent claim

    The legal scope of protection — read this for what is actually claimed.

  6. CPC / IPC classifications

    Technology tags used to group this patent with similar filings.

  7. Citations and related patents

    Prior art links and similar publications in this corpus.

Abstract

Official abstract text for this publication.

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.

First claim

Opening claim text (preview).

What is claimed is: 1. A water-conducting household appliance comprising: a liquid chamber; a stationary component; a metallic bearing; a rotatable component rotatably mounted on the stationary component of the household appliance by the metallic bearing; a shaft connected to the rotatable component, the shaft having a shaft contact surface; a seal structured to seal the metallic bearing from the liquid chamber, the seal comprising a seal contact surface in contact with…

Assignees

Inventors

Classifications

  • D06F37/20Primary

    Textiles & Paper · mapped topic

Patent family

Related publications grouped by family.

External sources

Next steps

Free tools are coming soon. Tell us what you want to track and we'll notify you.

Frequently asked questions

Answers are generated from the same data shown on this page.

What does patent US9309615B2 cover?
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 c…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Heβ Jürgen, Pfister Petra, Proseanic Vladimir, and 2 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification D06F37/20. Mapped technology areas include Textiles & Paper.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Apr 12 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).