Household appliance and electrical heating element for use in a household appliance
AssigneeMiele & Cie. KG
InventorThomas Metz
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Abstract
A household appliance includes: a treatment chamber for receiving goods to be treated, the treatment chamber having a bottom for collecting condensed water from a treatment process, the bottom of the treatment chamber having, on its side facing away from the treatment chamber, at least one flat heating element which heats the bottom of the treatment chamber in at least some regions by at least one electrical heating element, and evaporates the condensed water collected there into the treatment chamber. The electrical heating element includes a heating layer. The at least one flat heating element includes an electrical measuring element including a measuring layer.
Claims15
A household appliance, comprising:
- a treatment chamber configured to receive goods to be treated, the treatment chamber having a bottom configured to collect condensed water from a treatment process, the bottom having a side facing away from the treatment chamber and a side facing toward the treatment chamber, on the side facing away from the treatment chamber the bottom having at least one flat heating element configured to heat the bottom in at least some regions by at least one electrical heating element, and to evaporate the condensed water collected there into the treatment chamber,
- wherein the electrical heating element comprises a heating layer,
- wherein the at least one flat heating element comprises an electrical measuring element comprising a measuring layer, and
- wherein the electrical heating element comprises a conductive heating track that is completely surrounded by a conductive measuring track.
An electrical heating element for use in a household appliance, the household appliance comprising:
- a treatment chamber configured to receive goods to be treated, the treatment chamber having a bottom configured to collect condensed water from a treatment process, the bottom having a side facing away from the treatment chamber and a side facing toward the treatment chamber, on the side facing away from the treatment chamber the bottom having at least one flat heating element configured to heat the bottom in at least some regions by at least one electrical heating element, and to evaporate the condensed water collected there into the treatment chamber,
- wherein the electrical heating element comprises a heating layer,
- wherein the at least one flat heating element comprises an electrical measuring element comprising a measuring layer, and
- wherein the electrical heating element is a conductive heating track that is completely surrounded by a conductive measuring track.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.