Domestic dishwasher
AssigneeBSH Hausgeräte GmbH
InventorsNorbert Gerstner, Thomas Steck, Mario Maza
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Abstract
A household dishwasher includes a holder for items to be washed for holding items to be washed, and a lifting device for raising the holder for items to be washed from a starting position to an end position and for lowering the holder for items to be washed from the end position to the starting position. The lifting device includes a spring element, which assists the raising and lowering of the holder for items to be washed with the aid of an assisting force, and a spring bias adjusting unit, which tailors the assisting force to a loading state of the holder for items to be washed by adjusting a spring bias.
Claims9
A household dishwasher, comprising:
- a holder for items to be washed for holding items to be washed;
- and
- a lifting device for raising the holder for items to be washed from a starting position to an end position and for lowering the holder for items to be washed from the end position to the starting position, said lifting device comprising:
- a spring element, which assists the raising and lowering of the holder for items to be washed using an assisting force;
- and
- a spring bias adjusting unit, which tailors the assisting force to a loading state of the holder for items to be washed by adjusting a spring bias, wherein the spring bias adjusting unit comprises a stepper motor as a setting element to adjust the spring bias of the spring element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.