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US 12,414,669 B2Granted
Household dishwasher having at least one air outlet
AssigneeBSH Hausgeräte GmbH
InventorsThomas Burggraf, Klaus Steinle, Alexander Almus, Stephan Lutz, Armin Klaiber, Martin Becker
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Abstract
A household dishwasher includes a dishwasher cavity for receiving items to be washed for treatment, and a structural unit sized to extend over at least half of a width of the household dishwasher. The structural unit includes an air outlet for blowing air out of the dishwasher cavity, an extensive slotted blow-out opening in an upper region of the structural unit, and a collecting tank in a lower region of the structural unit for collecting condensate.
Claims24
A household dishwasher, comprising:
- a dishwasher cavity for treating items to be washed;
- a plinth attached to a front side of the household dishwasher in a lower quarter of a height of the household dishwasher;
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- a structural unit configured to extend over at least half of a width of the household dishwasher, an upper end of said structural unit comprising an air outlet that defines a blow-out opening for blowing air out of the dishwasher cavity, said air outlet extending over the at least half of the width of the household dishwasher and protruding forward over a top edge of the plinth, a lower end of said structural unit comprising a collecting tank for collecting condensate, and said structural unit comprising a condensation region extending substantially perpendicular to the air outlet along a back edge of the plinth, positioned between the air outlet and the collecting tank, and extending over the at least one half of the width of the household dishwasher.
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A household dishwasher, comprising:
- a dishwasher cavity for receiving items to be washed for treatment;
- a plinth attached to a front side of the household dishwasher in a lower quarter of a height of the household dishwasher;
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- a structural unit comprising an air outlet for blowing air out of the dishwasher cavity, the air outlet on an upper end of the structural unit and extending over at least half of a width of the household dishwasher, a collecting tank for collecting condensate, the collecting tank on a lower end of the structural unit, a condensation region that extends along a back edge of the plinth, is positioned between the air outlet and the collecting tank, and that extends over the at least one half of the width of the household dishwasher, the air outlet defining a blow-out opening, and the air outlet extending substantially perpendicular to the condensation region and protruding forward over a top edge of the plinth toward a front face of the household dishwasher, and an inlet opening leading into the condensation region at a rear of the structural unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.