Dishwasher assembly
AssigneeMiele & Cie. KG
InventorsVolker Marks, Benjamin Runau, Matthias Lampe
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Abstract
A dishwasher assembly includes: a dishwasher having a rinsing container that provides a rinsing chamber and receives washware to be cleaned, the rinsing container having a loading opening for loading the rinsing container with washware; a cover arranged over the dishwasher, the cover projecting beyond the rinsing container on a loading side thereof to form an overhang; and an operating device, which is arranged on an underside, facing the dishwasher, of the overhang, the operating device being connected for communication to a controller of the dishwasher, a dishwasher action being initiable by a user-actuation of the operating device.
Claims20
A dishwasher assembly, comprising:
- a dishwasher having a rinsing container that provides a rinsing chamber and being configured to receive washware to be cleaned, the rinsing container having a loading opening for loading the rinsing container with washware;
- a cover arranged over the dishwasher, the cover projecting beyond the rinsing container on a loading side thereof to form an overhang;
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- an operating device, which is arranged on an underside, facing the dishwasher, of the overhang, the operating device being connected for communication to a controller of the dishwasher, a dishwasher action being initiable by a user actuation of the operating device,
- wherein the operating device has a plurality of operating elements arranged one behind another in a transverse direction of the dishwasher, and
- wherein the plurality of operating elements are all configured to initiate a same action based on the user actuation.
A dishwasher assembly, comprising:
- a dishwasher having a rinsing container that provides a rinsing chamber and being configured to receive washware to be cleaned, the rinsing container having a loading opening for loading the rinsing container with washware;
- a cover arranged over the dishwasher, the cover projecting beyond the rinsing container on a loading side thereof to form an overhang;
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- an operating device, which is arranged on an underside, facing the dishwasher, of the overhang, the operating device being connected for communication to a controller of the dishwasher, a dishwasher action being initiable by a user actuation of the operating device,
- wherein the operating device extends in a transverse direction of the dishwasher over more than one third of a width of the dishwasher.
A dishwasher assembly, comprising:
- a dishwasher having a rinsing container that provides a rinsing chamber and being configured to receive washware to be cleaned, the rinsing container having a loading opening for loading the rinsing container with washware;
- a cover arranged over the dishwasher, the cover projecting beyond the rinsing container on a loading side thereof to form an overhang;
- an operating device, which is arranged on an underside, facing the dishwasher, of the overhang, the operating device being connected for communication to a controller of the dishwasher, a dishwasher action being initiable by a user actuation of the operating device;
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- a water vapor protection element arranged on the underside of the overhang, the operating device being integrated into the water vapor protection element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.