# US 5,701,952 A · Water-conducting household appliance

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- Number: US 5,701,952 A
- Document ID: US5701952A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/681,595
- Filed: 1996-07-29
- Granted: 1997-12-30
- Earliest claimed: 1993-03-03
- Assignees: Bosch-Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
- Inventors: Ernst Stickel
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5701952A

## CPC

- A47L 15/4246: {Details of the tub (A47L15/4272 takes precedence; insulation arrangements A47L15/4209)}
- A47L: DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING (brushes A46B; cleaning quantities of bottles or of other hollow articles of one kind B08B9/00; laundry D06F); SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL (cleaning in general B08)

## Abstract

A water-conducting household appliance includes a container which receives a heated liquid and has a wall. A partition of thermally conductive material is disposed in the container adjacent the wall and is substantially water-tightly joined with the wall. A supply container is formed between the partition and the wall and is thermally conductively connected to the container.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A water-conducting household appliance, comprising:
a container for receiving a heated liquid, said container having a wall;
a partition of thermally conductive material being disposed in said container adjacent said wall and being substantially water tightly joined with said wall;
a supply container for receiving a supply liquid, said supply container being formed between said partition and said wall and being thermally conductively connected to said container;
said partition having an outer edge sealed off all the way around relative to said wall; and
a groove integrally formed in said wall and extending all the way around along said outer edge of said partition, and an encompassing seal being inserted into said groove, said outer edge of said partition resting on said encompassing seal.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The water-conducting household appliance according to claim 1, wherein said encompassing seal compensates for differences in thermal expansion of said wall and said partition.

### Claim 3

A water-conducting household appliance, comprising:
a container for receiving a heated liquid, said container having a wall;
a partition of thermally conductive material being disposed in said container adjacent said wall and being substantially water-tightly joined with said wall, said partition having a lower edge;
a supply container being formed between said partition and said wall and being thermally conductively connected to said container; and
a reinforcement strip mounted on said wall for pressing said lower edge of said partition against said wall.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The water-conducting household appliance according to claim 1, including a lower edge of said partition, and a reinforcement strip mounted on said wall for pressing said lower edge of said partition against said encompassing seal.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The water-conducting household appliance according to claim 1, including a lower edge of said partition, and a reinforcement strip mounted on said wall for pressing said lower edge of said partition against said wall and said encompassing seal.

### Claim 6 (depends on 4)

The water-conducting household appliance according to claim 4, wherein said reinforcement strip is disposed under said encompassing seal on said wall and covers said seal.

### Claim 7 (depends on 3)

The water-conducting household appliance according to claim 3, including at least one dome being formed integrally onto said wall, protruding through an opening formed in said reinforcement strip, being heat-deformed after said reinforcement strip has been mounted and resting on a surface of said reinforcement strip, for fastening said reinforcement strip to said wall.

### Claim 8 (depends on 3)

The water-conducting household appliance according to claim 3, including at least one screw for fastening said reinforcement strip to said wall.