Household appliance having a height-adjusting device for an appliance pedestal
AssigneeBSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
InventorsGerhard Fetzer, Manfred Seeβle
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Abstract
A household appliance, particularly a dishwasher or washing machine, having a height-adjusting device for an appliance pedestal. The height-adjusting device may include at least one drive gear engaged with a transmission drive converting the rotary motion of the drive gear into a lift motion of the appliance pedestal. In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the drive gear includes a torque-limiting element operable to enable a deflecting motion of the drive gear from an operating position when a limit torque is exceeded, and which releases the engagement between the drive gear and the transmission drive.
Claims22
A household appliance, comprising:
- an appliance pedestal;
- and a height-adjusting device for adjusting a height of the appliance pedestal, the height-adjusting device including a drive gear structured to engage with a transmission drive converting a rotational motion of the drive gear into a lift motion of the appliance pedestal, wherein the height-adjusting device includes a torque-limiting element operable to enable a deflecting motion of the drive gear from an operating position when a limit torque is exceeded and which releases the engagement between the drive gear and the transmission drive when the limit torque is exceeded, and
- the torque-limiting element enables the deflecting motion at all positions of height adjustment of the height-adjusting device.
A household appliance, comprising:
- an appliance pedestal;
- and
- a height-adjusting device having
- a drive gear;
- a transmission drive that, in an operating position, engages the drive gear and converts a rotational motion of the drive gear into a lift motion of the appliance pedestal;
- and
- a torque-limiting element operable to enable a deflecting motion of the drive gear from the operating position when a limit torque is exceeded, the deflecting motion releasing the engagement between the drive gear and the transmission drive when the limit torque is exceeded,
- wherein the torque-limiting element enables the deflecting motion at all positions of height adjustment of the height-adjusting device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.