Water-using domestic appliance with a catalytically active interior surface and method for operating the same
AssigneeBSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH
InventorsAntonio Barrado Franco, Andreas Hanau, Hartmut Schaub, Klaus Schepers
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Abstract
The invention relates to a water-using domestic appliance comprising a tub for accommodating articles to be cleaned and at least one interior surface containing a catalytically active substance, said catalytically active substance being a polyoxometalate and the interior surface being likely to come into contact with water during operation of the domestic appliance. The invention further relates to a method for operating said domestic appliance.
Claims15
A water-bearing household appliance comprising:
- a tub for accommodating articles to be cleaned, and
- a greywater reservoir with at least one interior surface with a polyoxometalate that is embedded within or fixed to the interior surface, wherein the interior surface is configured to contact water during operation of the household appliance, and the water-bearing household appliance does not include a light source configured to irradiate the polyoxometalate.
A method for operating a water-bearing household appliance comprising:
- providing a tub for accommodating articles to be cleaned;
- providing a greywater reservoir with at least one catalytically active polyoxometalate embedded within or fixed to an interior surface,
- contacting the interior surface with water during operation of the household appliance without exposing the interior surface to a light source, and
- cleaning the water when the water is brought into contact with the interior surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.