IP Library Granted Patent US 8,292,378
Granted Patent B2
US 8,292,378 · App. 10/603,759 · Granted Oct 23, 2012

Washing container for a dish-washing machine

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Patent No.
US 8,292,378
App. No.
10/603,759
Granted
Oct 23, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A washing container for a dishwashing machine simplified by attaching at least one cover piece with sidepieces connected at angles to a base frame. The washing container can be assembled in a simpler, less expensive manner.

Claims (17)

1. A washing container for a dishwashing machine, comprising:

a container body including a plurality of assembled parts;

a base frame part; and

at least one cover part attached to said base frame part, said cover part including a plurality of side parts, said side parts connected to one another at an angle to form said cover part, wherein said cover part is formed substantially in the shape of a peripherally closed rectangle and said peripherally closed rectangle cover part is formed from two substantially L-shaped side parts.

2. The washing container according to claim 1 , said cover part including three side parts connected to one another to form a substantially U-shaped cover part having an open end.

3. The washing container according to claim 2 , said base frame part having an upstanding side part, said upstanding side part located in said U-shaped cover part open end completing said cover part.

4. The washing container according to claim 3 , said base frame part and said upstanding side part formed as a unitary assembly.

5. The washing container according to claim 4 , said base frame part and said upstanding side part unitary assembly formed from a molded plastic material and said cover part formed from a corrosion-resistant material.

6. The washing container according to claim 3 , said upstanding side part including additional retention functional elements, including at least one receptacle retention element for one of a rinsing or cleaning agent or a water softening device.

7. The washing container according to claim 1 , said base frame part including a filter floor part.

8. The washing container according to claim 1 , at least one of said side parts including a heat exchanger integrated therein.

9. A washing container for a dishwashing machine, comprising:

a container body including a plurality of assembled parts;

a base frame part, said base frame part having a floor part and at least two upstanding corner stays, wherein said base frame part includes an upstanding side part, said upstanding side part located in said substantially U-shaped periphery of said cover part completing said cover part, wherein said upstanding side part includes additional retention functional elements, including at least one receptacle retention element for one of a rinsing or cleaning agent or a water softening device; and

at least one cover part attached to said base frame part, said cover part including a plurality of side parts, said side parts connected to one another at an angle to form a substantially U-shaped periphery of said cover part, said substantially U-shaped periphery of said cover part having an open end and a closed end opposite said open end, and said cover part being attached to said base frame part with its U-shaped periphery mounted on said floor part of said base frame part and said cover part being attached at a respective one of its open end and its closed end to said at least two upstanding corner stays.

10. The washing container according to claim 9 , wherein said cover part is attached externally to said at least two upstanding corner stays of said base frame part.

11. The washing container according to claim 9 , wherein said cover part is attached internally to said at least two upstanding corner stays of said base frame part.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO REMOVE USSN 14373413; 29120436 AND 29429277 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 035624 FRAME: 0784. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded Jun 19, 2015
From: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
To: BSH HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
Reel/Frame 036000/0848 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 11, 2015
From: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
To: BSH HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
Reel/Frame 035624/0784 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 16, 2004
From: ROSENBAUER, MICHAEL; JERG, HELMUT; SCHESSL, BERND; STICKEL, ERNST
To: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERATE GMBH
Reel/Frame 014888/0636 →