Water-conducting domestic appliance comprising an expansion opening
View Patent ↗A water-conducting domestic appliance, in particular a domestic dishwasher, the water-conducting domestic appliance including a washing compartment for receiving items therein that are to be subjected to a handling process by the water-conducting domestic appliance; and a detergent dosing system, the detergent dosing system having a detergent dispenser, the detergent dispenser being configured to receive at least one cartridge that is configured to hold a dosing agent, the detergent dosing system being configured to communicate the washing compartment and an area surrounding the water-conducting domestic appliance with one another in the manner of an expansion opening via which a fluid under pressure in the washing compartment can be released to the area surrounding the water-conducting domestic appliance.
1. A water-conducting domestic appliance, comprising:
a washing compartment to receive items to be washed by the water-conducting domestic appliance; and
a detergent dosing system arranged in an interior wall of the water-conducting domestic appliance, having each of a detergent dispenser with a receiving space configured to receive at least one removable cartridge containing at least a first detergent, and a chamber that is separate from the receiving space; wherein
the detergent dispenser is configured to dispense the at least a first detergent to an interior of the water-conducting domestic appliance during a wash operation; and
the chamber that is separate from the receiving space:
(i) is configured to hold and dispense a second detergent through a second detergent outlet to an interior of the water-conducting domestic appliance during a wash operation, and
(ii) includes an expansion opening to release excess pressure in the washing compartment through the second detergent outlet to the surrounding of the water-conducting domestic appliance when a door of the water-conducting domestic appliance is in a closed position.
2. The water-conducting domestic appliance according to claim 1 wherein the detergent dosing system connects to a conduit system for the release of excess pressure in the washing compartment to the surrounding of the water-conducting domestic appliance.
3. The water-conducting domestic appliance according to claim 1 wherein the detergent dosing system includes at least one opening facing the washing compartment.
4. The water-conducting domestic appliance according to claim 3 wherein the second detergent is a solid detergent and the at least one opening opens into the at least one chamber.
5. The water-conducting domestic appliance according to claim 4 wherein the chamber that is separate from the receiving space is open.
6. The water-conducting domestic appliance according to claim 1 wherein the detergent dosing system is disposed between an upper basket and a lower basket.
7. The water-conducting domestic appliance according to claim 1 wherein the detergent dispenser comprises at least one receiving compartment for the at least one removable cartridge.
8. The water-conducting domestic appliance according to claim 1 wherein the first detergent is one of a liquid and a gel.
9. The water-conducting domestic appliance according to claim 4 further comprising a device that detects a filling of the chamber that is separate from the receiving space with the solid detergent and sends a signal indicating this status to a controller of the water-conducting domestic appliance.
10. The water-conducting domestic appliance according to claim 4 further comprising a selector switch, wherein the water-conducting domestic appliance is configured for user selection, via the selector switch, of whether the first detergent or the second detergent is added to the washing compartment.
11. The water-conducting domestic appliance according to claim 1 wherein the detergent dosing system has at least one outlet to the washing compartment through which a predetermined amount of at least one of the first and second detergent is supplied to the washing compartment during a washing cycle.
12. The water-conducting domestic appliance according to claim 11 wherein the at least one outlet is formed at a lower part of a housing section of the detergent dispenser so that the first detergent agent is gravity-fed to the washing compartment.
13. The water-conducting domestic appliance according to claim 11 wherein the at least one outlet opens into a dosing chamber.
14. The water-conducting domestic appliance according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one feeding device by means of which the first detergent agent is fed from the at least one removable cartridge.
15. The water-conducting domestic appliance of claim 1 , wherein the water-conducting domestic appliance is a domestic dishwasher.
16. A detergent dosing system for a washing compartment of a water-conducting domestic appliance, the detergent dosing system comprising:
a detergent dispenser arranged inside of a water-conducting domestic appliance and configured to dispense, from a removable cartridge inserted into a receiving space in the water-conducting domestic appliance, at least a first detergent to an interior of the water-conducting domestic appliance during a wash operation; and
a chamber that is separate from the receiving space; wherein
the chamber that is separate from the receiving space:
(i) is configured to hold and dispense a second detergent through a second detergent outlet to an interior of the water-conducting domestic appliance during a wash operation, and,
(ii) includes an expansion opening to release excess pressure in the washing compartment through the second detergent outlet to a surrounding of the water-conducting domestic appliance when a door of the water-conducting domestic appliance is in a closed position.