IP Library Granted Patent US 9,005,370
Granted Patent B2
US 9,005,370 · App. 12/515,313 · Granted Apr 14, 2015

Water-conducting household appliance having a treatment container assembled from at least two components

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Patent No.
US 9,005,370
App. No.
12/515,313
Granted
Apr 14, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A water-conducting household appliance including a treatment container defining an interior of the water-conducting household appliance, the treatment container including at least two components made of different materials, wherein each of the at least two components include an edge section at which a mechanical connection is formed between the at least two components, wherein the mechanical connection is formed in a section protected against moisture, and a seal element that seals the mechanical connection on a side facing the interior of the water-conducting household appliance such that a gap exposed to moisture is formed which is free of a capillary gap.

Claims (16)

1. A water-conducting household appliance comprising:

a treatment container, the treatment container including:

at least two components having different corrosion properties, wherein each of the at least two components include an edge section at which a mechanical connection is formed between the at least two components, wherein the mechanical connection is formed in a section protected against moisture; and

a seal element on an interior side of the treatment container that seals the mechanical connection on the interior side of the treatment container such that a gap exposed to moisture is formed which is free of a capillary gap, wherein

the mechanical connection is formed in a region of surfaces of the at least two components impinging substantially orthogonally on one another, and wherein the seal element is arranged in a corner region of the treatment container, the corner region disposed at a wall of the treatment container joining at least one of a top of the treatment container and a tub of the household appliance, and the sealing element is at least partly surrounded by the first and second components in a direction remote from a rinsing chamber interior of the household appliance.

2. The household appliance as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least two components being joined together are made of one of chromium steel, chromium-nickel steel, and plastic.

3. The household appliance as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the water-conducting household appliance is a dishwasher.

4. A water-conducting household appliance comprising:

a treatment container, the treatment container including:

a first component having a first edge section;

a second component having a second edge section, wherein a first portion of the first edge section of the first component is mechanically connected to a first portion of the second edge section of the second component; and

a seal element on an interior side of the treatment container that seals the mechanically connected first portions of the first edge section of the first component and the second edge section of the second component on the interior side of the treatment container from exposure to moisture from within the interior of the treatment container such that a gap exposed to moisture is formed which is free of a capillary gap, wherein

the mechanical connection is formed in a region of surfaces of the first component and the second component impinging substantially orthogonally on one another and wherein the seal element is arranged in a corner region of the treatment container, the corner region disposed at a wall of the treatment container joining at least one of a top of the treatment container and a tub of the household appliance, and the sealing element is at least partly surrounded by the first component and the second component in a direction remote from a rinsing chamber interior of the household appliance.

5. The household appliance as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the first portion of the first edge section of the first component is mechanically connected to the first portion of the second edge section of the second component by one of a welded connection, a bonded connection, a folded connection, a clamped connection, and flanging.

6. The household appliance as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the first component and the second component have different corrosion properties.

7. The household appliance as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the water-conducting household appliance is a dishwasher.

Assignments (2)
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 →