Dishwasher with a visual display facility
View Patent ↗A dishwasher is provided that has a door and a wash compartment that is closed off by the door. The wash compartment receives items to be treated and has a movable dish rack in which items to be cleaned are supported. The movable dish rack is moved from a treatment position in which the wash compartment is closed to an access position in which loading and unloading of dishes into the dishwasher is facilitated. The dishwasher further includes a visual display facility for visual notification of operation information and/or program information of the dishwasher. The visual display facility is assigned to the dish rack.
1. A dishwasher, comprising:
a door;
a wash compartment that is closed off by the door, the wash compartment to receive items to be treated and the wash compartment having a movable dish rack in which items to be cleaned are supported and that is moved from a treatment position in which the wash compartment is closed to an access position in which loading and unloading of dishes into the dishwasher is facilitated; and
a visual display facility for conveying electronic data and visual notification of at least one of operation information and program information of the dishwasher;
wherein the visual display facility is disposed on or integrated with the dish rack.
2. The dishwasher of claim 1 , wherein the dishwasher is a household dishwasher.
3. The dishwasher of claim 1 , wherein the visual display facility conveys data about at least one of a load state and a load type of the dish rack.
4. The dishwasher of claim 3 , wherein the data are weight loading data.
5. The dishwasher of claim 3 , further comprising a plurality of pressure-sensitive piezo arrangements to determine a weight.
6. The dishwasher of claim 1 , wherein the visual display facility conveys data about an intended program sequence.
7. The dishwasher of claim 1 , wherein the visual display facility conveys data about a stock of provided operating agents.
8. The dishwasher of claim 7 , wherein the provided operating agents include a dishwasher salt.
9. The dishwasher of claim 7 , wherein the provided operating agents include washing agents.
10. The dishwasher of claim 1 , wherein the visual display facility outputs instructions for optimizing a program sequence.
11. The dishwasher of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of dish racks that are arranged one above the other.
12. The dishwasher of claim 11 , wherein a respective visual display facility is assigned to each of the plurality of dish racks.
13. The dishwasher of claim 12 , wherein the respective visual display facility has a field for alphanumeric displays.
14. The dishwasher of claim 1 , wherein the visual display facility is assigned to a region of the dish rack facing the door.
15. The dishwasher of claim 11 , wherein a respective visual display facility is assigned to a front plane of each of the plurality of dish racks.
16. The dishwasher of claim 15 , wherein the respective visual display facility is disposed within a pull/push handle assigned to the projecting front defining plane of each of the plurality of dish racks.
17. The dishwasher of claim 1 , wherein the visual display facility receives display data in a wireless manner.
18. The dishwasher of claim 1 , further comprising a voltage supply for the visual display facility.
19. The dishwasher of claim 1 , wherein the visual display facility is switched off when the door is closed.
20. The dishwasher of claim 1 , wherein an operating element is disposed adjacent to the visual display facility on the dish rack.