IP Library Granted Patent US 9,138,054
Granted Patent B2
US 9,138,054 · App. 14/521,648 · Granted Sep 22, 2015

Household built-in appliance with a specific exterior width measurement in the form of a non-even imperial measurement, apparatus with a recess and a plurality of built-in appliances, and method for fitting built-in appliances in a recess

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Patent No.
US 9,138,054
App. No.
14/521,648
Granted
Sep 22, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a household built-in appliance, which is configured to be built into a recess and has an exterior housing, the exterior housing having an exterior width, which has a non-even measurement in inches, its number before the decimal point being 17 or 23 and its portion after the decimal point being smaller than or equal to 0.5. The invention also relates to an apparatus with a recess and a plurality of built-in appliances, as well as a method for fitting built-in appliances into a recess.

Claims (10)

1. A household built-in appliance, which is configured to be built into a recess and has an exterior housing, wherein the exterior housing has an actual exterior width, which has a non-even measurement in inches, its number before the decimal point being 17 or 23 and its portion after the decimal point being smaller than or equal to 0.5.

2. The household built-in appliance as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the exterior width is between 17.1 inches and 17.4 inches, in particular 17.25 inches.

3. The household built-in appliance as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the exterior width is between 23.1 inches and 23.4 inches, in particular 23.25 inches.

4. The household built-in appliance as claimed in claim 1 , wherein it is a household refrigeration appliance, in particular a refrigerator.

5. An apparatus with a recess, the actual width of which is configured to accommodate a plurality of built-in appliances and which has a first household built-in appliance configured as claimed in claim 1 , and at least one second built-in household appliance that has a different actual exterior width from the first household built-in appliance.

6. The apparatus as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the actual width of the recess is 41.5 inches or 47.5 inches.

7. The apparatus as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the actual exterior width of the built-in household appliance has a non-even measurement in inches and the portion after the decimal point is greater than 0.5.

8. The apparatus as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the actual exterior width is between 17.6 and 17.9, in particular 17.75, or between 23.6 and 23.9, in particular 23.75.

9. The apparatus as claimed in claim 5 , wherein a first household built-in appliance and a second built-in household appliance have a shared electrical connection to link them to a network connection.

10. A method for fitting built-in appliances into a recess, wherein the recess is supplied with an actual width for accommodating a plurality of household built-in appliances and at least such a number of household built-in appliances configured as built-in household appliances in respect of their exterior width are built in, that there is no space for a further built-in household appliance in the remaining recess space and a first household built-in appliance configured as claimed in claim 1 is built into the remaining recess space.

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 Oct 23, 2014
From: GÖRZ, ALEXANDER
To: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
Reel/Frame 034017/0053 →