Housing part of a domestic appliance

• US 20050079739A1
• Filed: 10/01/2004
• Published: 04/14/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Diehl AKO Stiftung & Company KG
• Original Assignee: Diehl AKO Stiftung & Company KG
• Inventors: Illerhaus, Edmund
• Application Number:
  US10/956,676
• Publication Number:
  US 20050079739A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 439/33
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 15/4209 Insulation arrangements, e.g. for sound damping or heat insulation
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 39/12 Casings; Tubs
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 23/02 Doors; Covers F25D23/08 takes precedence locks or fastenings E05B65/0042

Abstract

A housing part for a domestic appliance, preferably a dishwasher, a refrigerator, a freezer, a washing machine or a laundry dryer is uniquely constructed. The housing part has a load-bearing component part formed of an expanded thermosetting plastic, in particular of polyurethane integral foam. In particular, the housing part forms a door or a cover of a domestic appliance.

Claims

1. A housing part of a domestic appliance, comprising:

a load-bearing component part formed of an expanded thermosetting plastic.

2. The housing part according to claim 1, wherein said load-bearing component part being part of a door or a cover of the domestic appliance.

3. The housing part according to claim 1, further comprising:

a lock;

hinges; and

elements for connecting, fastening, and/or reinforcing, said lock, said hinges and said elements are at least partly enclosed in said expanded thermosetting plastic.

4. The housing part according to claim 1, wherein said load-bearing component part has at least one of screw threads, cable ducts, air tubes, condensed-water tubes and moldings for fastening further component parts, formed therein.

5. The housing part according to claim 1, further comprising elements selected from the group consisting of operating elements, indicating elements and controlling elements, said elements are one of attached to said load-bearing plastic part, fully enclosed in said load-bearing plastic part, and partly enclosed in said load-bearing plastic part.

6. The housing part according to claim 5, wherein said operating element is formed by a membrane keyboard, said indicating element is selected from the group consisting of displays and light-emitting diodes, and said controlling element is an encapsulated control electronic unit.

7. The housing part according to claim 1, further comprising at least one further component part attached to said load-bearing component part for forming the housing part.

8. The housing part according to claim 7, wherein said further component part is a plastic shell.

9. The housing part according to claim 8, wherein said plastic shell is formed of a thermoplastic material.

10. The housing part according to claim 7, wherein said further component part is a metal shell.

11. The housing part according to claim 10, wherein said metal shell is formed from stainless steel.

12. The housing part according to claim 10, wherein said expanded thermosetting plastic is polyurethane foam.

13. The housing part according to claim 10, wherein the domestic appliance is selected from the group consisting of a dishwasher, a refrigerator, a freezer, a washing machine and a laundry dryer.

14. A housing for a domestic appliance, comprising:

a housing part having a load-bearing component part formed of an expanded thermosetting plastic.

15. A domestic appliance, comprising:

a housing having a housing part with a load-bearing component part formed of an expanded thermosetting plastic.