Platform for a Dish Washing Machine

• US 20090102336A1
• Filed: 08/10/2006
• Published: 04/23/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/19/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH (Robert Bosch GmbH)
• Original Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerã¤Te GmbH (Robert Bosch GmbH)
• Inventors: Haltmayer, Werner, Rosenbauer, Michael Georg, Schessl, Bernd, Kuecuek, Cengiz, Seessle, Manfred, Buehlmeyer, Alexander
• Granted Patent: US 8,757,740 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 312/228
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 15/4246 Details of the tub A47L15/4272 takes precedence; insulation arrangements A47L15/4209
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 15/4272 Supporting arrangements for the tub
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49826 Assembling or joining

Abstract

A dish washing machine includes a tub, which is open at the front and at the bottom, is at least partially made of non-rusting metal and which has walls, a separate housing, and a mounting floor at least partially made of plastic. The tub is placed on the mounting floor to form a washing compartment, and the washing compartment wall is formed from the mounting floor. According to the invention, the visible surface inside the washing compartment of the washing compartment wall formed by the mounting floor has, at least in part, a different appearance than that of the plastic of the remaining mounting floor. The different appearance is obtained by an insert made of stainless steel on the mounting floor. A stainless steel surface that, to the user, appears highly effective can thus be obtained in the entire interior of the washing container even in the case of a platform for a dish washing machine having a tub made of stainless steel that is placed on a plastic mounting floor.

Claims

1-37. -37. (canceled)

38. A dishwasher, comprising:

a tub open at a front and at a bottom and including a non-rusting metal, with walls;

a mounting floor including a plastic, a washing compartment lower wall formed by the mounting floor in an interior of a washing compartment, the washing compartment lower wall having a different appearance from the plastic of the mounting floor.

39. The dishwasher of claim 38, wherein the washing compartment lower wall has a visible surface with a non-rusting metal appearance.

40. The dishwasher of claim 38, wherein a visible surface of the washing compartment lower wall differs in a color than a color of the rest of the mounting floor.

41. The dishwasher of claim 38, wherein a visible surface of the washing compartment lower wall has one of a honeycomb, a circle-pattern, a corrugated, and a rectangle-pattern surface.

42. The dishwasher of claim 38, wherein a visible surface of the washing compartment lower wall includes a stainless steel foil.

43. The dishwasher of claim 38, wherein a visible surface of the washing compartment lower wall includes a stainless steel sheet

44. The dishwasher of claim 38, wherein a visible surface of the washing compartment lower wall includes an insert with one of a non-rusting metal sheet.

45. The dishwasher of claim 44, further including one of a seal and a distance piece between the insert and the washing compartment lower wall.

46. The dishwasher of claim 38, wherein a visible surface of the washing compartment lower wall includes one of a non-rusting metal sheet and a non-rusting metal insert that is sealed from a plastic of the washing compartment lower wall by one of a gluing point, a gluing area, and a gapless back molded connection.

47. The dishwasher of claim 46, wherein the insert is connected to the plastic of the washing compartment lower wall by a latch.

48. The dishwasher of claim 46, wherein the plastic of the washing compartment lower wall defines an opening.

49. The dishwasher of claim 42, wherein a visible surface of the washing compartment lower wall includes one of a metal sheet, an insert, and a geometrically identical part that includes a material other than metal and is a different color from a plastic of the rest of the mounting floor.

50. The dishwasher of claim 42, wherein the mounting floor is a static self-supporting floor.

51. The dishwasher of claim 38, wherein a visible surface of the washing compartment lower wall includes two of a metal foil, a metal sheet, and an insert that are combined with each other.

52. The dishwasher of claim 38, wherein the tub is a non-rusting metal and is not a portion of a plastic housing.

53. The dishwasher of claim 38, further including a housing that is apart from one of the tub and the mounting floor.

54. The dishwasher of claim 53, wherein the housing is an independent component from the tub.

55. A method for producing a dishwasher, the method comprising:

providing a tub open at a front and at a bottom and including a non-rusting metal, with walls; and

providing a mounting floor including a plastic that forms a washing compartment lower wall formed in an interior of a washing compartment, the washing compartment lower wall having a different appearance from the plastic of the mounting floor.

56. The method of claim 55, wherein a visible surface of the washing compartment lower wall includes a material that is different than a plastic of the rest of the mounting floor.

57. The method of claim 55, wherein a visible surface of the washing compartment lower wall includes a non-rusting metal and a surface structure of one of a honeycomb, a circle, a corrugated, and a rectangle surface pattern.