Water-conducting domestic appliance comprising a detergent dosing system and cartridge therefor

• US 8,381,744 B2
• Filed: 08/29/2007
• Issued: 02/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH (Robert Bosch GmbH)
• Original Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerã¤Te GmbH (Robert Bosch GmbH)
• Inventors: Classen, Egbert, Jerg, Helmut
• Primary Examiner(s): Markoff, Alexander
• Application Number:
  US12/311,093
• Publication Number:
  US 20100108105A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,008 Days
• Field of Search: 134/25.2, 134/57.D, 134/58.D, 134/56.D, 134/99.2, 134/100.1, 222/81, 68/17.R, 682/07.R
• US Class Current: 134/99.2
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 15/4454 with automatic identification means, e.g. barcodes, RFID tags or magnetic strips
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 15/4463 Multi-dose dispensing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 15/4472 Blister packaging or refill cartridges
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 45/1704 the fluid being introduced into the interior of the injected material which is still in a molten state, e.g. for producing hollow articles B29C45/1732 and B29C45/1734 take precedence; injection blow-moulding B29C49/06

Abstract

A water-conducting domestic appliance, in particular a domestic dishwasher, the water-conducting domestic appliance including a washing compartment for receiving items therein that are to be subjected to a handling process by the water-conducting domestic appliance; and a detergent dosing system, the detergent dosing system having a detergent dispenser with a receiving compartment, the receiving compartment for receiving at least one cartridge that is configured to hold at least one detergent. The detergent dosing system is formed from a plurality of housing walls and at least one portion of at least one housing wall of the detergent dosing system has thermal insulation.

Claims

1. A water-conducting domestic appliance comprising:

a washing compartment; and

a detergent dosing system, the detergent dosing system having a detergent dispenser with a lid and a receiving compartment, the receiving compartment for receiving at least one cartridge that is configured to hold at least one detergent, and wherein the lid includes at least one holding device formed on the lid and configured to hold and fix the at least one cartridge in a predetermined position on the lid in each of an open and closed position, the detergent dosing system being formed from a plurality of housing walls and at least one portion of at least one housing wall of the detergent dosing system having thermal insulation.

2. The water-conducting domestic appliance according to claim 1, further wherein the holding device includes at least two L-shaped holding clips.

3. The water-conducting domestic appliance according to claim 1 wherein at least one outlet is formed on the detergent dispenser.

4. The water-conducting domestic appliance according to claim 3 wherein the at least one outlet is arranged on a housing section of the detergent dispenser which is disposed below the receiving compartment in the direction of a gravitational pull.

5. The water-conducting domestic appliance according to claim 3 wherein the at least one outlet is equal in number to the at least one detergent held in the at least one cartridge.

6. The water-conducting domestic appliance according to claim 5 and further comprising a plurality of dosing chambers equal in number to the at least one outlet.

7. The water-conducting domestic appliance according to claim 6 wherein at least one outlet of the detergent dosing system ends in one of the dosing chambers.

8. The water-conducting domestic appliance according to claim 1 and further comprising a conveying device for conveying at least one detergent out of the at least one cartridge.

9. The water-conducting domestic appliance according to claim 8 wherein the conveying device is disposed in a dosing chamber.

10. The water-conducting domestic appliance according to claim 1 and further comprising at least one pump for dosing the at least one detergent.

11. The water-conducting domestic appliance according to claim 1 wherein the at least one detergent is delivered by gravity through an openable closure.

12. The water-conducting domestic appliance according to claim 11 wherein the openable closure is configured substantially at the bottom of the detergent dispenser for delivery of the at least one detergent.

14. The water-conducting domestic appliance according to claim 1 wherein the detergent dosing system is disposed in a side wall of a washing compartment of the water-conducting domestic appliance.

15. The water-conducting domestic appliance according to claim 1 wherein the detergent dosing system is disposed between a top rack and a bottom rack of the water-conducting domestic appliance.

16. The water-conducting domestic appliance according to claim 1 wherein the detergent dosing system is pivotably disposed on a door of the water-conducting domestic appliance.

17. The water-conducting domestic appliance according to claim 16 wherein the detergent dosing system is configured on the door such that the detergent dispenser is fitted with a cartridge from an end face of the door.

18. The water-conducting domestic appliance according to claim 17 wherein the detergent dispenser is fitted in at least one of a region of an inner side of the door and in a region of a cover of the door.

19. The water-conducting domestic appliance of claim 1, further comprising a supporting surface configured to support the at least one cartridge in an inserted position against the lid when the lid is in either of an open or closed position.

13. The water-conducting domestic appliance according to 1 wherein the detergent dosing system includes at least one additional chamber for a solid detergent.