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Lifting device and water-bearing domestic appliance

US10226161B2 · kind B2 · utility

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30Claims

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Assignees

BSH Home Appliances Corporation · US
BSH Hausgeräte GmbH · DE

Inventors

Norbert Gerstner · Bolheim, DE
Marco Gleixner · Giengen an der Brenz, DE
Franz Kiechle · Coburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 17, 2014
Grant date	Mar 12, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 11, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA47L15/506
WIPO fieldFurniture, games
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A lifting device for a holder for items to be washed of a water-bearing domestic appliance includes a driving apparatus configured to generate a supporting force to assist a manual movement of the holder into a washing container of the water-bearing domestic appliance as the holder is lowered and to generate a supporting force to assist a manual movement of the holder out of the washing container as the holder is raised. The driving apparatus is activated by a control apparatus so as to generate the supporting force during the manual movement of the holder.

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