Cleaning device and method for operating a cleaning device

US12004699B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MIELE & CIE. KG · DE

Inventors

• Andre Bertram · Bielefeld, DE
• Tobias Dahms · Lüneburg, DE
• Ralph Steinmeier · Herford, DE
• Andreas Nierling · Melle, DE
• Eugen Sgurski · Lage, DE
• Martin Dettmer · Hagen, DE
• Michael Reilmann · Bielefeld, DE
• Andre Kornfeld · Rheda-Wiedenbrück, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 18, 2018
• Grant date: Jun 11, 2024
• Expiry date: Jan 4, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02B40/00
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A cleaning device, in particular a dishwasher, includes: a cleaning container having a cleaning chamber and accommodating cleaning material to be cleaned; a heat pump device which has an evaporator arranged inside a heat storage medium tank; and an intermediate storage positioned above the heat storage medium tank, the intermediate storage receiving liquid heat storage medium displaced from the heat storage medium tank.