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Refrigeration appliance comprising a water supply connection

US9863678B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

BSH Hausgeräte GmbH · DE

Inventors

Elmar Faehnle · Langenau, DE
Eugen Gaplikow · Bubesheim, DE
Hans Gerd Keller · Sundern, DE
Michael Krapp · Nattheim, DE
Karl-Friedrich Laible · Langenau, DE
Vitaliy Rimkevich · Giengen an der Brenz, DE
Hans Peter Werner · Giengen an der Brenz, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 16, 2014
Grant date	Jan 9, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 1, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF25C2500/06
WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A refrigeration appliance has a supply pipe for connecting the refrigeration appliance to a water supply connection and has a controllable safety valve in the supply pipe of the refrigeration appliance for shutting off the water supply connection. The refrigeration appliance further contains a leak detection device for detecting a leak in a water circuit, which leak detection device contains a micro-switch for interrupting a current supply to the safety valve when a leak is detected.

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