| EMZ-HANAUER GMBH & CO. KGAA Patent applications |
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| 20120120667 | Light emitting device for a drum of a household appliance - A household appliance light emitting device has a light diode that emits a light beam having a cross-section area and a light deflection device through which the light beam travels and that deflects the entering light beam such that the light beam exits asymmetrically to the optical axis of the household appliance light emitting device from the light deflection device. The light deflection device is designed integrally with a housing where the light diode is arranged. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120119522 | Door latch for an electrical household appliance - A door latch for an electrical household appliance includes a closing spring arrangement which is tensioned in an open position of the door latch and relaxes upon closing of the door, and a gripping unit which grips a closing element upon closing of the door and releases it again upon opening of the door. The gripping unit in the open position of the door latch is in blocking engagement with a blocking element owing to the force of the closing spring arrangement. The closing element upon the closing of the door causes a rotary movement of the gripping unit about an axis of rotation where the gripping unit comes out of blocking engagement with the blocking element enabling a relaxation of the closing spring arrangement. The force of the relaxing closing spring arrangement causes a subsequent pull-shut movement of the gripping unit. The gripping unit has a base body bearing at least one supporting projection, projecting coaxially with respect to the axis of rotation, for supporting the gripping unit. The closing spring arrangement has a spring active axis which intersects the supporting projection. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120113427 | OPTICAL SENSOR FOR MOUNTING TO A WASHING MACHINE OR DISH WASHER - An optical sensor ( | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120001099 | Optical sensor for use in a domestic washing machine or dishwasher - An optical sensor for use in a washing machine or dishwasher comprises a housing, a light-emitting element, a light-receiving element and a light-conducting structure, which is made from a transparent material, having a light entry point, a first reflection surface, a second reflection surface and a light exit point. The light-emitting element, the light-receiving element and the light-conducting structure define a light measurement path that runs, in this sequence, from the light-emitting element, via the light entry point, the first reflection surface, the second reflection surface and the light exit point, to the light-receiving element. In this case, on a section located between the first and the second reflection surface, the light measurement path runs outside the housing. The light that reaches the light-receiving element, along the light measurement path, from the light-emitting element undergoes total reflection on the first reflection surface and on the second reflection surface. According to an aspect of the invention, at each point on the section of the light measurement path that runs outside the housing, a light beam that runs from the first reflection surface to the second reflection surface has a cross-sectional area of not less than 0.9 mm | 01-05-2012 |
| 20110138953 | COMBINATION TRANSMISSION SELECTOR AND SPEED SENSOR - A combination module for an appliance includes a transmission selector mechanism adapted to selectively operate transmission shift structure of the appliance, and a speed sensor mechanism adapted to sense the operative speed of a motive element of the appliance. In one example, the combination module further includes a single electrical connector adapted to electrically couple the transmission selector mechanism and the speed sensor mechanism to control circuitry of the appliance. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20100162746 | Air-flap device for a refrigerator and/or freezer for equipping a kitchen - An air-flap device for a refrigerator and/or freezer for equipping a kitchen comprises an air flap ( | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100089492 | Ice flap device for a refrigerator - An ice flap device ( | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100032270 | Electrical switch, particularly of microswitch design - The invention relates to an electrical switch ( | 02-11-2010 |
| 20090188273 | Air damper system for domestic cooling and/or freezing - An air flap device ( | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090140754 | Method for determining a property of a fluid for a household device - Method for determining a property of a fluid for a household device, comprising the following steps: measurement of a physical variable of the fluid associated with the property of the fluid, in each case when a first parameter influencing the physical variable has one of at least two predetermined values, in order to obtain at least two measurement values for the said first parameter, and correlation of the at least two measurement values for the first parameter, in order to obtain a first value characterising the property of the fluid. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090072547 | Door-closing device for a domestic electrical applicance - A door-closing device for a domestic electrical appliance comprises a frame ( | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090045213 | Ice dispenser for a refrigerator - The invention relates to an ice dispenser ( | 02-19-2009 |
