DE9015938U1 - Household dishwasher with cutlery holders - Google Patents

Description

for cutlery

This innovation relates to a household dishwasher with a washing container in which at least one upper basket and at least one lower basket are accommodated for holding the dishes to be cleaned, below which rotating spray arms are arranged.

As is known, the lower basket, which is normally subject to more intensive cleaning, also carries at least one removable small basket suitable for holding normal-sized cutlery (e.g. forks, knives, spoons) and small-sized cutlery (e.g. tea and coffee spoons and cake cutlery).

Normally, as described for example in Italian Patent Specification No. 1 078 236, the cutlery basket is designed with several compartments arranged next to one another, in which the cutlery is placed essentially vertically.

Deutsche Bank, Herne (bank code 430 700 61) Account number: 6 I45 fj10 ■ Bayer. Vereinsbunk München (bank code 700 202 70) Account number: 46 505 999

Postal check Munich [bank code 7CO 100 30) Account number: 227 682 - 805

The cutlery with small dimensions determines the structure of the basket, which must be sufficiently and undesirably small (to
to be able to easily grasp the small cutlery) and must have a fine-meshed bottom to prevent the thinner cutlery from slipping out, even partially.

The fine-mesh bottom reduces the cleaning effect of the water jets and has a negative effect on the drying process of this cutlery, with the result that the cleaning of the cutlery - which is notoriously difficult to clean - is not always satisfactory.

Furthermore, the dishwasher proves to be inconvenient to use if the user, for example, loads teacups with their respective spoons. In this case, the cups (which are easier to clean and more fragile) are placed on the shelves provided for them in the upper basket (which is subject to less intensive cleaning), while the spoons (or similar) are placed in the cutlery basket attached to the lower basket.

The whole process proves to be inconvenient for the user, as he has to pull both baskets out of the dishwasher and push them back in again one after the other.

The aim of this innovation is to create a domestic dishwasher with means for accommodating cutlery of different sizes in such a way that it is particularly convenient to use and at the same time ensures a satisfactory degree of cleaning and drying of this cutlery.

This object is achieved according to the invention by a household dishwasher with means for holding the cutlery, which has the features of the appended claims.

The features and advantages of the innovation are explained in more detail in the following purely exemplary and non-limiting description with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which

Fig. 1 shows the dishwasher according to the innovation with the loading door open, schematically in section from the side,

Fig. 2 schematically shows a perspective view of an enlarged detail of the dishwasher of Fig. 1 according to a preferred embodiment.

Referring to Figure 1, the dishwasher basically consists of a washing container 3 which is accessible through a loading door 4.

At least one upper basket 5 and at least one lower basket 6 are stored in the washing container 3, below which rotating spray arms 7, 8 are provided for cleaning the dishes. The latter is suitable for being separated from the baskets

5 and 6, which can be pulled out in a known manner and are subjected to a cleaning process of varying intensity by the respective spray arms. In particular, the lower basket 6 is suitable for holding particularly dirty dishes and is therefore subjected to a more intensive cleaning process than the upper basket 5 with the help of a suitable dimensioning of the water circuit of the dishwasher.

Also in a known manner, on the lower basket

6 a basket container 9 is removably attached, which is suitable for holding cutlery 11 of normal dimensions, such as spoons, forks, knives, etc. The shape of the basket 9 is essentially the conventional one, for example with several adjacent compartments for the cutlery. According to a feature of the innovation, however, the side walls 10 of these compartments have

preferably a greater height than the conventional solutions, for example approximately the same height as the standard length of the cutlery 11 with normal dimensions.

This allows the cutlery 11 to be advantageously held in an almost vertical position, which promotes the dripping of this cutlery, on which hardly any limescale deposits form.

Furthermore, the bottom of the basket 9 consists of a grid or the like with preferably large meshes that are at least as large as the minimum width of the cutlery 11 with normal dimensions. This enables better cleaning and more effective drying of the cutlery 11 with normal dimensions than with conventional solutions.

According to another feature of the innovation, the cutlery

12 with small dimensions, such as cake forks and cake knives, teaspoons and coffee spoons, on other holding devices

13, which are provided - fixed or removable - in the area of the upper basket 5. These receiving means 13 can consist of at least one basket container with suitable dimensions analogous to basket 9, but are preferably formed in a manner known per se by a frame which is designed in the form of a comb or as shown in Fig. 2.

In Fig. 2, the receiving means 13 consist in principle of at least one plate 14 supported horizontally or at an inclination on the upper basket 5. In a manner known per se, the plate 14 has a plurality of slots 15 suitably sized to insert the handle of the cutlery 12 of small dimensions, which then remains in a suspended position as shown in Fig. 2.

In any case, it is clear that if the user places tea or coffee cups or the like together with the respective

If the user has to load small-sized cutlery into the new dishwasher, this task turns out to be particularly simple and convenient, since these items can all be accommodated in the one upper basket 5. It should be noted that the lower cleaning intensity to which the upper basket 5 is subjected has no negative effect in practice on the cutlery 12, since, by its nature, it is soiled with easily washable foodstuffs.

Of course, the dishwasher described can undergo numerous modifications within the framework of this innovation. For example, if the upper basket 5 is subjected to a more intensive cleaning than the lower basket 6, the former will accommodate the basket 9 and the latter will accommodate the plate 14.

Claims (4)

EXPECTATIONS 1. Domestic dishwasher with means for holding cutlery of larger and smaller dimensions, consisting of a washing tank in which at least a first basket and at least a second basket for holding the dishes are housed, each of which is associated with spray arms in order to clean the dishes with different intensities, characterized, that said receiving means consists of at least one first container (13) which is arranged in the region of said first basket (5) and is suitable for receiving the cutlery (12) of small dimensions, and a second container (9) which is arranged in the area of said second basket (6) and is suitable for receiving the cutlery (11) with large dimensions. 2. Domestic dishwasher according to claim 1, characterized in that said second container (9) has a bottom consisting of a grid or the like, the meshes of which are substantially equal to the minimum width of said large-sized cutlery (11). 3. Domestic dishwasher according to claim 1, characterized in that said second container (9) has a multiplicity of compartments, the side walls (10) of which have a height substantially equal to the minimum length of said large-sized cutlery (11). 4. Domestic dishwasher according to claim 1, characterized in that said first container (13) has at least one plate (14) provided with a plurality of of columns (15) in which said cutlery (12) of small dimensions can be hung.