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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D532507 | Updraft hood for a cooking appliance | 11/21/2006 |
| 7134581 | Apparatus for smoothing shirts A device for ironing items of clothing having sleeves, especially, shirts and blouses, by an ironing dummy includes an inflatable bag placed inside the item of clothing when ironing and reaching into the cuffs of the clothing item. To be better able to smooth out th... | 11/14/2006 |
| D530970 | Toaster | 10/31/2006 |
| D530868 | Shirt pressing apparatus | 10/24/2006 |
| D530867 | Shirt pressing apparatus | 10/24/2006 |
| D530727 | Cooling unit | 10/24/2006 |
| D530466 | Vacuum cleaner | 10/17/2006 |
| D529935 | Cooling unit | 10/10/2006 |
| D529934 | Cooling unit | 10/10/2006 |
| D529759 | Food processor | 10/10/2006 |
| 7118607 | Filter stop for a vacuum cleaner A filter stop for a vacuum cleaner contains a dust chamber that is closable with a lid and receives a dust bag with a reinforcement plate in a specific fitting position. The filter stop has a base plate that is movable between two stopping positions parallel to the ... | 10/10/2006 |
| D528717 | Vacuum cleaner | 09/19/2006 |
| 7107785 | Refrigerator with cooling air circulation A refrigerating appliance includes a heat insulating housing and an inner chamber that is cooled by the circulation of cooling air. A hollow body extends in the inner chamber, defining a flow channel for the cooling air. Carriers for goods to be cooled are disposed ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7108217 | Device for storing a cable A device for storing a cable, especially an electric cable in a cable drum of a vacuum cleaner. The device including a pendulous body with rollers mounted on an axle and a supply space. The supply space has the rollers arranged on the entry side to guide the cable t... | 09/19/2006 |
| D527943 | Food processor | 09/12/2006 |
| 7104188 | Fruit press A fruit press containing a centrally arranged element projecting upward from a base to a tip. The element base has an outer annular surface for the pressing of fruit. The annular surface having ridges on the outer surface that run from the base to the tip. The outer... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7100390 | Condenser-evaporator shell configuration for a refrigerating device An evaporator shell is mounted on the half-shell of a condenser housing. The evaporator shell is retained with the aid of retaining claws that engage from the rear with catching flanks formed on the upper half-shell. ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7101148 | Device for use in a blower configuration A device for application in a fan configuration is configured, in particular, to be directly driven by an electric motor. In the fan configuration, a centrifugal fan wheel is mounted to rotate in unison with a drive shaft. The centrifugal fan wheel, for producing a ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7096682 | Refrigeration device and operating method for a refrigeration device A refrigeration device and method of operation, including at least two separate temperature zones, each having a set temperature range. Both zones are cooled by a separate evaporator with both of the evaporators arranged in a common coolant circuit having operationa... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7096902 | Vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner includes a housing and at least one running roller operatively connected to the housing. The roller has a hub, a running ring, a wall connecting the running ring and the hub. The wall has two side surfaces and a curved cross-section between the runn... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7093614 | Solenoid valve for a coolant circuit A solenoid valve for a coolant circuit including a valve body having at least one inlet and at least one outlet for the coolant. A valve member is displaceable in the interior of the valve body between two switching positions for the solenoid valve. At least one out... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7093453 | Refrigerator with cold air circulation A refrigerating appliance has a heat-insulating housing, at least one door, and an interior cooling chamber enclosed by the housing and the door. The chamber is cooled by the circulation of cooling air. A flow channel for the cooling air is mounted at the door. The ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7093462 | Multi-way valve and refrigerating machine with multi-way valve A multi-way valve, particularly for a refrigerant circuit, includes a housing having a number of inlets and outlets and a chamber with a number of seats respectively associated with an inlet or outlet. The multi-way valve also includes a closing element that can mov... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7090100 | Inflatable body for pressing shirt-like items of clothing, and apparatus for pressing items of clothing with such an inflatable body Shirt-like garments can be stretched from the inside and pressed with an inflatable body that has a trunk part and two sleeve segments by inflating the inflatable body. Since the sleeves of the garments have different cross sections, deformation of the trunk section... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7089851 | Juicer A fruit juicer includes an additional switch that determines the speed at which the fruit juicer, i.e., the element that receives the fruit to be squeezed out, revolves. A button, disposed on the outer wall of the housing, actuates a microcontroller such that more p... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7089768 | Washing machine with conveyor device A cabinet-shaped washing machine includes a conveyor belt to move laundry goods in circulation, with the laundry goods passing through various successive steps of the laundry cycle. Following the actual washing process, a downstream pre-dehumidification as well as a... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7091419 | Electrical plug connector An electrical plug connector containing at least two contact partners which can be linked together in an overlap region to establish an electrical contact between them. At least one of the contact partners includes an electrically conductive material that converts t... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7082777 | Built-in electrical appliance for installing behind a unit-facing panel A built-in electrical appliance for installing behind a unit-facing panel includes a pivotable front flap for fastening the unit-facing panel and a handle that can be fitted on the unit-facing panel for pivoting the front flap. At least one display element for displ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7082793 | Drum-type washing machine having a laundry drum which can be loaded from the front A cylinder washing machine includes a front-loading cylinder, the shell of which is provided with holes and is surrounded by a container. The cylinder washing machine includes a cycle for spin-drying the laundry contained in the cylinder. To prevent water that has a... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7083072 | Inflatable body for pressing items of clothing, and apparatus for pressing items of clothing with the inflatable body Items of clothing are smoothed by pulling them taut from within by way of an inflatable body that is detachably linked with a base that has a fan for inflating the inflatable body. In order to releasably fasten the inflatable body, the base has second fastening devi... | 08/01/2006 |
| D525753 | Dryer door having see-through portion | 07/25/2006 |
| 7076832 | Vacuum cleaner with pivotal fixture for dust bag reinforcing plate in a dust bag compartment A vacuum cleaner includes a dust collection compartment inside of which a dust bag with a reinforcing plate, which has a clip connected to the underside thereof, can be placed. The clip tapers toward the bottom in the shape of a funnel or trapezoid and is suited for... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7076975 | Drive apparatus for a washing machine In a washing machine with a drive apparatus and a suds container on whose rear wall the drive apparatus is disposed, an isolation layer is provided between stator cores of the motor and a stator supporting part or a supporting element to suppress discharge currents ... | 07/18/2006 |
| D524601 | Grate for gas cooking appliance | 07/11/2006 |
| 7073345 | Refrigerator having a heatable interior space A refrigeration device has an interior that is surrounded by a thermally insulating housing and provided with a heating device for heating the interior. The housing contains an inner chamber and a thermal insulation layer that surrounds the chamber. The inner chambe... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7070073 | Pressing dummy with stiffening device at the sleeve end A method and a device for ironing items of clothing with sleeves, especially, shirts and blouses, by a form finisher include an inflatable bag placed inside the item of clothing when it is being ironed. The inflatable bag extends to the sleeves of the item of clothi... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7069924 | Raised-level built-in cooking appliance A raised-level built-in cooking appliance, such as a wall-mounted oven, has a housing with a cooking chamber that is downwardly open. A floor chamber opening is selectively closed by a lowerable trapdoor. A door guide enables the bottom door to be lowered along a li... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7059003 | Programmable household appliance with a display device The invention allows a user of a program-controlled household appliance to obtain comprehensive information concerning different working process parameters by having the appliance include a display device for acoustic signals or optical characters and a memory area ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7047666 | Clothes dryer and method for utilizing an ultrasound atomizer A clothes dryer includes at least one clothes drum for receiving textiles and at least one ultrasound atomizer disposed in the dryer for generating an aerosol from a liquid. The invention further relates to a method for introducing an aerosol into the clothes drum o... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7040490 | Filter A filter having filter openings, which openings vary in cross-section automatically in accordance with an inherent variable of the medium passing there through. The openings can vary in response to the heat of the medium passing through the openings. The openings ca... | 05/09/2006 |
