US 12,144,482 B2
Domestic dishwasher
Norbert Gerstner, Herbrechtingen (DE); Thomas Steck, Holzheim (DE); and Mario Maza, Saragossa (ES)
Assigned to BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 17/763,242
Filed by BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Sep. 23, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/076519
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 24, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/069212, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 15, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 102019215312.7 (DE), filed on Oct. 7, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0338709 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. A47L 15/50 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 15/506 (2013.01) [A47L 2401/34 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A household dishwasher, comprising:
a holder for items to be washed for holding items to be washed; and
a lifting device for raising the holder for items to be washed from a starting position to an end position and for lowering the holder for items to be washed from the end position to the starting position, said lifting device comprising:
a spring element, which assists the raising and lowering of the holder for items to be washed using an assisting force; and
a spring bias adjusting unit, which tailors the assisting force to a loading state of the holder for items to be washed by adjusting a spring bias, wherein the spring bias adjusting unit comprises a stepper motor as a setting element to adjust the spring bias of the spring element.