Flowmeter for a domestic appliance, in particular a dishwasher

• Main Authors: OBLINGER, ANTON, JERG, HELMUT
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 19.06.2013
• Subjects: COFFEE MILLS; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FURNITURE; HUMAN NECESSITIES; LAUNDERING; LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILEARTICLES; MEASURING; MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUIDLEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME; PHYSICS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL; TESTING; TEXTILES; TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE

The appliance (1) has a vane wheel for flow measurement, and a first shell (3) and a second shell forming a common chamber (6) in which the vane wheel is directly accommodated. Inlet- and/or outlet passages (7, 8) are fluid-conductively connected with the chamber. The inlet- and/or outlet passages have a first portion (11) whose cross-section wall (13) is formed by both the shells, and a second portion (12) whose cross-section wall (21) is formed by only one of the two shells. The first shell comprising the second portion is manufactured by an injection molding process. An independent claim is also included for a method for manufacturing a household appliance. Durchflussmesser für ein Haushaltsgerät (1), insbesondere Geschirrspülmaschine, mit einem Flügelrad (5) zur Durchflussmessung, zwei Schalen (3, 4), welche gemeinsam eine Kammer (6) bilden, in der das Flügelrad (5) direkt aufgenommen ist, und einem Einlass- und Auslasskanal (7, 8), welche jeweils mit der Kammer (6) fluidleitend verbunden sind, wobei der Einlass- und/oder Auslasskanal (7, 8) einen ersten Abschnitt (11), dessen Querschnittswandung (13) von beiden Schalen (3, 4) gebildet ist, und einen zweiten Abschnitt (12) aufweist, dessen Querschnittswandung (21) von nur einer der beiden Schalen (3, 4) gebildet ist.