(19)
(11) EP 1 925 250 A8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION
Note: Bibliography reflects the latest situation

(15) Correction information:
Corrected version no 1 (W1 A1)

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
07.01.2009 Bulletin 2009/02

(43) Date of publication:
28.05.2008 Bulletin 2008/22

(21) Application number: 06124677.3

(22) Date of filing: 23.11.2006
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A47L 15/46(2006.01)
 A47L 15/50(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL BA HR MK RS

(71) Applicant: Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V.
1930 Zaventem (BE)

(72) Inventors:
  • Gray, Alex
    ERSKINEVILLE, New South Wales 2042 (AU)
  • Bernd, KRISCHE
    13239, SALTSJÖ-BOO (SE)

(74) Representative: Jorio, Paolo et al
STUDIO TORTA Via Viotti 9
10121 Torino
10121 Torino (IT)

   


(54) Dishwasher with an alarm device


(57) A dishwasher (1) having a box-shaped casing (2) having an inner wash chamber (3) communicating externally through an opening (4) formed in one of the lateral walls of the casing (2); and at least one dish rack basket (6) housed inside the wash chamber (3) to house dishes/cutlery within a hold volume (7) bounded by two predetermined boundary planes (A, B); the dishwasher (1) having an alarm device (9) which generates, inside the wash chamber (3), at least one light beam in a direction coplanar with a reference plane (R) lying in one of the predetermined boundary planes (A, B); and the alarm device (9) alerting the user to incorrect positioning of the dishes/cutlery inside the basket (6) when the light beam is interrupted by the dishes/cutlery.