BSH Home Appliances Corporation

A pivotable ice bin guard device for preventing ice cubes from being inadvertently ejected from the back of an ice storage bin of a refrigeration appliance, such as over a rear wall of the ice storage bin. The ice maker guard device can include at least one hanger component that is mountable to the refrigeration appliance, such as in a freezer space thereof. A guard component is pivotably coupled to the at least one hanger component so as to be suspended from the hanger component above the ice storage bin. The guard component can also be located to engage the rear wall or other portion of the ice storage bin when the ice storage bin is in an extended position relative to the refrigeration appliance.

A bottom dampener can be provided for a can rack system. The bottom dampener can dampen forces exerted on a bottom of the can rack system by cans inserted into the can rack system. The bottom dampener can include a curved pad, which can fit into a bottom flap of the can rack system. The curved pad can be used for dampening a force exerted by a can on the bottom flap. The bottom dampener can also include one or more tabs. Each of the tabs can fit into a hole along the bottom flap to removably couple the bottom dampener to the can rack system.

A modular steam production system for a home cooking appliance, and a home cooking appliance having a modular steam production system, are provided. The modular steam production system includes a steam generating unit having a heating element for generating steam from water, a water reservoir for storing a quantity of the water and being fluidly coupled to the steam generating unit, a controlled water release system including a valve movable between a closed position and an open position to control a release of the water from the water reservoir into the steam generating unit and thereby controlling a volume of steam generated by the steam generating unit, and a mechanical connection configured to engage a corresponding mechanical connection on the home cooking appliance to provide motive power to the controlled water release system to actuate an opening and closing of the valve.

An oven is disclosed, including a mounted imaging system disposed in a compartment configured to be accessed by way of one or more removable covers (e.g., a top panel, an inner removable service cover, and/or an outer removable service cover). The mounted imaging system is configured to illuminate an interior of a cooking cavity and/or provide an image and/or video of the interior of the cooking cavity. The compartment provides targeted cooling to components of the mounted imaging system due to an airflow pathway set up by one or more baffles or wall structures. The airflow pathway is disposed relative to a fan of the oven such that the system is configured to pull ambient air from a side of the oven into the oven via a plurality of cooling vents.

A refrigerator includes a fresh food compartment defined by a top wall, a bottom wall, a rear wall, two side walls, and at least one door; a light module having a housing and being disposed in or on at least the rear wall or one of the two side walls of the fresh food compartment; and a water dispenser located in the housing of the light module, the water dispenser being accessible from inside the fresh food compartment.

A can rack system for a refrigeration appliance can be provided for receiving, storing, and dispensing cans. The can rack system can include a compartment for storing cans. The can rack system can also include a top cover defining a top side of the compartment. Additionally, a first bottom flap and a second bottom flap can define a bottom side of the compartment. The first bottom flap can be positioned parallel to and a first distance from the second flap to produce a bottom gap in the bottom side of the compartment. Moreover, a first front flap and a second front flap can define a front side of the compartment. The first front flap can be positioned parallel to and a second distance from the second front flap to produce a front gap in the front side of the compartment.

An appliance management system for facilitating the dispersal of parts of a chore among users may include an appliance configured to be controlled at least partially automatically according to a routine created by a primary user, who will be away from the appliance (e.g., out of the house) during at least part of the time the routine is being carried out. The routine includes at least one task to be performed by a secondary user, who is in the same general location as the appliance. The task comprises at least one action that cannot practically be performed remotely. Remote control of the appliance is assigned to the primary user in response to the task being completed. Accordingly, the secondary user performs a task that the remote primary user cannot practically perform, but has little or no input into other parts of the chore.

A front loading can rack system for a refrigeration appliance can be provided for receiving, storing, and dispensing canned items. The front loading can rack system can include a top cover, which can be coupled with at least two walls of the front loading can rack system. The front loading can rack system can also include compartments for storing cans. Additionally, the front loading can rack system can include a first set of front openings positioned directly below the top cover for receiving cans and a second set of front openings positioned at bottoms of the compartments for dispensing cans. Moreover, the front loading can rack system can include hook mechanisms, which can be positioned on one or more back walls of the compartments. The hook mechanisms can couple the front loading can rack system to the refrigeration appliance by attaching to bolts of the refrigeration appliance.

A discrete zone energy transmission system is provided. The system includes an object treatment area, an array of energy transmission elements configured to direct energy toward predetermined zones in the treatment area, a sensor configured to detect a presence and a location of an object in the treatment area, and a controller in communication with the array of energy transmission elements and the sensor. The controller is configured to receive presence and location data from the sensor, assign the data to the predetermined zones, and control an operation of the array of energy transmission elements to selectively radiate energy from the array of energy transmission elements only toward a select number of zones in the object treatment area based on the presence and location data, thereby selectively radiating the energy from the array of energy transmission elements only toward the object in the treatment area.

A domestic kitchen appliance includes: a housing; a first cooking chamber located in the housing; a second cooking chamber location in the housing; a heater configured to provide heat to one or both of the first cooking chamber and the second cooking chamber; a first door pivotably attached to the housing and configured to provide access to the first cooking chamber, the first door having an engagement member; and a second door pivotably attached to the housing and configured to provide access to the second cooking chamber, the second door having a receiver. The receiver is configured to receive the engagement member.