WO2020099121A1

WO2020099121A1 - Frame assembly for inserting a free-standing household appliance into a recess in a wall, and system comprising the frame assembly

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Publication number: WO2020099121A1
Application number: PCT/EP2019/079502
Authority: WO
Inventors: Andreas Enslin; Horst Bachmann; Torsten Meier; Sascha RÖDIGER; Sven Wöhler; Erkan Önder
Original assignee: Miele & Cie. Kg; Grohe Ag
Priority date: 2018-11-13
Filing date: 2019-10-29
Publication date: 2020-05-22
Also published as: EP3880878A1; EP3880878B1; CN113167010A; US20210404106A1; CN113167010B

Abstract

The invention relates to a frame assembly (2) for inserting a free-standing household appliance (3) into a recess (4) in a wall (6), and to a system (1) comprising the frame assembly (2) and a free-standing household appliance (3). In order to improve a visually pleasing combination of a free-standing household appliance (3) and at least one piece of furniture, proposed is, inter alia, a frame assembly (2) for inserting a free-standing household appliance into a recess (4) of a furniture set that is or can be disposed against a wall (6), comprising at least one connection module (22) for connecting the free-standing household appliance (3) to domestic installations, wherein the connection module (22) is designed both to connect at least one connection means (26) of the free-standing household appliance (3) to the connection module (22) and to connect the connection module (22) to the domestic installations.

Description

description

FRAME ARRANGEMENT FOR INSERTING A STANDARD HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE IN A NICHE ON A WALL AND SYSTEM WITH THE FRAME ARRANGEMENT

The invention relates to a frame arrangement for inserting a free-standing household appliance in FIG. 5, a niche on a wall and a system with the frame arrangement.

From the prior art it is known to stand household appliances with furniture such as

for example to combine kitchen furniture. The stand-alone household appliances are set up next to the furniture.

The invention thus presents the problem of an optically pleasing combination of one

10 to improve household appliances with at least one piece of furniture.

According to the invention, this problem is solved by a frame arrangement for inserting a stand-alone household appliance into a niche in a furniture environment arranged or arranged on a wall, with the features of claim 1, according to which the

Frame arrangement at least one connection module for connecting the

i5 freestanding household appliance with a house installation, the connection module to

one for connecting at least one connection means of the stand-alone household appliance to the connection module and the other for connecting the connection module to the

House installation is trained. Furthermore, this problem is solved by a system with the

Features of claim 9 solved, according to which the frame arrangement and

20 household appliances are designed so that they are coordinated

Stand-alone household appliance in a first connection process with at least one separate connection device of the at least one connection device on the connection module and in a subsequent second connection process this connection device on the

Stand-alone household appliance can be connected. Advantageous refinements and developments of the invention emerge from the following subclaims.

The advantage that can be achieved with the invention is, in particular, that an optically pleasing combination of a free-standing household appliance with at least one piece of furniture is improved. By means of the invention, the connection of the free-standing household appliance to the house installation is considerably simplified.

30 The stand-alone household appliance can be, for example, a washing machine, a

Tumble dryer, a combination device for washing and drying clothes or a dishwasher. The furniture environment can be, for example, as one or a plurality of kitchen units formed from a plurality of kitchen units in a kitchen be designed by bathroom furniture in a bathroom. The term stand-alone household appliance is to be understood generally and comprises stand-alone household appliances with a large number of different types of stand-alone household appliances.

In principle, the at least one connection module can be freely selected within wide suitable limits in terms of type, function, material, dimensions, number and arrangement. An advantageous development of the frame arrangement according to the invention provides that the connection module is designed to connect a stand-alone household appliance designed as a water-conducting household appliance to the house installation, the connection module being assigned at least one water supply line with one associated with the house installation

Fresh water inlet and one assigned to the stand-alone household appliance

Fresh water outlet and a water discharge line with a waste water inlet assigned to the stand-alone household appliance and one assigned to the house installation

Has waste water outlet. In this way, the connection of a water-bearing household appliance to the house installation is simplified. The connection module can be used for a cold water connection and / or for a hot water connection

Stand household appliance be suitably trained.

An advantageous further development of the frame arrangement according to the invention in accordance with the last-mentioned embodiment provides that a shut-off valve is arranged in the water supply line, the shut-off valve automatically blocking a fresh water supply to the stand-alone household appliance designed as a water-conducting household appliance depending on an output signal from a leakage sensor. In this way it is reliably ensured that a water supply to the standing household device is prevented in the event of a leak on the standing household device. In addition, a corresponding

Safety device in the free-standing household appliance is not required.

In principle, the type, functionality, material, dimensions, number and arrangement of the leakage sensor can be freely selected within wide suitable limits. It is advantageously provided that the leakage sensor is an integral part of the connection module.

This further improves the functionality of the connection module.

Another advantageous development of the frame arrangement according to the invention provides that the connection module has at least one socket that is connected to the house installation in a current-carrying manner for supplying power to the stand-alone household appliance. In this way, the power supply to the stand-alone household appliance is implemented in a particularly simple manner and the functionality of the connection module is improved.

A particularly advantageous development of the frame arrangement according to the invention provides that the frame arrangement has an interior space delimited by the frame arrangement for receiving the stand-alone household appliance, the connection module being arranged outside the interior. This ensures that the stand-alone household appliance can be accommodated by the frame arrangement on the one hand without being impeded by the connection module. The insertion of the free-standing household appliance is correspondingly simplified. On the other hand, it is essential for the proper operation of the

Free-standing household appliance ensures the required space between the free-standing household appliance on one side and the frame arrangement according to the invention on the other side. Correspondingly, an undesired transmission of

Vibrations of the household appliance on the frame assembly according to the invention effectively prevented.

A further advantageous development of the frame arrangement according to the invention provides that the connection module is arranged on the frame arrangement in such a way that connection means of the stand-alone household device arranged on a rear side of the stand-alone household device can be connected to the connection module. As a result, the connection of the at least one connection means of the stand-alone household appliance arranged on a rear side of the stand-alone household appliance to the connection module is considerably simplified. The at least one connection means on a rear of the stand-alone household appliance according to the

Positioning the system according to the invention is conducive to an optically pleasing combination of the standing household appliance with the at least one piece of furniture.

Another advantageous development of the frame arrangement according to the invention provides that the frame arrangement has a first frame and a second frame separate from the first frame, the first frame for receiving the

Stand household appliance and the second frame is designed to receive the connection module, and wherein the second frame can be connected to the first frame such that the second frame is arranged laterally next to the first frame in an installed position of the frame arrangement. In this way, a special design of the first frame for accommodating the free-standing household appliance and the second frame for accommodating the connection module is made possible. Furthermore, this two-part

Frame arrangement easier to handle even under difficult installation conditions compared to a frame arrangement with only a single frame. In addition, it is thereby possible to design the second frame for receiving the connection module also for the connection of other devices or installations, such as wash basins or the like.

An advantageous development of the system according to the invention provides that the

The frame arrangement and the stand-alone household appliance are designed to be coordinated with one another such that the stand-alone household appliance is connected to at least one in a first connection process separate connection means of the at least one connection means can be connected to the connection module and this connection means can be connected to the stand-alone household appliance in a subsequent second connection process. In this way, the assembly of the

Stand-alone household appliance of the system according to the invention further improved, since only a small installation space is required to connect the at least one separate connection means to the stand-alone household appliance. Accordingly, the freestanding household appliance can very far into the niche for the before the second connection process

Stand-alone household appliance can be inserted.

An advantageous development of the aforementioned embodiment of the system according to the invention provides that this separate connection means as a hose for a

Water-conducting connection between the connection module and the household appliance is formed. The connection of large-sized connection means such as hoses is particularly difficult, especially when space is limited. By designing it as a separate connection means, the connection of a hose is significantly improved, namely simplified, even under such difficult space conditions. This is because, due to this development, the hose can first be connected to the connection module and then to the stand-alone household appliance. Correspondingly, a fitter can also connect the hose on the stand-alone household appliance side to an already largely inserted state of the stand-alone household appliance.

An advantageous development of the two last-mentioned embodiments of the system according to the invention provides that the separate connection means and the

Stand-alone household appliance and / or the separate connection means and the connection module each have corresponding quick-release means. This is the

Connection of the separate connection means to the stand-alone household appliance and / or the connection module is further simplified. With the corresponding ones

Quick-release means can be, for example, a plug connection, a bayonet lock or the like.

An advantageous development of the system according to the invention according to one of claims 10 to 12 provides that the stand-alone household appliance has a cover protrusion on the rear, this separate connection means after the connection of the

Stand-alone household appliance is arranged on the connection module in an inserted state of the stand-alone household appliance in an installation space defined by means of the protruding cover and a rear wall of the stand-alone household appliance. In this way it is ensured that the at least one separate connection means is not pressed or bent in an undesired manner when the stand-alone household appliance is pushed in. There is also an undesired contact between the household appliance and the Frame arrangement or the wall effectively prevented by means of the separate connection means.

The invention also presents the problem of enabling a visually pleasing combination of a free-standing household appliance with at least one piece of furniture in a structurally simple manner.

According to the invention, this problem is solved by a frame arrangement for inserting a stand-alone household appliance into a niche in a furniture environment arranged or to be arranged on a wall, comprising two mutually parallel floor rails for guiding feet of the stand-alone household appliance arranged on two opposite sides of the stand-alone household appliance during the insertion of the

Stand household appliance, wherein the floor rails can be attached to the wall by means of at least one bracket. This is an optically pleasing combination of one

Free standing household appliance with at least one piece of furniture in a structurally simple manner.

It is regarded as a visually pleasing combination of the stand-alone household appliance with the at least one piece of furniture, that is to say the furniture environment arranged or to be arranged on the wall, that the stand-alone household appliance forms an optical unit with the furniture environment into which it is integrated. Accordingly, it is necessary that the stand-alone household appliance can be inserted precisely into the niche provided for the stand-alone household appliance in the furniture environment. This is achieved in a structurally simple manner by means of the frame arrangement according to the invention. By means of the floor rails arranged parallel to one another, safe and precise guidance of the standing household appliance is made possible when it is inserted into the niche provided for the standing household appliance. Due to the at least one holder, by means of which the two floor rails arranged parallel to one another can be fastened to the wall, a very precise spatial alignment of the

Stand-alone household appliances relative to the niche provided for the stand-alone household appliance and thus relative to the furniture environment into which the stand-alone household appliance is to be integrated can be achieved in a structurally particularly simple manner.

The term stand-alone household appliance is to be understood and encompassed in general

Stand-alone household appliances with a variety of different designs of feet for installing the respective stand-alone household appliance on a floor. For example, the feet can be designed as rollers or have rollers. The roles can be at least partially lockable to prevent the undesired rolling away

Prevent household appliances during operation of the household appliance.

However, other types of feet are also possible. It is also conceivable that the respective stand-alone household appliance is a mixture of different designs of feet. The possible designs of the are equally diverse

Floor rails of the frame arrangement according to the invention for guiding the feet of the free-standing household appliance when it is inserted into the niche provided for this purpose.

In principle, the at least one holder of the two floor rails arranged parallel to one another can be freely selected in wide suitable limits in terms of type, function, material, dimensions, number and arrangement. For example, it would be conceivable for each floor rail to be assigned a holder, by means of which the respective floor rail can be fastened to the wall independently of the other floor rail. An advantageous further development of the frame arrangement according to the invention provides that the at least one holder is designed as a common holder for both floor rails. As a result, the holder is realized in a structurally particularly simple manner. In addition, a precise alignment of the two floor rails to each other is made considerably easier. The use of materials and the amount of work involved in installing, i.e. fixing, the two floor rails on the wall are reduced accordingly.

An advantageous development of the frame arrangement according to the aforementioned

Embodiment provides that the holder with the bottom rails forms a U-shaped angle. In this way, the design effort for fastening the two floor rails to the wall by means of the at least one holder is further reduced.

A particularly advantageous development of the frame arrangement according to the invention provides that the floor rails have / have an end stop at their wall-side ends and / or the at least one holder, the at least one end stop limiting the insertion of the free-standing household appliance in the direction of the wall. As a result, the stand-alone household appliance is not only guided transversely to the wall when it is inserted into the niche provided for the stand-alone household appliance on the wall by means of the two floor rails arranged parallel to one another, but the stand-alone household appliance is also oriented in the direction perpendicular to the wall. Accordingly, the accuracy of the insertion of the household appliance in its niche on the wall is further improved.

An advantageous further development of a system according to the invention, comprising a frame arrangement according to the invention and a stand-alone household appliance, provides that the frame arrangement is designed according to the aforementioned paragraph and the at least one end stop is designed and arranged relative to the stand-alone household appliance in such a way that it reaches the niche on the floor rails inserted household appliance is spaced from the rest of the frame arrangement and the wall such that an undesired transmission of vibrations of the household appliance to the frame arrangement or the wall is prevented in any operating state of the household appliance. In this way is an undesirable noise emission in the operation of the household appliance in a structurally simple manner effectively prevented.

An advantageous development of the frame arrangement according to the invention provides that the floor rails are designed such that the floor rails can be integrated into a floor or a floor covering. This further improves the overall visual impression of the household appliance inserted into the furniture environment. In addition, the floor rails do not protrude beyond the floor or the floor covering, for example a tile mirror.

Another particularly advantageous development of the invention

The frame arrangement provides that the at least one holder can be connected to the wall in an articulated manner such that the bottom rails can be transferred from a rest position into a position of use, the bottom rails being arranged in a space-saving manner on the rest of the frame arrangement and in their position of use for guiding the Stand the feet of the stand-alone household appliance on a floor or floor covering arranged adjacent to the wall. In this way, the frame arrangement in the rest position of the two floor rails can be folded up in a space-saving and ergonomic manner, so that the

Storage, transportation and handling of the frame assembly according to the invention is improved according to the present embodiment.

An advantageous development of the aforementioned embodiment of the frame arrangement according to the invention provides that the holder is arranged in an articulated manner on a fastening cross member of the frame arrangement, the fastening cross member being connectable to the wall. As a result, the articulated connection of the at least one holder to the wall can be implemented in a particularly simple manner. In addition, the

Fastening crossbar a simple alignment of the at least one holder relative to the wall.

Another particularly advantageous development of the invention

The frame arrangement provides that the holder and / or the fastening cross member are / are designed to fasten a pretext. In this way it is possible to attach a pretext to the wall in addition to the floor rails without additional design effort. The total workload is reduced accordingly. A pretext is useful, for example, if the depth of the furniture in the furniture environment is smaller compared to the depth of the free-standing household appliance. A common depth of, for example, bathroom furniture is 45 cm, while a common depth of standing household appliances is 60 cm. Accordingly, by means of the frame arrangement according to the invention, it is possible to set up a stand-alone household appliance flush with its furniture environment. This is particularly simple in the frame arrangement according to the present invention Embodiment feasible; the rest of the stand-alone household appliance can be accommodated in an intermediate space formed between the front wall and the wall, so that a common front of the furniture environment and that inserted into the niche

Stand household appliance can run essentially flush in the desired manner.

Another advantageous development of the frame arrangement according to the invention provides that the frame arrangement is designed such that it is adjustable in height so that one for the

Inclusion of a stand-alone household appliance-trained interior of the frame arrangement, regardless of a height adjustment made, the dimensions of which are retained, the frame arrangement preferably being designed as a height-adjustable whole. In this way it is ensured that an interior designed for receiving a stand-alone household appliance on the frame arrangement is retained in its dimensions regardless of any height adjustment made. By means of the height adjustment of the frame arrangement as a whole, it is also possible to adapt the frame arrangement to different installation conditions, for example floors of different heights, without additional aids and with only a small amount of work.

An advantageous development of the aforementioned embodiment of the frame arrangement provides that the frame arrangement has a height adjustment mechanism for a step-wise or stepless height adjustment of the frame arrangement, the

Height adjustment mechanism can be locked in a predetermined height. In this way, the height adjustment of the frame arrangement as a whole is made possible in a simple manner.

An advantageous development of the last-mentioned embodiment of the frame arrangement provides that the height adjustment mechanism has at least two foot parts, the foot parts each being arranged in a cavity of the frame arrangement. In this way, a space-saving and structurally simple height adjustment mechanism can be implemented.

Exemplary embodiments of the invention are shown purely schematically in the drawings and are described in more detail below. Show it

1 shows an exemplary embodiment of the frame arrangement according to the invention in a first perspective view obliquely from the front right,

Figure 2 shows the embodiment of FIG. 1 in a second perspective

Representation from diagonally front left,

Figure 3 shows the embodiment of FIG. 1 in a third perspective

Representation from diagonally behind, without the wall,

Figure 4 shows the embodiment of FIG. 1 in a fourth perspective

Representation diagonally from behind, with the wall, Figure 5 shows an embodiment of the system according to the invention in a

perspective view obliquely from behind, without the wall,

Figure 6 shows the embodiment of FIG. 5 in a side view, with the wall, Figure 7 shows another embodiment of a frame arrangement in a

perspective view diagonally from the front right, and

Figure 8 shows another embodiment of a frame arrangement in a

Perspective view from diagonally behind left with a system for data processing.

1 shows an exemplary embodiment of a frame arrangement 2 according to the invention for inserting a free-standing household appliance 3 into a niche 4 on a wall 6

arranged or arrangable furniture environment in a first perspective

Representation shown diagonally from the front right. The stand-alone household appliance 3 is only shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 and is designed here as a washing machine, that is to say as a water-carrying household appliance. The washing machine 3 has a commercial depth of 60 cm. The furniture environment has a plurality of pieces of furniture which are set up next to one another along the wall 6 and are not shown and are designed as bathroom furniture. The furniture of the

Furniture environment thus form a row of furniture, the niche 4 for the insertion of the household appliance 3 being arranged in the row of furniture. The bathroom furniture has a standard depth of 45 cm.

To the household appliance 3 fit perfectly in the niche 4 provided

To place a row of furniture, the frame arrangement 2 according to the invention comprises two floor rails 8 arranged parallel to one another for guiding two themselves

opposite sides of the household appliance 3 arranged feet 5 of the

Stand-alone household appliance 3 during the insertion of the stand-alone household appliance 3 into the niche 4. The feet 5 of the stand-alone household appliance 3 are only partially shown in FIG. 6. The bottom rails 8 are fastened to the wall 6 by means of a common holder 10 and each have a raised edge 9 running on an outside of the respective bottom rail 8 for lateral guidance of the feet 5 of the household appliance 3 when it is inserted into the recess 4.

In the present embodiment, the bracket 10 with the two

Bottom rails 8 are designed as a U-shaped angle 12, which is articulated by means of two joints 13 on a fastening cross member 14 of the frame arrangement 2, the fastening cross member 14 being connectable to the wall 6. In addition, the U-shaped bracket 12 for each of the two floor rails 8 has an end stop, not shown, the two end stops inserting the household appliance 3 in the direction of Limit wall 6. The limitation is designed and coordinated with the stand-alone household appliance 3 in such a way that vibrations during operation of the stand-alone household appliance 3 in any operating state of the stand-alone household appliance 3 do not undesirably affect the

Frame arrangement 2 or the wall 6 are transmitted. For example, it can be provided that the respective end stop of the holder or the bottom rails of the

frame arrangement according to the invention is adjustable relative to the holder or the floor rails, so that the respective end stop can be individually adjusted to the requirements of the individual case. However, it is also conceivable that the respective end stop is arranged on the holder or the floor rails in such a way that a large number of stand-alone household appliances available on the market cannot transmit vibrations to the frame arrangement or the wall in an undesired manner during their operation.

The U-shaped angle 12 with the bracket 10 and the two bottom rails 8 can be connected in an articulated manner by means of the fastening cross member 14 and the joints 13 to the wall 6 in such a way that the bottom rails 8 move from a rest position, not shown in FIGS 1 to 4 can be transferred, the bottom rails 8 being arranged in a space-saving manner in the rest of the frame arrangement 2 and in their in-use position for guiding the feet 5 of the household appliance 3 on a floor 16 arranged adjacent to the wall 6 lie on. In the rest position of the base rails 8, not shown, the U-shaped angle 12 with the holder 10 and the base rails 8 is folded up by means of the joints 13 in the image plane of FIG. 1, so that the frame arrangement 2 according to the invention is in accordance with the present

Embodiment in the rest position of the floor rails 8 save space and transport and easy to handle. In the rest position, the U-shaped angle 12 can be held on the fastening cross member 14, for example, by means of at least one permanent magnet.

1 to 4, the above-described embodiment of a frame arrangement 2 according to the invention is shown in different perspective views.

As can be seen from FIGS. 1 to 4, the fastening cross member 14 is the

Frame arrangement 2 according to the present embodiment is designed for fastening a pretext, not shown. This is at the

Fastening cross-member 14 forms a frame-like frame 18 which can be connected to the floor 16 or supported on the floor 16 and connected to the wall 6. For example, screw connections 20 are provided for this. The

The fastening cross-member 14 can be adjusted in height by means of its frame-like frame 18, so that the fastening cross-member 14 and thus the U-shaped angle 12 with the holder 10 and the two floor rails 8 can be adapted to floors 16 of different heights is. For this purpose, the frame 18 has a height adjustment mechanism 19. For example, the height adjustment mechanism 19 of the frame 18 can be pushed into one another

Pipe pieces of the frame 18 can be formed, which are designed to be movable with respect to one another and can be locked to one another, step by step or continuously, in a desired position. The pipe sections of the frame 18 are simultaneously designed as foot parts 21.

By means of the pretext, an intermediate space, not shown, can be realized between the wall 6 and the pretext, in which, for example, parts of a house installation and / or connections of the stand-alone household appliance 3 to the house installation can be accommodated. The intermediate space can also serve, as in the present exemplary embodiment, to partially accommodate the standing household appliance 3 in its depth, in order in this way, for example, to create a common, flush front of the furniture environment and that into the niche 4

to enable inserted household appliances 3.

For the aforementioned connections of the stand-alone household appliance 3 to the house installation, the frame arrangement 2 comprises at least one connection module 22 for connecting the stand-alone household appliance 3 to the house installation, the connection module 22 on the one hand for connecting at least one connection means of the stand-alone household appliance 3 to the connection module 22 and on the other hand Connection of the connection module 22 to the house installation is formed. See FIGS. 5 and 6. The at least one

In the present exemplary embodiment, connecting means is designed as a power cable 24 with a plug 26, two hoses (not shown) for fresh water designed as cold water and hot water and a hose (not shown) for waste water. The hoses for fresh water and for wastewater are each designed as separate connection means and are each connected to the stand-alone household appliance 3 by means of a quick connector

connectable to water. For this purpose, the stand-alone household appliance has 3 quick-release means 28, 30 and 32.

The connection module 22 is thus designed to connect a stand-alone household appliance 3 designed as a water-carrying household appliance to the house installation, the connection module 22 being a water supply line 34 for cold water with one of the

Fresh water inlet 36 assigned to the house installation and a fresh water outlet 38 assigned to the standing household appliance 3, a water supply line 40 for hot water with a fresh water inlet 42 assigned to the house installation and one to the

Stand-alone household appliance 3 assigned fresh water outlet 44 and one

Water drainage line 46 with a stand-alone household appliance 3

Wastewater inlet 48 and one of the house installation associated, not shown waste water outlet. A shut-off valve 52, 54 is arranged in each of the two water supply lines 34, 40, the respective shut-off valve 52, 54 depending an output signal of a leak sensor, not shown, automatically blocks a fresh water supply to the household appliance 3 designed as a water-conducting household appliance. The leakage sensor can be arranged, for example, in a floor or a floor covering on which the household appliance 3 is installed. Furthermore, several leakage sensors can also be arranged distributed over the floor or the floor covering. However, it is also conceivable that the leakage sensor is an integral part of the connection module.

In addition, the connection module 22 has three sockets 50 that are connected to the house installation in a current-conducting manner, among other things for the power supply of the stand-alone household appliance 3.

As can be clearly seen from FIGS. 1 to 6, in particular FIGS. 5 and 6, the frame arrangement 2 has an interior space 56, which is delimited by the frame arrangement 2, for accommodating the free-standing household appliance 3, the connection module 22 being located outside the interior space 56 on the Frame arrangement 2 is arranged. The connection module 22 is arranged on the frame arrangement 2 such that the on a rear of the

Standing household appliance 3 arranged connection means of the standing household appliance 3, namely the power cable 24 with the plug 26, the hose for the cold water, the hose for the hot water and the hose for the waste water on the connection module 22

can be connected.

5 and 6 also show that the frame arrangement 2 has a first frame 58 and a second frame 60 separate from the first frame 58, the first frame 58 for receiving the standing household appliance 3 and the second frame 60 for receiving the Connection module 22 is formed, and wherein the second frame 60 can be connected to the first frame 58 such that the second frame 60 in an installation position of the frame arrangement 2 shown laterally next to the first in FIGS. 5 and 6

Frame 58 is arranged. In the first frame 58, the interior 56 is designed to accommodate the free-standing household appliance 3. The two frames 58, 60 of the frame arrangement 2 can be screwed together, for example, in a manner known to those skilled in the art.

The frame arrangement 2 with the two frames 58, 60 is by means of

Height adjustment mechanism 19 height adjustable. Correspondingly, in this regard, the second frame 60 is configured analogously to the first frame 58, so that reference can be made to the above explanations regarding the first frame 58 and the height adjustment mechanism 19. In this way, an adaptation of the frame arrangement to different installation conditions, for example floors of different heights, is possible without additional aids and labor. In order to adjust the height of the frame arrangement 2 as a whole, it is only necessary to adjust the first frame 58 and the to connect the second frame 60 of the frame arrangement 2 to one another in advance in the manner explained above.

Regardless of this, the frame arrangement 2 in the present exemplary embodiment is designed to be height-adjustable in such a way that the interior 56 of the frame arrangement 2 designed for receiving the free-standing household appliance 3 is retained in its dimensions, irrespective of a height adjustment carried out. In this way it is ensured that the interior space 56, which is designed for receiving the free-standing household appliance 3 on the frame arrangement 2, is retained in its dimensions regardless of a height adjustment being carried out.

The frame arrangement 2 forms with the stand-alone household appliance 3 a system 1 according to the invention, the frame arrangement 2 and the stand-alone household appliance 3 being designed so that they are coordinated with one another in such a way that the stand-alone household appliance 3 in a first connection process with the separate connection means, namely the hoses for the cold water and the hot water and the wastewater of the at least one connection means can be connected to the connection module 22 and, in a subsequent connection process that follows, these connection means, that is to say the hoses mentioned, can be connected to the stand-alone household appliance 3. As can be seen in particular from FIG. 6, this

Stand-alone household appliance 3 has a rear cover protrusion 62, the separate connection means, namely the hoses for the cold water, hot water and waste water, after the stand-alone household appliance 3 has been connected to the connection module 22 in the inserted state shown in FIGS. 5 and 6

Stand-alone household appliance 3 are arranged in an installation space 66 defined by means of the cover projection 62 and a rear wall 64 of the stand-alone household appliance 3. The plug 26 is shown incorrectly in FIG. 6 only because of the better identification with the reference number 26. In reality, the plug 26 is in the inserted state of the

Stand-alone household appliance 3 is plugged into one of the sockets 50 of the connection module 22 in the manner already explained above.

The functioning of the frame arrangement according to the invention and the system according to the invention according to the present exemplary embodiment and with reference to FIGS. 1 to 6 is explained in more detail below.

A user (not shown) first assembles the frame arrangement 2 according to the invention in the niche 4 provided for the free-standing household appliance 3 on the wall 6

arrangable furniture environment. For this purpose, the user connects the first frame 58 of the frame arrangement 2, namely the frame 18 of the fastening cross member 14, on the one hand to the wall 6 and on the other hand to the floor 16 by means of the screw connections 20.

Any height compensation required between the fastening cross member 14 and the hinged to it U-shaped bracket 12 with the bracket 10 and the bottom rails 8 on one side and the bottom 16 on the other side is made possible by means of the height adjustment mechanism 19 of the frame 18 of the mounting cross member 14 in a simple manner, in such a way that the The interior 56 of the frame arrangement 2 designed for accommodating the stand-alone household appliance 3 is retained in its dimensions.

Analogously, the user fastens the second frame 60 of the frame arrangement 2 and connects the two frames 58, 60 in a manner known to the person skilled in the art. The

Connection module 22 of the second frame 60 is first connected to the house installation. Accordingly, the fresh water supply 36 of the water supply line 34 for the cold water with a cold water line of the house installation, the fresh water supply 42 of the water supply line 40 for the hot water with a hot water line, the wastewater drain, not shown, of the wastewater line 46 with a wastewater line

House installation and the sockets 50 connected to a power grid of the house installation in a manner known to those skilled in the art.

The user then fastens the pretext, not shown, to the frame 18 of the fastening crossmember 14 and in an analogous manner to the second frame 60. The user then folds the U-shaped angle 12 with the holder 10 and the two

Floor rails 8 by means of the joints 13 from the fastening cross member 14 in the direction of the floor 16 until the two floor rails 8 arranged parallel to one another rest on the floor 16. The two bottom rails 8 are thus transferred from their rest position to the position of use shown in FIGS. 1 to 4.

The user connects the stand-alone household appliance 3 to the connection module 22, with the user firstly connecting the cold water with the fresh water outlet 38 in a first connection process

Water supply line 34 for the cold water, the separate hose

Connection means for the hot water with the fresh water outlet 44 of

Connects water supply line 40 for the hot water and the separate connection means for the waste water, which is designed as a hose, to the waste water inlet 48 of the water discharge line 46. Furthermore, the user connects the plug 26 of the power cable 24 of the

Stand-alone household appliance 3 with one of the sockets 50 of the connection module 22. The user pushes the stand-alone household appliance 3 with its feet 5 by means of the two floor rails 8 into the niche 4 provided for the stand-alone household appliance 3 to a small extent

Installation gap as far as possible. The standing household appliance 3 is moved in the image plane of FIG. 1 from the front left towards the rear right, parallel to the two floor rails 8. The two floor rails 8 ensure, on the one hand, that the effort required when inserting the household appliance 3 into the recess 4, regardless of the Condition of the floor 16 is low. On the other hand, the two floor rails 8 give the stand-alone household appliance 3 the necessary lateral guidance when they are pushed into the recess 4 by means of their raised edges 9, so that the stand-alone household appliance 3 is precisely aligned transversely to the wall 6 relative to the recess 4 and thus to the furniture environment.

In a second connection process following the first connection process explained above, the user connects the hoses for the cold water, the

Hot water and the waste water by means of the quick-release means formed on the respective hose with the quick-release means 28, 30 and 32 corresponding to this on the standing household appliance 3.

The user then pushes the household appliance 3 into the niche 4 until the feet 5 of the household appliance 3 rest against the end stops of the two floor rails 8, not shown. In this way, on the one hand, the precise alignment of the stand-alone household appliance 3 in the recess 4 across the wall 6 and, on the other hand, that

The household appliance 3 is precisely aligned in the direction perpendicular to the wall 6. The exact alignment both across the wall 6 and perpendicular to the wall 6 is very important. On the one hand, this effectively prevents vibrations from the stand-alone household appliance 3 from being undesirably transmitted to the frame arrangement 2, to the wall or to the furniture environment. This prevents, for example, damage or at least a functional impairment of the furniture environment and of the free-standing household appliance 3. Secondly, it is an undesirable one

Noise emissions during the operation of the stand-alone household appliance 3 are prevented, but at least reduced. In the inserted state shown in FIGS. 5 and 6

Stand-alone household appliance 3, the power cable 24 and the hoses for the cold water, hot water and waste water are accommodated in the installation space 66 defined by the cover protrusion 62 and the rear wall 64 of the stand-alone household appliance 3.

The user then sets up the furniture of the furniture environment of the stand-alone household appliance 3 along the pretext, not shown, so that there is a row of furniture with the stand-alone household appliance 3 inserted into the recess 4, the stand-alone household appliance 3 together with the furniture of the furniture environment using the inventive method

Frame arrangement 2 and the system 1 according to the invention forms an optical unit. For example, a desired level of alignment of the common front of the furniture environment with the stand-alone household appliance 3 pushed into the recess 4 according to the present exemplary embodiment of the frame arrangement 2 according to the invention is produced, since the depth of the stand-alone household appliance 3 of 15 cm in the space between the pretext that exceeds the furniture environment where the furniture of the furniture environment is set up and are aligned, and the wall 6, on which the frame arrangement 2 according to the invention is fastened according to the present exemplary embodiment, is received.

The invention is not limited to the exemplary embodiment explained. For example, the free-standing household appliance as well as the furniture environment can be freely selected within wide suitable limits. Furthermore, embodiments without the use of a pretext are also possible. For example, this is the case if the at least one piece of furniture in the furniture environment and the free-standing household appliance have the same overall depth. Accordingly, in such embodiments there is no frame for fastening a pretext. The two floor rails arranged parallel to one another can also be connected to the wall in a different way. Non-articulated connections are also possible. In addition, it is also conceivable for the furniture to be set up in the furniture environment beforehand, that is to say prior to the insertion of the free-standing household appliance into the niche provided in the furniture environment, along the wall or the pretext. Accordingly, the stand-alone household appliance can also be subsequently inserted into the furniture environment by means of the frame arrangement according to the invention. The same applies to a maintenance case of the stand-alone household appliance, in which the stand-alone household appliance is simply pulled out of the niche of the furniture environment set up on the wall or the pretext for maintenance or repair purposes and, after completion of the maintenance or repair work, into the niche for the purpose of maintenance or repair Niche can be pushed into it.

The two floor rails of the frame arrangement according to the invention arranged parallel to one another can rest loosely on the floor arranged adjacent to the wall. However, it is also conceivable that the floor rails are additionally firmly connected to the floor. Furthermore, it is possible for the floor rails to be designed such that the floor rails can be integrated into a floor or a floor covering. As a result, the overall visual impression of the household appliance inserted into the furniture environment is further improved. In addition, the floor rails do not protrude beyond the floor or the floor covering, for example a tile mirror.

The fastening crossmember can be directly or indirectly, for example by means of the

Fastening cross member or a frame arranged on the fastening cross member can be connected to the wall or to the wall and the floor. In addition, it is possible that the two floor rails only by means of the at least one

Bracket are attached to the wall. The use of a fastening crossbar is therefore not absolutely necessary.

If a joint for articulating in the frame arrangement according to the invention

Connection of the at least one bracket to the wall is used, the at least one end stop can also be designed as part of the at least one joint or as the at least one joint. The functionality of the at least one joint is correspondingly increased and the construction of the frame arrangement according to the invention is further simplified with an articulated connection of the at least one holder to the wall.

In contrast to the purely exemplary embodiment, the frame arrangement according to the invention can also have only a single frame, on the one hand the inner space for receiving the standing household appliance is formed and on the other hand the connection module is arranged.

Basically, the connection module can be freely selected according to type, function, material, dimensions, number and arrangement within wide suitable limits. For example, in contrast to the exemplary embodiment, it is possible for the leakage sensor to be an integral part of the connection module.

The at least one connection module can be designed as a standard connection module that is designed to be suitable for a large number of different household appliances. For example, such a standard connection module could be designed to be suitable both for the connection of water-bearing household appliances and for the connection of non-water-bearing household appliances.

FIG. 7 shows an exemplary embodiment of a frame arrangement 200 for inserting an indicated stand-alone household appliance 100 into a recess 400 of a furniture environment 300 which is arranged or can be arranged on a wall 600, in a first perspective view obliquely from the front right. The standing household appliance 100 can be designed here as a washing machine, that is to say as a water-carrying household appliance. The washing machine has a standard depth of 60 cm. The furniture environment 300 may have a plurality of pieces of furniture set up next to one another along the wall 600 and designed as bathroom furniture. The furniture in the furniture environment 300 thus forms a row of furniture, the niche 400 for the insertion of the standing household appliance 100 being arranged in the row of furniture. The bathroom furniture has a standard depth of 45 cm.

In order to place the household appliance 100 precisely in the niche 400 provided for this purpose in the furniture row, the frame arrangement 200 comprises two floor rails 800 arranged parallel to one another for guiding feet 500 of the household appliance 100 arranged on two opposite sides of the household appliance 100 during insertion of the household appliance 100 in the niche 400. The

Floor rails 800 are fastened to the wall 600 by means of a common holder 1000 and each have one on an outer side of the respective floor rail 800 extending raised edge 900 for lateral guidance of the feet 500 of the household appliance 100 when it is inserted into the recess 400.

In the present embodiment, the bracket 1000 with the two

Bottom rails 800 are designed as a U-shaped angle 1200, which is articulated by means of two joints 1300 on a fastening cross member 1400 of the frame arrangement 200, the fastening cross member 1400 being connectable to the wall 600. In addition, the U-shaped angle 1200 has an end stop (not shown) for each of the two floor rails 800, the two end stops inserting the

Limit household household appliance 100 in the direction of wall 600. The U-shaped angle 1200 with the bracket 1000 and the two bottom rails 800 is by means of

The fastening cross member 1400 and the joints 1300 can be connected in an articulated manner to the wall 600 in such a way that the floor rails 800 can be transferred from a rest position, not shown, to a position of use shown in FIG and in their position of use for guiding the feet 500 of the household appliance 100 rest on a floor 1600 arranged adjacent to the wall 600. In the rest position of the floor rails 800, not shown, the U-shaped angle 1200 with the holder 1000 and the floor rails 800 is folded up by means of the joints 1300 in the image plane of FIG. 7, so that the frame arrangement 200 is in the rest position of the floor rails 800

Store and transport space-saving and easy to handle.

As can be seen from FIG. 7, the fastening cross member 1400 is designed for fastening a pretext (not shown). For this purpose, a frame-like frame 1800 is formed on the fastening crossmember 1400, which can be connected to the floor 1600 or supported on the floor 1600 and connected to the wall 600. For example, screw connections 2000 are provided for this. The

Mounting crossmember 1400 is height adjustable by means of its frame-like frame 1800, so that the mounting crossmember 1400 and thus the U-shaped angle 1200 with the

Bracket 1000 and the two floor rails 800 on floors 1600 of different heights can be adapted. For this purpose, the frame 1800 has a height adjustment mechanism 1900. For example, the height adjustment mechanism 1900 of the frame 1800 can be designed as tubular pieces of the frame 1800 which are pushed into one another and which are designed to be movable with respect to one another and to one another, stepwise or continuously, in one

desired position can be locked. By means of the pretext, an intermediate space, not shown, can be realized between the wall 600 and the pretext, in which, for example, parts of a house installation 1 100 and / or connections of the stand-alone household appliance 100 to the house installation 1 100 can be accommodated. The intermediate space can also serve to partially accommodate the standing household appliance 100 in its depth, and so on For example, to enable a common flush front of the furniture environment and the free-standing household appliance 100 inserted into the niche 400.

The mode of operation of the frame arrangement for inserting a

Stand-alone household appliance 100 explained in more detail by way of example.

A user (not shown) first assembles the frame arrangement 200 into the niche 400 provided for the stand-alone household appliance 100 in the furniture environment that can be arranged on the wall 600. For this purpose, the user connects the frame arrangement 200, namely the frame 1800 of the fastening cross member 1400, by means of the screw connections 2000 on the one hand to the wall 60 and on the other hand to the floor 1600. Any necessary height compensation between the fastening cross member 1400 and the U-shaped articulated thereon Angle 1200 with the bracket 1000 and the floor rails 800 on one side and the floor 1600 on the other side is made possible in a simple manner by means of the height adjustment mechanism 1900 of the frame 1800 of the fastening cross member 1400.

The user then fastens the pretext (not shown) to the frame 1800 of the fastening crossmember 1400. The user then folds the U-shaped angle 1200 with the holder 1000 and the two floor rails 800 by means of the joints 1300 from the fastening crossmember 1400 in the direction of the floor 1600 until the two floor rails 800 arranged parallel to one another rest on the floor 1600. The two

Bottom rails 800 are thus transferred from their rest position to the position of use shown. The user connects the stand-alone household appliance 100 to the connections of a house installation 1 100 and pushes the stand-alone household appliance 100 with its feet 500 into the niche 400 provided for the stand-alone household appliance 100 using the two floor rails 800. The standing household appliance 100 is moved in the image plane of FIG. 7 from the front left towards the rear right, parallel to the two floor rails 800. On the one hand, the two floor rails 800 ensure that the effort required for the

Inserting the free-standing household appliance into the niche 400, regardless of the

Condition of the soil 1600, is low. On the other hand, the two floor rails 800 give the stand-alone household appliance the necessary lateral guidance when it is pushed into the recess 400 by means of its raised edges 900 so that the stand-alone household appliance 100 is precisely aligned transversely to the wall 600 relative to the recess 400 and thus to the furniture environment 300.

The user pushes the household appliance 100 into the niche 400 until the feet 500 of the household appliance 100 rest against the end stops of the two floor rails 800, which are also not shown. In this way, on the one hand, the precise alignment of the stand-alone household appliance 100 in the recess 400 transversely to the wall 600 and, on the other hand, the precisely-fitting orientation of the stand-alone household appliance 100 in the direction perpendicular to the wall 600 is done. Firstly, it effectively prevents vibrations from the

Stand household appliance 100 are undesirably transferred to the frame assembly 200 or to the furniture environment 300. This results in, for example, damage or at least a functional impairment of the furniture environment 300 and the

Stand household appliance 100 prevented. Secondly, it is an undesirable one

Noise emissions during the operation of the stand-alone household appliance 100 are prevented, but at least reduced.

The user then places the furniture in the furniture environment 300 of the

Stand household appliance 100 along the pretext, not shown, so that there is a row of furniture with the stand household appliance 100 inserted into the niche 400, the stand household appliance forming an optical unit together with the furniture in the furniture environment 300 by means of the frame arrangement 200. For example, a desired level of alignment of the common front of the furniture environment 300 with the stand-alone household appliance 100 of the frame arrangement 200 inserted into the recess 400 is produced, since the depth of the furniture environment 300 that exceeds the furniture

Standing household appliance 100 of about 15 cm is accommodated in the space between the front wall on which the furniture of the furniture environment 300 is set up and aligned and the wall 600 to which the frame arrangement 200 is fastened.

8 schematically illustrates another exemplary embodiment, this time with a perspective view from behind (from the wall) of the frame arrangement 200.

The frame arrangement 200 here has a frame 1800 which forms two compartments lying next to one another, a first compartment 10000 for accommodating the standing household appliance 100 and the second compartment 10100 having a plurality of holding devices 10200 for various electronic elements 10300 and various holding devices 10200 for water-carrying components 10400. The second compartment 10100 or the holding devices 10200 provided there serve

(For example) the fixed fixation of connections (hot and / or cold) for a wash basin, which can also extend to or into the second compartment 10100. Electrical connections for an operating sensor system of the wash basin and / or lighting can also be provided there. Consumption counters 11200 can also be integrated in the (hot and cold) water pipes illustrated in the lower area of the second compartment 10100, which are also fixed with holding devices 10200. Also for the connection module 700, the consumption meter 1 1200, temperature, pressure or

Flow sensors or the operation of the electronic elements of water-carrying components 10400 required electrical current can thus be provided in a stationary and protected manner.

At least the upper holding device 10200 is designed such that it is displaceable (vertically) with respect to the second compartment 10100. The frame assembly 200 includes a Frame 1800, in which a module coupling device 10500 is provided, with the two frame 1800, which are essentially of the same design or dimension, with one another

(aligned to each other) are connected so that the two subjects are formed side by side. A plurality of damping elements 10600 are provided in the area of at least one floor rail 800 and (not explicitly shown here) on the frame 1800.

It is also illustrated that the frame 1800 comprises at least one lateral recess 10700 for a water-carrying component 10400 near the floor. The frame 1800 can thus be penetrated by the water-carrying component 10400 in the region of the lateral recess 10700 and / or can accommodate it in an integrated manner. For example, a drain 1 1300 can be guided to the house installation in a space-saving manner or at least partially a water guide integrated in the frame 1800 can be implemented. Regardless of this, a (micro) filter 1 1400 can be provided in the sequence for filtering out microplastics. The frame arrangement is also implemented with a system for data processing 10900 with a processor 1 1000, which is configured in such a way that it can carry out the following method: a) provision of at least energy (electric current) and water via the connection module 700 to the household appliance 100; b) supplying (at the same time and / or at different times or according to need) at least energy and water via the connection module 700 at the request of the

Stand-alone household appliance 100; c) monitoring the consumption of the stand-alone household appliance 100 with regard to at least energy or water (for example by means of the consumption counter 1 1200); and d) stopping providing at least energy or water via the

Connection module 700 (or with activation of a shut-off valve) towards the

Stand household appliance 100, if an unexpected consumption is determined in step c).

If an unexpected consumption is determined in step c), a send alarm signal is generated and made available for transmission to a remote control unit 10800. For this purpose, a computer program product 1 1100 can be installed in the system for data processing, comprising commands which are executed by a user when the program is executed Computer cause this to perform at least some of the above steps of the method.

In summary, one is described herein according to a first example

Frame arrangement (2) for inserting a free-standing household appliance (1) into a niche (4) of a furniture environment (3) arranged or arranged on a wall (6), comprising two floor rails (8) arranged parallel to one another for guiding two

feet (5) of the household appliance (1) arranged on opposite sides of the household appliance (1) during the insertion of the household appliance (1), the floor rails (8) being attachable to the wall (6) by means of at least one holder (10), and further at least one connection module (7) for connecting the stand-alone household appliance (1) to a house installation (1 1), the connection module (7) on the one hand for connecting the stand-alone household appliance (1) to the connection module (7) and on the other hand for connecting the connection module ( 7) is trained on the house installation (1 1).

According to a second example, a frame arrangement according to the first example is described, the connection module (7) for connecting one as a water-carrying one

Household appliance trained stand household appliance (1) to the house installation (11) is formed.

According to a third example, a frame arrangement according to the first or the second example is described, at least one leakage sensor (15) being provided, a shut-off valve (17) depending on an output signal from the leakage sensor (15) preferably providing a water supply (20) to the trained household appliance (1) can automatically lock water-carrying household appliance.

According to a fourth example, a frame arrangement (2) according to one of Examples one to three is described, a leakage sensor (15) having at least one bottom rail (8) being formed.

According to a fifth example, a frame arrangement (2) according to one of Examples one to four is described, a frame (18) having at least two compartments (100, 101) being provided, the first compartment (100) for receiving the stand-alone household appliance (1 ) comprises the bottom rails (8) and the second compartment (101) at least one

Holding device (102) for an electronic element (103) or at least one

Holding device (102) for a water-carrying component (104).

According to a sixth example, a frame arrangement (2) according to the fifth example is described, at least one of the holding devices (102) being arranged displaceably with respect to the second compartment (101). According to a seventh example, a frame arrangement (2) according to examples one to six is described, a frame (18) being provided that a module coupling device (105) for arranging at least one further frame (18), at least one further compartment (100, 101) or at least one further pair of floor rails (8) is provided for a further household appliance (1).

According to an eighth example, a frame arrangement (2) according to one of Examples one to seven is described, wherein a damping element (106) is provided in at least one floor rail (8) or in at least one frame (18).

According to a ninth example, a frame arrangement (2) according to one of examples one to eight is described, the floor rails (8) arranged parallel to one another being telescopic.

According to a tenth example, a frame arrangement (2) according to one of the examples one to nine is described, wherein a frame (18) is provided which comprises at least one lateral recess (107) for a water-carrying component (104).

According to an eleventh example, a method for operating a

Stand-alone household appliance (1) in a frame arrangement (2) according to one of Examples one to ten, comprising at least the following steps: (a) providing at least energy or water via the connection module (7) to the stand-alone household appliance (1); (b) supplying at least energy or water via the connection module (7) at the request of the standing household appliance (1); (c) monitoring the consumption of the standing household appliance (1) with regard to at least energy or water; and (d) ending the provision of at least energy or water via the connection module (7) to the

Stand-alone household appliance (1) if an unexpected consumption is found in step c).

According to a twelfth example, a method according to example ten is described, wherein if an unexpected consumption is determined in step c), a send alarm signal is generated and made available for transmission to a remote control unit (108).

According to a thirteenth example, a data processing system (109) is described, comprising a processor (110) configured to execute the method according to one of the examples ten to eleven.

According to a fourteenth example, a computer program product (11 1) is described, comprising instructions which, when the program is executed by a computer, cause the computer to carry out at least the steps of one of the methods according to one of the examples ten to eleven. According to a further aspect, the present invention further relates to a frame arrangement for inserting a free-standing household appliance into a niche on a wall, as described below.

It is known from the prior art to combine free-standing household appliances with furniture, such as kitchen or bathroom furniture. Here are the

Stand household appliances placed next to the furniture. The stand-alone household appliances often look like foreign objects in the living situation.

In addition, it should also be noted that several such stand-alone household appliances are increasingly being combined in the living room or kitchen area. On the one hand, this means that heels in the floor and / or niches in / on a wall often have to be used to put them together. This is accompanied by a problematic water and / or electricity supply. In addition, because of the increased damage potential in the living or bathroom area, it is desirable to be able to flexibly position and safely monitor the functionality of the household appliances or theirs

Realize connections.

It is therefore the object of the further aspect of the invention to at least partially solve the problems described with reference to the prior art and, in particular, to enable a visually pleasing and / or safer combination of a free-standing household appliance with at least one piece of furniture in a structurally simple manner.

These objects are achieved with a method and a device according to the features of the examples mentioned below. It should be pointed out that the features listed individually in the examples can be combined with one another in any technologically expedient manner and define further configurations of the aspect of the invention. In addition, the features specified in the examples are specified and explained in more detail in the description, with further preferred

Embodiments of the aspect of the invention are shown.

To this end, a frame arrangement contributes which, for the insertion of a stand-alone household appliance into a niche of a furniture environment arranged or to be arranged on a wall, two floor rails arranged parallel to one another for guiding feet of the stand-alone household appliance arranged on (at least) two opposite sides of the stand-alone household appliance

Free-standing household appliance during the insertion of the free-standing household appliance, the floor rails being attachable to the wall by means of at least one holder. Furthermore, at least one connection module is provided for connecting the stand-alone household appliance to a house installation, the connection module on the one hand for connecting the Stand household appliance to the connection module and on the other to connect the

Connection module to the house installation is trained (and set up).

The achievable advantage is in particular that an optically pleasing combination of a free-standing household appliance with at least one piece of furniture is made possible in a structurally simple manner. As a visually pleasing combination of the free-standing household appliance with the at least one piece of furniture, that is to say the one arranged or to be arranged on the wall

Furniture environment, it is considered that the stand-alone household appliance forms an optical unit with the furniture environment into which it can be integrated. Accordingly, it makes sense that the stand-alone household appliance can be inserted precisely into the niche provided for the stand-alone household appliance in the furniture environment. This is achieved in a structurally simple manner by means of the frame arrangement.

By means of the floor rails arranged parallel to one another, safe and precisely fitting guidance of the free-standing household appliance when it is inserted into the for the

Stand-alone household appliance provided niche. Due to the at least one holder, by means of which the two floor rails arranged parallel to one another can be fastened to the wall, a very precise spatial alignment of the

The stand-alone household appliance can be, for example, a washing machine, a tumble dryer, a combination appliance for washing and drying laundry, or a dishwasher. The furniture environment can be designed, for example, as a kitchen row formed from a plurality of kitchen furniture in a kitchen or a plurality of bathroom furniture in a bathroom.

The term “free-standing household appliance” is to be understood in general terms and includes in particular free-standing household appliances with a large number of different designs of feet for the installation of the respective free-standing household appliance on a floor. For example, the feet can be designed as rollers or have rollers. The roles can be at least partially lockable to prevent the undesired rolling away

Prevent household appliances during operation of the household appliance.

However, other types of feet are also possible. It is also conceivable that the respective stand-alone household appliance has a mixture of different types of feet. The possible designs of the are equally diverse

Floor rails of the frame arrangement according to the invention for guiding the feet of the free-standing household appliance when it is inserted into the niche provided for this purpose. It is further provided in this frame arrangement that it has at least one connection module for connecting the stand-alone household appliance to a house installation, the connection module on the one hand for connecting the stand-alone household appliance to the connection module and on the other hand for connecting the connection module to the

House installation is trained.

As a result, the connection of the stand-alone household appliance to the house installation can be made considerably simplified. In principle, the at least one connection module can be freely selected in wide suitable limits according to the type, functionality, material, dimensions, number and arrangement.

From this it can be deduced that such a connection module can independently contribute to solving the problem mentioned at the beginning. Accordingly one wears

Frame arrangement for the solution, which has at least one connection module for connecting a stand-alone household appliance to a house installation, the connection module being designed on the one hand to connect the stand-alone household appliance to the connection module and on the other hand to connect the connection module to the house installation. These

The frame arrangement can in particular be further developed with the water- or energy-carrying components, sensors, racks, systems for data processing, etc., which are still explained here, without the parallel floor rails also being essential.

The at least one connection module can be designed as a standard connection module, which is designed to be suitable for a large number of different household appliances. For example, such a standard connection module could be designed to be suitable both for the connection of water-bearing stand-alone household appliances and (alternatively) for the connection of non-water-bearing, possibly energy-consuming and / or electricity-generating stand-alone household appliances.

An advantageous further development provides that the connection module is designed to connect a stand-alone household appliance designed as a water-conducting household appliance to the house installation. In this way, the connection of a water-bearing household appliance to the house installation is simplified. The connection module can be for one

Cold water connection and / or suitable for a hot water connection of the household appliance.

An advantageous further development provides that the connection module has a shut-off valve and / or (at least) one leakage sensor, the shut-off valve preferably depending on an (electrical or electronic) output signal of the leakage sensor a water supply to the water household appliance

Stand-alone household appliance can lock automatically. This can safely ensure that water supply to the stand-alone household appliance is prevented in the event of a leak on the stand-alone household appliance. In addition, a corresponding

Safety device in the free-standing household appliance is not required.

Furthermore, the frame arrangement can comprise (at least) one leakage sensor which is formed with at least one floor rail. It is also possible for the leakage sensor to be formed with both floor rails. In particular, a water-sensitive sensor, for example in the manner of a capacitive sensor, can be formed by means of the bottom rails. For this purpose, the bottom rail can be partially electrically conductive and partially electrically insulated. In particular, the floor rail can be connected to a voltage source and / or measurement value evaluation unit.

In the frame arrangement, a frame with at least two compartments can be provided, the first compartment for accommodating the standing household appliance (with the floor rails) and the second compartment having at least one holding device for an electronic element or at least one holding device for a water-carrying component. A “compartment” is understood here to mean, for example, a window or a room which is formed with the frame, for example a window. B. in the manner of a frame surrounding the compartment at least partially or completely (possibly with the floor). The compartments are in particular formed parallel to the wall. The first compartment is designed so that the stand-alone household appliance can be accommodated at least partially in it. The stand in the area of the first compartment can thus enclose the household appliance. Further compartments can preferably be provided (laterally) adjacent and separated from a section of the frame. The compartments can, but need not, be of essentially the same size. The second compartment comprises at least one holding device, on which an electronic element and / or a water-carrying component can be (firmly) mounted and / or fixed. The holding device can be designed with a plurality of assembly points for the electronic element and / or a water-carrying component, so that assembly that is adapted to the spatial conditions is then possible. The holding device can in particular be a crossbar (at least partially covering or penetrating the second compartment) or a beam, where for example mounting openings are made and / or fastening elements such as. b. Clamps, holding frames or housings, etc. can be attached. An electronic element can be a sensor, a power supply, an electrical connector, a system for

Data processing, etc. A water-carrying component can be a water pipe (e.g. in the manner of a (rigid) pipe and / or a (flexible) hose), a valve, a water reservoir, etc.

At least one of the holding devices can be arranged displaceably with respect to the second compartment. This means, for example, that the frame has several pick-up points In this context, “displaceable” means in particular that the holding device can be detached from the frame (at least partially) from a first predetermined position and can be fixed again in another second predetermined position. A guide can be provided for this.

A frame can be provided in which a module coupling device for

Arrangement of at least one further frame, at least one further compartment and / or at least one further pair of floor rails is provided for a further household appliance. The frame can thus be expanded in a modular manner, in particular in such a way that further compartments are formed. For example, another compartment for a sink, another compartment for a toilet, etc. can be provided. The module coupling device is designed, in particular, with the same or the same mounting systems for further components of the frame and / or the frame arrangement, components which are adjacent to one another usually forming corresponding plug connectors, screw systems, hook connectors, etc. It may be possible to design the module coupling device as separate modules that attach to a frame or the frame arrangement (

predetermined positions) can be installed.

A damping element can be provided at least in / on at least one floor rail or in / on at least one frame. The damping can relate to a (vibrating) movement (e.g. the shaking of a washing machine) and / or a noise development (possibly associated therewith or originating from the household appliance).

In particular, at least one damping element can be arranged in a gap or space between the household appliance and the frame arrangement and / or frame. In this way, direct contact between the stand-alone household appliance and the frame arrangement can be avoided, so that the latter has an essentially stationary position in operation with respect to the wall. This allows the connections to the house installation to be simplified. The comfort when using such stand-alone household appliances in living areas can thus be further improved.

The floor rails arranged parallel to each other can be made telescopic. This means, in particular, that this is in the longitudinal direction (parallel to the insertion of the

Stand household appliances) are variable in length, but according to need

Partial areas of the floor rail, in particular, can be pushed one into the other and, if necessary

predetermined places are fixable to each other. This allows an adjustment of the

Frame arrangement for various stand-alone household appliances and / or installation space situations or niches.

A frame can be provided that comprises at least one lateral recess for a water-carrying component. “Lateral” here means in particular that the recess (at least also) is arranged laterally or essentially perpendicular to the compartment.

It is preferred that the lateral recess intersects the plane of the compartment or adjoins it (directly). The lateral recess can be provided in the lower half of the frame towards the floor. It is possible that the lateral recess is even provided below the position of the floor rails. The recess can be provided in the manner of an opening in the frame itself or in a socket on the frame. The

Recess can accommodate, enclose and / or fix a water-carrying component. The recess and the water-carrying component can be detached from one another or

be firmly connected to each other (e.g. by a welded connection). With such a configuration, e.g. a water pipe can be run past a compartment to save space.

According to a further aspect, a method for operating a

Stand-alone household appliance proposed in a frame arrangement described here, which comprises at least the following steps: a) providing at least energy or water via the connection module to the stand-alone household appliance; b) supply of at least energy or water via the connection module

Requirement of the stand-alone household appliance; c) monitoring the consumption of the free-standing household appliance with regard to at least energy or water; and d) stopping providing at least energy or water via the

Connection module to the stand-alone household appliance if an unexpected consumption is determined in step c).

The steps specified here can be carried out in the order of a), b), c), d), but this is not mandatory. In particular, the steps can be carried out at least partially at the same time or superimposed on one another.

According to step a), at least energy and / or water is provided to the stand-alone household appliance by means of the connection module. This can mean that the electrical and / or water-carrying connections of the house installation are routed there and thus electricity and / or water can be called up or obtained from there.

If the stand-alone household appliance then requires electricity and / or water for operation, the supply from the house installation is made possible and according to step b) energy and / or Water is supplied via the connection module at the request of the stand-alone household appliance. For this purpose, in particular valves and / or switches can also be actuated as required.

In particular, simultaneously with step a) and / or b) and / or permanently over a predeterminable period of time, consumption of the standing household appliance with regard to energy and / or water is monitored according to step c). For example

Consumption meters, sensors, measuring systems, etc. are used, which are also preferred

are (directly) part of the frame arrangement.

It can e.g. B. also specifically for the used household appliance and / or the (earlier, saved and / or analyzed) use of the used

Stand household appliance predetermined consumption values are used. These can be specified, for example, in a data processing system or there

filed / saved. During step c) or as part of step c)

Check (repeatedly) whether the determined consumption deviates from the predetermined, expected and / or usual consumption. Tolerances or deviations (fixed) can also be specified, which can be classified as expected or still acceptable.

However, if the situation arises that an unexpected consumption is determined in step c), the provision of energy and / or water is carried out according to step d)

Connection module to the household appliance ended or interrupted. This is done in particular by actuating at least one (central) switch and / or at least one (central) valve. The blocking is particularly in the

Connection module and / or implemented in a section between the connection module and the house installation.

Further, predefinable measures may then be required before step d) can be ended and step a) can be initiated again. Nevertheless, step c) can still be carried out.

This method offers in particular the possibility of determining undesirable (idle) power consumption and / or water leakage.

If an unexpected consumption is determined in step c), a send alarm signal can be generated and made available for transmission to a remote control unit. This can be a comparison of the predetermined / expected and / or usual

Consumption, possibly taking into account the current requirement of energy and / or water. If an unauthorized large deviation is found, a send alarm signal can then be generated before, during and / or after step d). This can then be provided for transmission to a remote control unit, e.g. B. in such a way that a radio signal is transmitted via a transmitter unit to the (spatially) remote and / or remote control unit located in the house. For this, a wired and / or a wired signal forwarding can take place. Radio standards such as B. WiFi, 5G, LTE or the like can be used. The

Remote control unit is in particular set up to display an alarm message and / or to activate and / or deactivate remote control of the connection module, an electrical component, a water-carrying component and / or a component of the house installation. In particular, the lock according to step d) can then be confirmed (manually), reinforced and / or released again.

A system for data processing is preferably provided, comprising a processor which is configured such that it executes the method proposed here (at least step by step). The system or the processor can be in the area of the frame arrangement and / or remote therefrom, e.g. B. be positioned in the building of the house installation.

In particular, a computer program product is also proposed, comprising commands which, when the program is executed by a computer, cause the computer to carry out at least some or all of the steps of the method proposed here. The computer program product can also be electronically uploaded and / or stored in the form of an update on a corresponding system for data processing or set up for the purposes mentioned.

The explanations regarding the frame arrangement and its operation can (individually) be used to further characterize the method, the system for data processing and / or the computer program product and vice versa.

Also with regard to the method, the system for data processing and the

It should be noted that the computer program product also relates to a

Can refer to the frame arrangement, which has at least one connection module for connecting a stand-alone household appliance to a house installation, the connection module being designed on the one hand to connect the stand-alone household appliance to the connection module and on the other hand to connect the connection module to the house installation. These

A modularly expandable pre-wall element (frame arrangement) proposed here is in particular equipped with integrated shut-off elements for the cold water line and, if appropriate, also the supply line for renewable energies and, for example, water meters. This element supplies and monitors the z. B. in a bathroom connected consumers such as washing machine / dryer, toilet and vanity element and facilitates accessibility when servicing. The extension enables space-saving integration of the

Washing machine in a pre-wall element (approx. 15 cm) and ensures a uniform front of the lightweight technology module network. The washing machine thus fits into a uniform ambience of bathroom furniture with a uniform front. The connections are then preferably no longer behind the washing machine (first compartment), but in the one

adjacent technology element (second compartment) with integrated WPS (Water protection System).

Reference symbol list

100 freestanding household appliance 200 frame arrangement

300 furniture environment

400 niche

500 feet

600 wall

700 connection module

800 floor track

900 rand

1000 bracket

1 100 house installation

1200 U-shaped angle

1300 joint

1400 fastening crossbar 1500 leakage sensor

1600 floor

1700 shut-off valve

1800 frame

1900 Height adjustment mechanism 2000 Water supply 10,000 first compartment

10100 second compartment

10200 holding device

10300 electronics element

10400 water-carrying component

10500 module coupling device 10600 damping element

10700 lateral recess

10800 remote control unit 10900 system for data processing 1 1000 processor

1 1100 computer program product 1 1200 consumption meter

1 1300 drain

1 1400 filters

Claims

1. Frame arrangement (2) for inserting a stand-alone household appliance (3) into a niche (4) of a furniture environment arranged or to be arranged on a wall (6), comprising at least one connection module (22) for connecting the stand-alone household appliance (3) to a house installation, wherein the connection module (22), on the one hand, for connecting at least one connection means (26) of the standing household appliance (3) to the

Connection module (22) and on the other hand for connecting the connection module (22) to the house installation.

2. Frame arrangement (2) according to claim 1, characterized in that the

Connection module (22) for connecting a stand-alone household appliance (3) designed as a water-conducting household appliance to the house installation, the connection module (22) having at least one water supply line (34, 40) with a fresh water inlet (36, 42) assigned to the house installation and one

Stand-alone household appliance (3) assigned fresh water outlet (38, 44) and one

Water drainage line (46) with a stand-alone household appliance (3)

Waste water inlet (48) and a waste water outlet assigned to the house installation.

3. Frame arrangement (2) according to claim 2, characterized in that in the

A shut-off valve (52, 54) is arranged in the water supply line (34, 40), the shut-off valve (52, 54) automatically shutting off a fresh water supply to the stand-alone household appliance (3) designed as a water-conducting household appliance as a function of an output signal from a leak sensor.

4. Frame arrangement according to claim 3, characterized in that the leakage sensor is an integral part of the connection module.

5. Frame arrangement (2) according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the connection module (22) has at least one power supply connected to the house installation (50) for power supply to the household appliance (3).

6. Frame arrangement (2) according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the frame arrangement (2) has a by the frame arrangement (2) limited interior (56) for receiving the household appliance (3), wherein the

Connection module (22) is arranged outside the interior (56).

7. Frame arrangement (2) according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the connection module (22) on the frame arrangement (2) is arranged such that Connection means (24, 26) of the standing household device (3) arranged on a rear side of the standing household appliance (3) can be connected to the connection module (22).

8. Frame arrangement (2) according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the frame arrangement (2) has a first frame (58) and a second frame (60) separate from the first frame (58), the first frame (58) for receiving the standing household appliance (3) and the second frame (60) for receiving the connection module (22), and wherein the second frame (60) can be connected to the first frame (58) in such a way that the second frame (60) in an installed position of the frame arrangement (2) is arranged laterally next to the first frame (58).

9. System (1) comprising a frame arrangement (2) according to one of claims 1 to 8 and a stand-alone household appliance (3).

10. System (1) according to claim 9, characterized in that the frame arrangement (2) and the stand-alone household appliance (3) are designed to be coordinated with one another in such a way that the stand-alone household appliance (3) in a first connection process with at least one separate connection means of the at least one connection means (24, 26) on the connection module (22) and in a subsequent connection process that follows, this connection means can be connected to the standing household appliance (3).

1 1. System (1) according to claim 10, characterized in that it is separate

Connection means is designed as a hose for a water-conducting connection between the connection module (22) and the standing household appliance (3).

12. System (1) according to claim 10 or 11, characterized in that the separate

Have connection means and the stand-alone household appliance (3) and / or the separate connection means and the connection module each have corresponding quick-release means (28, 30, 32).

13. System (1) according to one of claims 10 to 12, characterized in that the stand-alone household appliance (3) has a rear cover protrusion (62), said separate connection means after the stand-alone household appliance (3) has been connected to the connection module (22) in an inserted state of the standing household appliance (3) in a by means of the cover protrusion (62) and a rear wall (64) of the

Stand household appliance (3) defined installation space (66) is arranged.