A door mechanism, for example for a domestic dishwasher, is disclosed, wherein the door mechanism includes a door latch for holding a door of the dishwasher closed in a closed position, and an electrically controllable door opener for the mechanized partial opening and subsequent closing of the door. The door opener includes coupling members, which can be brought into push- and pull-transmitting but releasable coupling engagement with one another, on the door and on an appliance main body of the dishwasher on which the door is movably mounted. The coupling members, when in coupling engagement, allow forces to be transmitted between the door and the appliance main body in a force transmission path which runs past the door latch. The pull strength of the coupling engagement of the coupling members can be variable in dependence on the position of the door.

A dishwasher appliance includes a wash tub positioned within a cabinet and defining a wash chamber for receipt of a load of articles for washing, and a door pivotally mounted to the cabinet to provide selective access to the wash chamber. A load status indicator is mounted to a handle of the door for indicating a load status of the load of articles. The dishwasher appliance includes a controller that communicates with a remote device over an external network to receive and provide the load status of the load of articles to users of the dishwasher appliance.

A dishwasher appliance includes a tub; a door movably coupled to the tub between a latched position and an unlatched position; an input module provided on the door, the input module configured to receive one or more input patterns; and a controller operably coupled with the input module, the controller configured to perform an operation. The operation includes determining that the door is moved from the unlatched position to the latched position; receiving, via the input module, a first input pattern of the one or more input patterns after determining that the door is moved from the unlatched position to the latched position; retrieving a first set of cycle settings corresponding to the first input pattern in response to receiving the first input pattern; and initiating a washing cycle after retrieving the first set of cycle settings.

A method of controlling a dishwasher, and a dishwasher. The dishwasher includes a proximity sensor, an output module, at least one memory to store one or more instructions, and at least one processor configured to execute the one or more instructions stored in the memory to determine whether a user is detected in a vicinity of the dishwasher through the proximity sensor, based on whether a door that opens and closes a washing space of the dishwasher is open, and control, through the output module, based on the user being detected, a notification that the door of the dishwasher is open to be output.

A dishwasher includes a dishwasher interior for washing items to be washed with washing liquor. Arranged at a lower end of the dishwasher interior is a pump sump for collecting the washing liquor, and a sensor is arranged in the pump sump for outputting a sensor signal as a function of a presence of washing liquor at the sensor. A control apparatus configured to carry out a washing program selected from a number of washing programs is designed to determine a malfunction of a component of a hydraulic assembly as a function of the sensor signal and of a current operating state of the dishwasher.

A dishwasher appliance includes: a tub defined by a top wall, a sidewall coupled with the top wall, and a bottom wall coupled with the sidewall. The dishwasher appliance further includes a door rotatably coupled with at least one of the sidewall and the bottom wall. The door includes a contact flange. The dishwasher appliance further includes an actuating member coupled with the sidewall. The actuating member is movable between a retracted position and an extended position. The actuating member in the extended position engages the contact flange.

Disclosed is a household appliance comprising: a door; a door lock unit equipped with a hook part which is configured to unlock and open the door by moving outward; a motor configured to generate torque by using electricity; a driving gear unit which has a rotary shaft at one end portion and is configured to rotate by receiving the torque from the motor, wherein the one end portion pushes the hook unit to the outside of the door lock unit to open the door when the driving gear unit rotates in one direction; a sensing unit configured to sense the displacement of the other end portion of the driving gear unit when the hook unit moves to the inside of the door lock unit, wherein the other end portion rotates in the opposite direction about the rotary shaft of the driving gear unit; and a control unit configured to control the operation of the motor on the basis of the displacement, sensed by the sensing unit, of the other end of the driving gear unit.

A household dishwasher includes a washing items receptacle and a sensor unit which is designed to generate a sensor signal as a function of a change in position of the washing items receptacle and/or a force exerted on the washing items receptacle.

A dishwasher appliance includes a tub; a door; a sensor; and an audio module. The dishwasher performs an operation including determining a completion of a washing cycle; accumulating a first value relating to a first characteristic and a second value relating to a second characteristic; comparing the first accumulated value against a first threshold value and the second accumulated value against a second threshold value; determining that each of the first and second accumulated values is less than its respective threshold value; detecting a movement of the door from the latched position to the unlatched position; and implementing a responsive action in response to detecting the movement of the door from the latched position to the unlatched position.

A dishwasher includes a body including an opening through which an object to be washed is loaded, a door to be connected with one side of the body and while the door is connected to the one side of the body, the door selectively opens and closes the body, a driving device that drives the door to be selectively opened on the body, a memory to store at least one instruction, and at least one processor configured to execute the at least one instruction, and control the driving device such that the door is opened in relation to a drying cycle, wherein the at least one processor is configured to obtain an operation state of a heating device around the dishwasher, and based on opening of the door being necessary, adjust a time point of opening the door in relation to the drying cycle based on the obtained operation state.