Patent ID: 11953253
Assignee: BSH HAUSGERäTE GMBH
Field: Thermal processes and apparatus (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 0:
1. A household ice maker for an appliance, comprising:
an ice making vessel for producing pieces of ice;
an ice collection container for collecting the pieces of ice produced;
a holder frame for attaching the household ice maker in a storage space of the appliance;
a worm shaft disposed in said ice collection container;
a first drive unit for driving said worm shaft and having a first housing;
a rotatably disposed ejector shaft;
a second drive unit for driving said rotatably disposed ejector shaft and having a second housing; and
a light barrier for fill height monitoring of said ice collection container, said light barrier having at least one optoelectronic module, said at least one optoelectronic module having a first optoelectronic module attached to said holder frame or to said first housing of said first drive unit and a second optoelectronic module attached to said second housing of said second drive unit, at least one of said first or second optoelectronic modules is disposed on or above a virtual horizontal plane spanned by said ice making vessel relative to a situation in which the household ice maker is installed, said at least one optoelectronic module having an optoelectronic component, a module housing having a light passage surface, and a light-guiding element for guiding the beam of light and disposed in a beam path between said light passage surface and said optoelectronic component.