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

Claim 19:
20. 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, said collection container having a delimiting wall;
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 delimiting wall extending above the virtual horizontal plane, said delimiting wall having an opening formed therein for extension therethrough of said light barrier or a light beam of said light barrier.