Device for weight compensation of a front end door of a household appliance, especially a household dishwasher, the door being supported on a housing and pivotable about a horizontal axis

US5980006A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Johann Wilhelmstatter · Giengen an der Brenz, DE
• Helmut Jerg · Giengen an der Brenz, DE
• Bernd Schessl · Dillingen/Saar, DE
• Gerhard Fetzer · Süßen, DE
• Michael Hartmann · Wien, AT
• Markus Höpfl · Lauingen, DE
• Karl-Heinz Rehm · Dischingen, DE
• Rudolf Schmidt · Giengen an der Brenz, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 20, 1997
• Grant date: Nov 9, 1999
• Expiry date: Mar 20, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC E): Fixed Constructions
• CPC primary: E05Y2900/308
• WIPO field: Thermal processes and apparatus
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In order to provide a device (10) for balancing the weight of a front door (2), mounted on a casing (1) so as to be pivotable about a horizontal axis (3), of a domestic appliance, in particular a domestic dishwasher, which device is connected by a tape or cord-shaped transmission member (11) to a tension spring (5) fastened to the casing (1), said transmission member resting under tension on a deflection roller (17) arranged on a carrier (12) fastened to the casing (1), in which, in a simple manner, simple and rapid adjustment of the spring force is made possible for the user, according to the invention there is a device, for acting on the transmission means (11), which cause a change in the overall length of the assembly of tension spring (5) and transmission member (11).