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Household appliance and household appliance door

US7036499B2 · kind B2 · utility

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4References

27Claims

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Assignee

BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH · DE

Inventors

Frank Bartmann · Munster, DE
Jochen Herbolsheimer · Trostberg, DE
Horst M. Krenz · Three Rivers, US
Heiko Meyer · Uttenreuth, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 27, 2004
Grant date	May 2, 2006
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 27, 2024

Classification

Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
CPC primaryE05B1/0015
WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Household devices that a useful compartment and can be closed by a door provided with a door handle include a storage compartment into which the door can be displaced by guiding system and at least one guiding element associated with the door and guided in a sliding track associated with the household appliance. To be able to operate the door in an ergonomically favorable manner, at least one control mechanism is associated with the door handle. When the door pivots in a first pivoting direction, the control mechanism pivots the door handle in a second pivoting direction counter to the first pivoting direction.

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