Patent · US Expired

Household appliance

US7252082B2 · kind B2 · utility

4Cited by

9References

19Claims

0Family size

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	Aug 7, 2007
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 18, 2024

Classification

Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
CPC primaryE05Y2900/308
WIPO fieldCivil engineering
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A household appliance has a useful storage volume that can be closed by a door pivotally mounted around a horizontal articulation axis and also has a storage compartment. The door can be displaced in the storage compartment by a guiding system including at least one guiding element associated with the door, the guiding element being guided in a slide track associated with the appliance. To produce an ergonomically economical opening and closing movement of the door, the door is provided with at least one counterweight configuration that, during displacement of the door, exerts a balancing force on the door acting against the weight of the door.

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