Patent · US Expired

Household appliance

US7261100B2 · kind B2 · utility

9Cited by

7References

24Claims

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 28, 2007
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 23, 2025

Classification

Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
CPC primaryE06B3/5045
WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A household device includes a useful storage volume that can be closed by a door and a storage compartment disposed below, above, or to the side of the useful storage volume into which the door can be displaced. The door is associated with a guiding system including at least one slide track, wherein a guiding element associated with the door is guided by displacing the door from a closed position and moving it into the storage compartment. The slide track includes a start section that initially guides the door in an upward direction when it moves out of the closed position. Such a configuration has the same size as conventional household device with an increased useful storage volume.

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