Patent · US Expired

Built-in domestic appliance with hinge cover

US8104143B2 · kind B2 · utility

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8References

25Claims

0Family size

Assignee

BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH · DE

Inventors

Bernd Heger · Gundelfingen an der Donau, DE
Karl-Friedrich Laible · Langenau, DE
Roland Vetter · Weimar, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 30, 2005
Grant date	Jan 31, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 16, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
CPC primaryE05Y2900/302
WIPO fieldCivil engineering
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A built-in domestic appliance which comprises hinges for hinging a door to the furniture body of the built-in domestic appliance. The door is used to close an opening of the first furniture body. The hinges are adapted to perform a defined opening and closing movement of the door, a gap forming during this movement between the edge of the door and especially the front of a second furniture body adjoining the furniture body. In order to obviate the risk of injury caused for example by limbs being caught in the gap and any claims for damages resulting therefrom, a plate element in the area of the door and in a transitional area between the furniture body of the built-in domestic appliance and the second furniture body is mounted in such a manner that it covers the gap if possible across its entire length.

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