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Positioning foot unit of a domestic appliance

US8572997B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Liebherr-Hausgeräte Ochsenhausen GmbH · DE

Inventors

Dietmar Blersch · Ertingen, DE
Klaus Arnold · Mandelbachtal, DE
Oliver Weidelener · Bad Buchau, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 18, 2006
Grant date	Nov 5, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 4, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF25D2400/38
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An adjustment foot unit of a domestic appliance, in particular an adjustment foot unit of a refrigerator unit and/or freezer unit, has a vertical adjustment device having a rotatable rod and a spindle rotatably supported in a housing and having a thread at least sectionally, with the rod and the spindle being connected to one another such that a rotation of the rod results in a rotation of the spindle, having an adjustment unit, in particular a nut, which is arranged rotationally fixedly and has a thread which is in engagement with the thread of the spindle as well as having a foot part displaceable relative to the housing, with the foot part and/or the adjustment unit having a sloped plane in which the adjustment unit is in contact with the foot part.

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