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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2004
Frank Bartmann, Hambrücken, DE;
Jochen Herbolsheimer, Trostberg, DE;
Horst Krenz, Bretten-Ruit, DE;
Heiko Meyer, Walzbachtal, DE;
Frank Bartmann, Hambrücken, DE;
Jochen Herbolsheimer, Trostberg, DE;
Horst Krenz, Bretten-Ruit, DE;
Heiko Meyer, Walzbachtal, DE;
BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH, Munich, DE;
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.