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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2010
Steffen Diebold, Hermaringen, DE;
David Hite, New Bern, NC (US);
Steffen Diebold, Hermaringen, DE;
David Hite, New Bern, NC (US);
BSH Home Appliances Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A hinge pulley for a household appliance having a housing, a washing container in the housing, a door pivotable about a horizontal axis at the lower part of the door between an open and a closed position for accessing an interior of the washing container, and a transmission element coupled between the door and the housing. The hinge pulley includes a unitary molded body having an integral first channel having a first curved portion for guiding the transmission element, and an integral second channel having a second curved portion for guiding the transmission element, wherein a portion of one of the integral first channel and the integral second channel includes a sliding surface formed from an ultra high molecular weight material.