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US 2002/0117194 A1Published application
Dishwasher
AssigneeBSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH
InventorsGeorg Hechtl, Hans-Peter Nannt, Peter Huber
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AssigneeBSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH
InventorsGeorg Hechtl, Hans-Peter Nannt, Peter Huber
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The frontloading dishwasher has a dishwashing compartment and a door mounted on the machine body such that it can be pivoted about a horizontal axis for closing a loading opening of the dishwashing compartment. The bottom border of an inner wall of the door, forming a door lip, engages behind a compartment skirt that rises from the dishwashing-compartment base. A seal is arranged between the door and the dishwashing compartment. The seal includes a sealing strip that extends across the entire door width. Satisfactory sealing of the dishwasher is ensured over a long period of use, dirt deposits in the sealing region are avoided, and only a low level of force for moving the door is required in that a guide and securing device for the seal is provided, for securing the seal in the rest position and for guiding the seal during movement of the door.
In a front-loadable dishwasher having a dishwashing compartment and a door pivotally mounted about a substantially horizontal axis for closing a loading opening to the dishwashing compartment, the dishwashing compartment being formed with a dishwashing-compartment base and a compartment skirt rising from the dishwashing-compartment base to a bottom edge of the loading opening, the door having an inner wall with a bottom border forming a door lip and engaging behind the compartment skirt, a sealing device, comprising:
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