Household appliance comprising an anti-jamming mechanism

A household appliance, comprising:

• a body having a lateral wall;
• a hinge;
• a door to close an interior compartment of the body, the door connected to the body by the hinge;
• an overlaid decorative plate distanced from the door by a gap;
• a covering element having a first limb that extends over the lateral wall of the body and a second limb that engages in the gap;
• and
• a first mounting part mounted in the gap on the overlaid decorative plate, the first mounting part delimiting a recess of at least one part of the second limb;
• wherein the first mounting part has an abutment that defines a maximum depth up to which the second limb is introduced into the recess;
• and
• wherein a spacer is fixed on the first mounting part to enable mounting of the first mounting part at a first distance from an edge of the overlaid decorative plate, the distance being fixed by the spacer.

A method for mounting of a decorative plate on a household appliance, the method comprising:

• mounting a mounting part on the decorative plate at a distance from an edge of the decorative plate, the distance fixed by a spacer;
• attaching the decorative plate on a door of the household appliance;
• and
• introducing a covering element into a gap between the decorative plate and the door up to an abutment on the mounting part.