Household appliance with adjustment mechanism for the door weight compensation device
AssigneeArcelik A.S.
InventorsOguzcan Keskin, Pelin Sari
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a household appliance (1) such as a dishwasher or an oven, the front door (3) of which is opened by pulling from the top downwards, comprising an adjustment mechanism (5) that balances the weight of the door (3) so that while the door (3) is being opened it doesn't fall by its own weight or closed in a hard way. The adjustment mechanism (5) comprises a spring (9) that applies a tensile force on the door (3), that is pulled to be tensioned by the pulling cable (10) which is activated by an adjustment rod (6), an endless screw (7) and a gearwheel (8).
Claims7
A household appliance (1) comprising body (2), a door (3) providing access into the body (2), preferably moving about a horizontal axis and opened by holding onto a handle, a hinge (4) that attaches the door (3) to the body (2), a spring (9) balancing the weight of the door (3) by applying a tensile force on the hinge (4), and characterized by an adjustment mechanism (5) comprising an adjustment rod (6) that can be rotated manually or with the help of a hand tool, a pulling cable (10) fixed to one end of the spring (9) and providing to pull the spring (9) to strain it, a spool (11) rotated around a fixed axis by the actuation of the adjustment rod (6) and providing the pulling cable (10) to wind around it without changing its direction, a retainer (13) providing to fix the end of the pulling cable (10) that winds around the spool (11) and to move it together with the spool (11), and a fixing arrangement (16) providing the tension of the spring (9) not to change until readjustment is made.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.