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US 8,047,198 B2Granted
Device with a door
AssigneeBSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
InventorsHeiko Meyer, Frank Wittrock
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Abstract
A device with a door, in particular a door of a cooking appliance, supported for pivoting movement in a pivoting direction, for closing a useable space and with a guide system for at least partially lowering the door into a storage space in a guided manner, the device comprising at least one guide assembly operatively associated with the guide system and coupled to the door in a static manner in the pivoting direction and coupled to the door in a movable manner in at least one surface extension of the door.
Claims16
A domestic appliance including a device;
- the device comprising:
- a door supported on a body of the domestic appliance for a pivoting movement relative to the body of the domestic appliance in a pivoting direction, and for closing a useable space of the domestic appliance;
- a guide system for at least partially lowering the door into a storage space in a guided manner;
- at least one guide assembly operatively associated with the guide system;
- and
- a mounting unit mounting the guide assembly to the door in a static manner in the pivoting direction and in a movable manner in at least one surface extension direction of the door;
- and
- an energy storage unit coupled to the door,
- wherein the guide assembly is swiveled by a same angle as the door during the pivoting movement,
- the energy storage unit is coupled to the guide assembly, and
- the guide-assembly forms a lever arm for the energy storage unit and wherein an acting lever arm length of the lever arm gradually decreases while the door is opened.
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A device comprising:
- a door supported for a pivoting movement in a pivoting direction and for closing a useable space;
- a guide system for at least partially lowering the door into a storage space in a guided manner;
- at least one guide assembly operatively associated with the guide system;
- a mounting unit mounting the guide assembly to the door in a static manner in the pivoting direction and in a movable manner in at least one surface extension direction of the door;
- and
- an energy storage unit coupled to the door,
- wherein the guide assembly is swiveled by a same angle as the door during the pivoting movement,
- the energy storage unit is coupled to the guide assembly, and
- the guide-assembly forms a lever arm for the energy storage unit and wherein an acting lever arm length of the lever arm gradually decreases while the door is opened.
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A domestic appliance having a useable space;
- comprising:
- a body having a storage space;
- a door supported on the body for a pivoting movement relative to the body in a pivoting direction, and for closing the useable space of the domestic appliance;
- a guide system for at least partially lowering the door into the storage space in a guided manner;
- at least one guide assembly operatively associated with the guide system;
- and
- a mounting unit mounting the guide assembly to the door such that the guide assembly is pivotably fixed relative to the door, and such that the guide assembly is movable relative to the door in a direction parallel to a longitudinal direction of the door,
- wherein the guide assembly is U-shaped and has a first arm and a second arm, the appliance further comprising
- a rolling element attached to the first arm and being slidably connected to the door;
- a pivoting connection attached to the guide assembly and being translationally fixed relative to the body of the domestic appliance;
- and
- a mechanical energy storage unit attached to the second arm.
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A domestic appliance having a useable space;
- comprising:
- a body having a storage space;
- a door supported on the body for a pivoting movement relative to the body in a pivoting direction, and for closing the useable space of the domestic appliance;
- a guide system for at least partially lowering the door into the storage space in a guided manner;
- at least one guide assembly operatively associated with the guide system;
- a mounting unit mounting the guide assembly to the door such that the guide assembly is pivotably fixed relative to the door, and such that the guide assembly is movable relative to the door in a direction parallel to a longitudinal direction of the door;
- a mechanical energy storage unit attached to the guide assembly at a first point;
- a rolling element attached to the guide assembly, the rolling element having at least two rollers spaced apart from one another along a first line, the rolling element being slidably connected to the door;
- and
- a pivoting connection attached to the guide assembly and being translationally fixed relative to the body of the domestic appliance, the guide assembly pivoting around the pivoting connection at a pivot point that is translationally fixed relative to the body of the domestic appliance,
- wherein the first point and the pivot point are offset from one another along a second line, and
- the second line is substantially parallel to the first line.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.