Household appliance with door damper
AssigneeElectrolux Appliances Aktiebolag
InventorsBranko Ivanovic, Dietmar Hildner
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Abstract
A door damper (100) is made preferably of heat-resistant plastic material and comprises a damper element (150) as well as a pestle (110) that is securely guided in the housing (120) of the door damper. As an integrated structure, it can be mounted at any suitable location at a household appliance (160) that is cool and the pestle (110) can directly contact the front door (220, 300). Beneficially, it comprises an orifice (140) at the housing (120) to fix it at a sidewall of a household appliance (161) or at the front door (220, 300). Beneficially, the door damper also comprises a switch (145) that allows switching a door alarm, a light or influencing cooking functions.
Claims19
A household appliance comprising a
- a door supported at a hinge, and
- a door damper mounted in a region of the household appliance in proximity to the hinge and having at least one cavity arranged opposite to the door and defining an opening plane section on that side,
- wherein the door damper comprises a damper element and a pestle in force-transmitting contact with the damper element,
- wherein the door comprises a support frame for supporting at least one glass panel, said door having at least one section where a section of said support frame supports at least two sections of said one glass panel, and
- wherein the pestle is arranged to contact a side of said section of the support frame that is opposite a side of the section of the support frame that supports the glass panel,
- wherein the pestle provides a front surface in contact with the door when the door is positioned in or within an angle relative to the opening plane, the angle being an angle between the door and the opening plane,
- wherein, after the door contacts the pestle, further movement of the door toward the door damper actuates the pestle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.