HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE COMPRISING A DOOR THAT CAN BE RETRACTED IN A STOWING AREA WITH SPECIFIC BEARING UNIT
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Abstract
A household appliance includes a housing surrounding an accommodation space and a door pivotable relative to the housing between a closing state in which the door closes a loading opening of the accommodation space and an opening state in which the door is retracted into a stowing area in the housing. A guide device is coupled to the door to guide the door during movement into and out of the stowing area. The guide device includes a bearing unit configured as a multi-articulated device which is mounted for rotation about an axis of rotation and includes guide elements. The multi-articulated device is configured such that a distance of the guide elements from one another and/or a distance of at least one of the guide elements to the axis of rotation is changeable depending on a position of the door.
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28 Claims
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14. A household appliance, comprising:
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a housing surrounding an accommodation space; a door pivotable relative to the housing between a closing state in which the door closes a loading opening of the accommodation space and an opening state in which the door is retracted into a stowing area in the housing; and a guide device coupled to the door to guide the door during movement into and out of the stowing area, said guide device including a bearing unit having a multi-articulated device which is mounted for rotation about an axis of rotation and includes guide elements, said multi-articulated device being configured such that a distance of the guide elements from one another and/or a distance of at least one of the guide elements to the axis of rotation is changeable depending on a position of the door. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A method, comprising:
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mounting a door to a housing of a household appliance for movement of the door between a closing state in which the door closes a loading opening and an opening state in which the door is retracted into a stowing area in the housing, guiding the door during movement into and out of the stowing area via guide elements of a bearing unit which is mounted for rotation about an axis of rotation and configured as a multi-articulated device; and adjusting the multi-articulated device depending on a position of the door such that a distance of the guide elements from one another and/or a distance of at least one of the guide elements to the axis of rotation is altered.
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Specification