DOMESTIC APPLIANCE HAVING A DOOR THAT CAN BE LOWERED IN A STOWAGE SPACE, SAID DOOR HAVING AN ELLIPTICAL SLOT FOR MOVING A SUPPORTING BOW OF A DOOR SUPPORTING UNIT

• US 20180038597A1
• Filed: 02/05/2016
• Published: 02/08/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH (Robert Bosch GmbH)
• Original Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH (Robert Bosch GmbH)
• Inventors: Bleier, Konrad, Brunner, Martin, Hintermayer, Manfred, Meyer, Heiko, Sickert, Kerstin, Wiedenmann, Reinhard
• Application Number:
  US15/549,389
• Publication Number:
  US 20180038597A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 15/4261 Connections of the door to the casing, e.g. door hinges
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/30 for domestic appliances
• CPC Class Codes: F24C 15/023 Mounting of doors, e.g. hinges, counterbalancing
• CPC Class Codes: F24C 15/026 stowing of door in open position

Abstract

A domestic appliance includes a housing having an accommodating space and a door arranged pivotably to the housing so as to be movable to a closed state in which a loading opening of the accommodating space of the housing is closeable and an opened state in which the door is lowered in a stowage space in the housing. A guiding device is coupled to the door to guide a movement of the door into and out of the stowage space. The guiding device includes a supporting unit which is mounted for rotation about an axis of rotation and includes a supporting bracket, and guiding elements which are mounted rotatably on the supporting bracket. The supporting bracket has a displacement slot defined by a varying radius and configured to rotate the supporting bracket about the axis of rotation with a rotational movement which deviates from a segment of a circular path.

Claims

1-12. -12. (canceled)

13. A domestic appliance, comprising:

a housing having an accommodating space,

a door arranged pivotably in relation to the housing so as to be movable to a closed state in which a loading opening of the accommodating space of the housing is closeable and an opened state in which the door is lowered in a stowage space in the housing, and

a guiding device coupled to the door to guide a movement of the door into and out of the stowage space, said guiding device including a supporting unit which is mounted for rotation about an axis of rotation and includes a supporting bracket, and guiding elements which are mounted rotatably on the supporting bracket, said supporting bracket having a displacement slot defined by a varying radius and configured to rotate the supporting bracket about the axis of rotation with a rotational movement which deviates from a segment of a circular path.

14. The domestic appliance of claim 13, wherein the displacement slot has an elliptical limiting contour.

15. The domestic appliance of claim 13, further comprising a fixed appliance component defining the axis of rotation.

16. The domestic appliance of claim 13, further comprising a coupling element, said displacement slot being embodied as a cutout in the coupling element.

17. The domestic appliance of claim 16, wherein the coupling element is an integral part of the supporting bracket.

18. The domestic appliance of claim 17, wherein the supporting bracket includes a base part having the guiding elements, said coupling element and said base part being connected rotatably to one another.

19. The domestic appliance of claim 13, wherein the supporting bracket is rigid.

20. The domestic appliance of claim 15, wherein the appliance component is external to the supporting bracket and has a connecting structure, said displacement slot having a mechanical connecting structure which is mechanically coupled with the connecting structure of the appliance component.

21. The domestic appliance of claim 20, wherein the connecting structure of the displacement slot and the connecting structure of the appliance component complement each other and are configured as toothings which mesh with one another.

22. The domestic appliance of claim 13, wherein the supporting bracket is embodied in a U shape.

23. The domestic appliance of claim 13, wherein the guiding elements are rollers.

24. A method, comprising:

mounting a door to a housing of a household appliance for movement of the door between a closed state in which the door closes a loading opening and an opened state in which the door is lowered into a stowing space in the housing,

guiding the door during movement into and out of the stowing area via a supporting unit mounted for rotation about an axis of rotation;

rotatably mounting guiding elements on a supporting bracket of the supporting unit; and

forming the supporting bracket with a displacement slot of varying radius to enable the supporting bracket to rotate about the axis of rotation with a rotational movement which deviates from a circular path section when the door is moved.