Stationary household appliance, in particular a dishwasher

• US 9,211,050 B2
• Filed: 03/27/2009
• Issued: 12/15/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH (Robert Bosch GmbH)
• Original Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH (Robert Bosch GmbH)
• Inventors: Fetzer, Gerhard, Hotz, Dieter, Kck, Cengiz
• Primary Examiner(s): Perrin, Joseph L
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lee, Kevin G
• Application Number:
  US12/934,660
• Publication Number:
  US 20110012486A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,454 Days
• Field of Search: 134/56.D, 134/57.D, 134/57.DL, 134/58.D, 134/58.DL, 312/228, 312/237, 126/194, 493/84, 493/83
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 15/4209 Insulation arrangements, e.g. for sound damping or heat insulation
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 15/4261 Connections of the door to the casing, e.g. door hinges
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 39/14 Doors or covers; Securing means therefor
• CPC Class Codes: E05D 11/0054 Covers, e.g. for protection
• CPC Class Codes: E05D 2011/0072 for the gap between hinge parts
• CPC Class Codes: F24C 15/023 Mounting of doors, e.g. hinges, counterbalancing

Abstract

A stationary household appliance having a door that is pivotably mounted on the stationary household appliance by a joint. The stationary household appliance also has a noise damper that is provided in a region of the joint.

Claims

1. A stationary household appliance, comprising:

an outer housing which encloses a washing compartment, the outer housing including a hinge opening formed therein;

a joint including at least one hinge lever and at least one hinge support, the hinge lever protruding through the hinge opening, the hinge support being fixedly attached to a bottom portion of the household appliance, the hinge lever and the hinge support being pivotably engaged with each other about an axis of rotation;

a door pivotably mounted on the stationary household appliance by the joint, the door being supported by the hinge lever; and

a plate-shaped element supported by the hinge support and extending vertically in side-by-side arrangement with the hinge support, the plate-shaped element including a first noise damper formed thereon in a region of the joint, the first noise damper at least partially covering the hinge opening, wherein

the plate-shaped element has a plurality of support elements protruding laterally therefrom,

at least two of the support elements engage the hinge support such that the plate-shaped element is disposed in side-by-side arrangement with the hinge support with a lateral clearance space from the hinge support,

the hinge layer extends into the clearance space,

the plate-shaped element has a second noise damper provided on the plate-shaped element spaced away from the hinge opening and on a side opposite the first noise damper, the first noise damper being adjacent the hinge opening,

the second noise damper extends from the plate-shaped element to the hinge support, and

the plate-shaped element is installed on the hinge support, and the first noise damper has a noise damping wall extending vertically along the hinge support and positioned to oppose the hinge opening along a height thereof.

2. The stationary household appliance of claim 1, wherein the stationary household appliance is a dishwasher.

3. The stationary household appliance of claim 1, wherein, in a noise exit direction, the noise damping wall at least partially covers a hinge lever opening on a housing front of the stationary household appliance.

4. The stationary household appliance of claim 1, wherein the plate-shaped element includes a force transmission element which transmits a force acting on an outer side of a housing wall of the stationary household appliance into components of the stationary household appliance.

5. The stationary household appliance of claim 4, wherein the force transmission element has at least two force introduction regions for transmitting the force into at least two different ones of the components of the stationary household appliance.

6. The stationary household appliance of claim 5, wherein a first force introduction region of the at least two force introduction regions is provided in the hinge support.

7. The stationary household appliance of claim 5, wherein a second force introduction region of the at least two force introduction regions is provided in a front frame delimiting a loading opening of the stationary household appliance.

8. The stationary household appliance of claim 5, wherein a third force introduction region of the at least two force introduction regions is provided in the hinge lever.

9. The stationary household appliance of claim 5, wherein a fourth force introduction region of the at least two force introduction regions is provided in a base of the stationary household appliance.

10. The stationary household appliance of claim 5, wherein the force transmission element has a support element that protrudes from the force transmission element, and wherein the support element is associated with a respective one of the at least two force introduction regions.

11. The stationary household appliance of claim 10, wherein the support element is supported on the hinge support.

12. The household appliance of claim 5, wherein the at least one hinge support includes two opposing hinge supports, wherein an intermediate door is arranged between the two opposing hinge supports, wherein the two opposing hinge supports are connected by a plinth rail.

13. The stationary household appliance of claim 5, wherein the force transmission element has a curved shape.

14. The stationary household appliance of claim 13, wherein the plate-shaped element has framework-like reinforcing walls.

15. The stationary household appliance of claim 14, wherein the framework-like reinforcing walls and a support element of the force transmission element are disposed on a common side surface of the plate-shaped element.

16. The stationary household appliance of claim 15, wherein a side of the plate-shaped element facing away from the support element is opposite an outer wall of the outer housing of the stationary household appliance.

17. The stationary household appliance of claim 16, wherein the force transmission element is one of a plastic injection molded part and a metal injection molded part.

18. The stationary household appliance of claim 5, wherein the force transmission element has a plurality of latching elements for latching connection with a component of the stationary household appliance.

19. The stationary household appliance of claim 18, wherein each of the plurality of latching elements is integrally molded as at least one of a single material and a single piece on a support element of the force transmission element.

20. The stationary household appliance of claim 19, wherein the support element has a front-side support surface onto which a respective one of the plurality of latching elements is integrally molded.

21. The stationary household appliance of claim 5, wherein the force transmission element has a plate-shaped element, and wherein the plate-shaped element has a side wall running around an edge of the plate-shaped element.

22. The stationary household appliance of claim 1, wherein the hinge lever has a lever arm that is connected to a compensation device that exerts a compensation torque on the door to counteract a gravity torque of the door.

23. The stationary household appliance of claim 22, wherein the lever arm of the hinge lever is disposed between the hinge support and a force transmission element of the plate-shaped element.

24. The stationary household appliance of claim 10, wherein the support element of the force transmission element is disposed outside of a pivot path of a lever arm of a hinge lever.

25. The stationary household appliance of claim 1, wherein the plate-shaped element has, in a region of the hinge lever, a raised bearing contour which is, in a normal condition, remote from a lever arm and which is, on exposure to force from a retention force, deformed in an elastically resilient manner until the bearing contour comes into contact with the hinge lever.