Door for a household appliance, and household appliance having a door

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10190780-B2
Application number	US-201515328069-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 4, 2015
Priority date	Aug 7, 2014
Publication date	Jan 29, 2019
Grant date	Jan 29, 2019

Abstract

A door for a household appliance includes a plate-type base part and a handle which is arranged on the base part and includes a movable handle part. Connected to the handle part is a coupling apparatus which is configured to pivot the handle part relative to the base part as a function of a movement of the door. The coupling apparatus includes a coupling rod arranged on the handle part, a return spring arranged on the coupling rod, and a single-run cable pull having an end which faces the handle part and is connected to the coupling rod. Provision is further made for a locking mechanism to limit a movement of the coupling rod.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A door for a household appliance, comprising:
a plate-type base part,
a handle arranged on the base part and including a movable handle part,
a coupling apparatus connected to the handle part and configured to pivot the handle part relative to the base part as a function of a movement of the door, said coupling apparatus comprising a coupling rod arranged on the handle part, a return spring arranged on the coupling rod, and a single-run cable pull having an end which faces the handle part and is connected to the coupling rod, and
a locking mechanism configured to limit a movement of the coupling rod.

2. The door of claim 1 , wherein the locking mechanism includes a half-shell-shaped supporting molding having one end, in which the coupling rod is received.

3. The door of claim 2 , wherein the coupling rod is received in the end of the supporting molding in a fixed position relative to the locking mechanism.

4. The door of claim 1 , further comprising a U-shaped movement limiter provided on a key-shaped end part of the locking mechanism.

5. The door of claim 1 , wherein the handle has a handle element, said handle part being pivotable relative to the handle element.

6. The door of claim 5 , wherein the handle element is fixed on the base part.

7. The door of claim 5 , wherein the handle element has a front wall and a rear wall, and further comprising a U-shaped movement limiter, said locking mechanism being configured to extend with the movement limiter into a clearance between the front wall and the rear wall and to rest on an inner side of the front wall or on an inner side of the rear wall for limiting the movement of the coupling rod.

8. The door of claim 7 , wherein the movement limiter is arranged with play in the clearance between the front and rear walls, as viewed in a connection direction which is oriented at a right angle between the front and rear walls.

9. The door of claim 1 , wherein the coupling rod defines a longitudinal axis, said handle part having a stop for axially stopping the locking mechanism when viewed in a direction of the longitudinal axis of the coupling rod.

10. The door of claim 1 , wherein the return spring is wound around the coupling rod and has a support loop which is embodied between spring windings.

11. The door of claim 1 , wherein the return spring is pretensioned at least in one of two ways, a first way in which the return spring is pretensioned in an open end position of the door and an accompanying pivot position of the movable handle part, a second way in which the return spring is pretensioned in a closed end position of the door and an accompanying unpivoted base position of the handle part.

12. A household appliance, comprising a door, said door comprising a plate-type base part, a handle arranged on the base part and including a movable handle part, a coupling apparatus connected to the handle part and configured to pivot the handle part relative to the base part as a function of a movement of the door, said coupling apparatus comprising a coupling rod arranged on the handle part, a return spring arranged on the coupling rod, and a single-run cable pull having an end which faces the handle part and is connected to the coupling rod, and a locking mechanism configured to limit a movement of the coupling rod.

13. The household appliance of claim 12 , constructed in the form of a cooking appliance.

14. The household appliance of claim 12 , wherein the locking mechanism includes a half-shell-shaped supporting molding having one end, in which the coupling rod is received.

15. The household appliance of claim 14 , wherein the coupling rod is received in the end of the supporting molding in a fixed position relative to the locking mechanism.

16. The household appliance of claim 12 , wherein the door includes a U-shaped movement limiter provided on a key-shaped end part of the locking mechanism.

17. The household appliance of claim 12 , wherein the handle has a handle element, said handle part being pivotable relative to the handle element.

18. The household appliance of claim 5 , wherein the handle element is fixed on the base part.

19. The household appliance of claim 5 , wherein the handle element has a front wall and a rear wall, said door comprising a U-shaped movement limiter, said locking mechanism being configured to extend with the movement limiter into a clearance between the front wall and the rear wall and to rest on an inner side of the front wall or on an inner side of the rear wall for limiting the movement of the coupling rod.

20. The household appliance of claim 19 , wherein the movement limiter is arranged with play in the clearance between the front and rear walls, as viewed in a connection direction which is oriented at a right angle between the front and rear walls.

21. The household appliance of claim 12 , wherein the coupling rod defines a longitudinal axis, said handle part having a stop for axially stopping the locking mechanism when viewed in a direction of the longitudinal axis of the coupling rod.

22. The household appliance of claim 12 , wherein the return spring is wound around the coupling rod and has a support loop which is embodied between spring windings.

23. The door of claim 12 , wherein the return spring is pretensioned at least in one of two ways, a first way in which the return spring is pretensioned in an open end position of the door and an accompanying pivot position of the movable handle part, a second way in which the return spring is pretensioned in a closed end position of the door and an accompanying unpivoted base position of the handle part.

Assignees

• Bsh Hausgeraete Gmbh

Inventors

• Essert Michael
• Hintermayer Manfred
• Sickert Kerstin
• Wiedenmann Reinhard

Classifications

• F24C15/024 Primary

  Handles · CPC title

• F24C15/02 Primary

  Doors specially adapted for stoves or ranges · CPC title