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Device for opening and/or closing a door

A technology for closing doors and driving devices, applied in washing devices, stove/stove doors, household cleaning devices, etc., can solve problems such as user difficulty, oven heat loss, and increased energy consumption

Active Publication Date: 2013-04-24
DIEHL AKO STIFTUNG
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Neither method of operation is easy for the user
Furthermore, in the case of this method of operation, the oven door may remain open for a relatively long time, in which case causing heat loss inside the oven and thus increasing energy consumption

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[0025] figure 1 , figure 2 and Figure 4 An oven or a refrigerator (as an example of an electronic household appliance) is shown as an application example of the present invention.

[0026] The housing 10 of the oven or refrigerator delimits an interior which is accessible in known manner via an access opening on the front side, ie an opening facing the user. The access opening can be closed by a door 12 in each case.

[0027] Such as image 3 As shown, the door 12 is equipped with or connected to a drive device 14 with which the door 12 can be opened and closed independently, ie automatically. For example, door 12 has hinges with integrated drives. The door 12 and / or the drive 14 are additionally equipped with detection means 16 for detecting the open / closed state of the door 12 .

[0028] The oven or refrigerator also has an activation device so that the automatic opening / closing of the door 12 can be caused by the user. The activation device has a control device 18 ...

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Abstract

An apparatus for opening and / or closing a door (12) of a domestic appliance, such as, for example, an oven, a refrigerator and the like, has a drive apparatus (14) for the automatic opening and / or closing of the door (12) and an actuating device (18-22) which is operable by a user for activating the drive apparatus (14) in order to open or to close the door (12).

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a device for opening and / or closing doors, in particular the doors of household appliances such as ovens, refrigerators, freezers and the like. Background technique [0002] In the case of conventional household appliances, the door usually has to be grasped by the door handle and then opened or closed when opening and closing. For this, the user generally must have at least one hand free. If the user for example wishes to push the baking tray into a preheated oven, in the case of conventional ovens, he first has to put the baking tray down, then open the oven door with the now free hand on the door handle, and pick up the baking tray again and push it into the oven, and finally close the oven door again. As an alternative to this, the user can also balance the baking tray with one hand and grasp the door handle with the other hand in order to open the oven door. Neither method of operation is easy for the user. Fur...

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IPC IPC(8): E05F15/20
CPCF25D2700/04E05Y2900/304F25D2600/02F25D23/02E05F15/10F24C15/02E05F15/2092D06F39/14F25D23/028E05F15/2023E05F15/12F25D2700/02A47L15/4259E05F15/611E05F15/73E05F15/79
Inventor B·富格
Owner DIEHL AKO STIFTUNG
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