Patent ID: 9706895
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: A47L,E05D,E05F,E05Y

Claim:
1. A balancing system ( 50 ) that balances a door of a household appliance ( 100 ) that is openable and closable, and comprising a hinge plate ( 4 ) fixed to a body ( 8 ) of the household appliance ( 100 ), a hinge arm ( 1 ) attached to the hinge plate ( 4 ) so as to rotate around a horizontal axis ( 7 ) of the hinge arm ( 1 ) and whereon the door is mounted, a spring ( 2 ), one end of which is fixed to the body ( 8 ) of the household appliance ( 100 ) and which exerts force on the door in the direction of closing, a cable ( 3 ), one end of which is connected to the hinge arm ( 1 ) and the other end to a free end of the spring ( 2 ), transferring force from the spring ( 2 ) to the hinge arm ( 1 ), characterized in that a first spool ( 5 ) that is fixed to the hinge plate ( 4 ) or to the body ( 8 ) of the household appliance ( 100 ) so as to rotate around a rotational axis of the first spool ( 5 ), that supports and directs the cable ( 3 ) running thereover during opening and closing of the door and that has two separate sections ( 9 , 10 ) formed in different sizes or from different materials that rub against the cable ( 3 ) such that the cable ( 3 ) is run over a first section ( 9 ) of the two separate sections ( 9 , 10 ) without running over a second section of the two separate sections ( 9 , 10 ) during the closing of the door and the cable ( 3 ) is run over the second section ( 10 ) without running over the first section ( 9 ) during the opening of the door.