Patent ID: 8162418

Claim:
An apparatus for closing a front-side loading opening in a housing of a washing machine or tumble dryer comprising: a door, a housing, and a hinge; the housing having a front wall and a front wall recess; the door including a front-side door shell and a housing-side door shell; the housing-side door shell having edge slots; the door being connected to the housing by the hinge in such a way that the door can be pivoted through an opening angle of at least approximately 180° and in a closed position is countersunk in the front wall recess of the housing in such a way that it terminates substantially flush with a front surface of the housing; and wherein the hinge is a single-axis hinge; the hinge including a door-side hinge part and a housing-side hinge part; the housing-side hinge part having hinge arms; the door-side hinge part being held between the front-side door shell and the housing-side door shell in a receptacle structure; the door-side hinge part having two apertures corresponding to the edge slots in the housing-side door shell and having associated bearing blocks; the apertures receiving the hinge arms and projecting forward from the front wall recess.