Patent ID: 7069924

Claim:
A wall-mounted cooking appliance, comprising: a housing formed with a muffle and a bottom muffle opening; a lowerable bottom door for selectively closing said bottom muffle opening; a bottom door guide connecting said bottom door to said housing and mounting said bottom door for selective lifting and lowering along a lifting path, said bottom door guide having: at least one housing-side first guide element; a bottom door-side second guide element; and at least one intermediate element connecting said first guide element with said second guide element and lengthening the lifting path of said bottom door; a drive mechanism having a tensile element disposed in a channel formed of said guide elements and said intermediate element, and said tensile element being connected to said bottom door for lifting and lowering said bottom door; and a tensile force mechanism associated with said drive mechanism for causing a predetermined minimum tensile force to be maintained on the tensile element to counter slack introduced into said tensile element as a result of said bottom door coming to rest on a surface when in an opened condition, and before the drive mechanism shuts down.