Patent ID: 8047198

Claim:
A domestic appliance including a device; the device comprising: a door supported on a body of the domestic appliance for a pivoting movement relative to the body of the domestic appliance in a pivoting direction, and for closing a useable space of the domestic appliance; a guide system for at least partially lowering the door into a storage space in a guided manner; at least one guide assembly operatively associated with the guide system; and a mounting unit mounting the guide assembly to the door in a static manner in the pivoting direction and in a movable manner in at least one surface extension direction of the door; and an energy storage unit coupled to the door, wherein the guide assembly is swiveled by a same angle as the door during the pivoting movement, the energy storage unit is coupled to the guide assembly, and the guide-assembly forms a lever arm for the energy storage unit and wherein an acting lever arm length of the lever arm gradually decreases while the door is opened.