Patent ID: 8677566

Claim:
A hinge for a door of an electrical household appliance, comprising: a first element and a second element pivoted to each other and movable relative to each other in tilting fashion, a connecting lever between the first and the second element; the connecting lever pivoting on the first element; one of the first and second elements being fixable to a frame and the other of the first and second elements being fixable to the door, for moving the door relative to the frame between a closed position and an open position, the second element being box-shaped and comprising an elastic mechanism connected to the connecting lever by a drive rod which slides at least partly inside the second box-shaped element, a friction mechanism acting on the rod to slow the sliding movement relative to the second box-shaped element, and a guide mechanism guiding movement of the drive rod along an axis of longitudinal extension of the guide rod, the friction mechanism comprising an adjustable friction element operating on at least one face of the drive rod and adjustable to change a friction force applied on the drive rod independently of an elastic force applied to the connecting lever by the elastic mechanism.