Patent ID: 8286306

Claim:
A hinge for a door of a household appliance, comprising: a first body, a second body having a pivot pin with an axis, and a connecting lever between the bodies; the lever pivoting on the second body via the pivot pin about the axis and having a first portion integral with the first body for making the first and second bodies movable relative to one another with a tilting action; one of the first and second bodies being fixable to a frame and the other to the door, for moving the door relative to the frame between a closed position and an open position; the second body comprising: a first substantially box-shaped element containing an elastic mechanism interposed between the second body and the lever for applying an elastic action on the lever; a second box-shaped element positioned outside the first box-shaped element and slidably mobile relative to the first box-shaped element; and an actuator mechanism for imparting a relative sliding movement to the first and second box-shaped elements; wherein, the sliding movement of the first and second box-shaped elements relative to each other causes the first body to move away relative to the second body from a first position to a second position so that a distance between a distal end of the second box-shaped element and the axis of the pivot pin, about which the lever rotates, varies between a minimal value, in the first position, to a maximum value, in the second position.