Patent ID: 7699064

Claim:
A dishwasher having a rinsing container which can be sealed on its front side by an appliance door that is pivotable about a horizontal axis on the bottom section thereof, said dishwasher comprising: (a) a base area which extends beneath the rinsing container and is bordered at the bottom by a collecting pan, at the rear by a cover, at the front by a connecting strip, and at each of the two sides by a base part; (b) appliance feet that are adjustable in height and engaged with a base part; and (c) an adjustment device for varying the closing behavior of the appliance door and contained in a base part, the adjustment device comprising: (c1) a spring that may be adjustably stressed by manipulation of the adjustment device, (c2) a tension cable engaged at one end with the spring and at the other end with the door, and (c3) a roller mounted in a sliding block engaged with a longitudinal guide, the sliding block having a threaded bore for engagement with a screw, and the tension cable being guided over the roller, wherein rotation of the screw causes the sliding block to move along the longitudinal guide, thereby causing the roller mechanism to move along the tension cable to adjust the stress on the spring; wherein each base part is designed as a narrow receptacle housing for the appliance feet and height adjustment thereof and the adjustment device, each base part being mounted between the cover and the connecting strip.