Home appliance with anti-trap protection

Abstract

A home appliance includes a carcass, a door joined to the carcass with a hinge for closure of an interior compartment of the carcass, a superimposed decor panel spaced from the door by a gap, a first fitting part mounted in the gap on the decor panel, and a deformable cover piece extending from a side wall of the carcass adjacent to the hinge into the gap and having an extension which reaches through a passage between the first fitting part and the decor panel from a hinge-side edge of the decor panel and abuts a side of the first fitting part facing away from the hinge-side edge of the decor panel.

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         13 . A home appliance comprising:
 a carcass;   a door joined to the carcass with a hinge for closure of an interior compartment of the carcass;   a superimposed decor panel spaced from the door by a gap;   a first fitting part mounted in the gap on the decor panel; and   a deformable cover piece extending from a side wall of the carcass adjacent to the hinge into the gap and having an extension which reaches through a passage between the first fitting part and the decor panel from a hinge-side edge of the decor panel and abuts a side of the first fitting part facing away from the hinge-side edge of the decor panel.   
     
     
         14 . The home appliance of  claim 13 , further comprising a film hinge that extends along the hinge-side edge of the decor panel and that connects two limbs of the cover piece in a one-piece manner. 
     
     
         15 . The home appliance of  claim 13 , wherein the first fitting part comprises a bridging section that connects two seatings abutting the decor panel and that forms a wall of the passage through which the extension reaches. 
     
     
         16 . The home appliance of  claim 15 , wherein the bridging section comprises a projection facing the decor panel, which is latched into a first cut-out of the extension. 
     
     
         17 . The home appliance of  claim 16 , wherein the extension comprises a second cut-out, which is arranged as a mirror-image of the first cut-out. 
     
     
         18 . The home appliance of  claim 15 , wherein the first fitting part comprises a bridging section between the two seatings touching the decor panel that connects the seatings at a distance from the decor panel and which delimits a retainer for a second limb of an angled second fitting part having a first limb that is attached to a side edge of the door. 
     
     
         19 . The home appliance as claimed in  claim 18 , wherein the second fitting part comprises a connecting tongue that is latched into a slot of the first fitting part. 
     
     
         20 . The home appliance of  claim 19 , wherein the first fitting part comprises a bracket and two lateral strips flanking the bracket which are punched out of the first fitting part and wherein the bracket is deflected out from a level of the two lateral strips to define the slot. 
     
     
         21 . The home appliance of  claim 13 , wherein the extension comprises two projections set opposite to each other and protruding in a longitudinal direction of the cover piece. 
     
     
         22 . The home appliance of  claim 21 , wherein the extension comprises a stiffened zone that extends from one of the projections to the other. 
     
     
         23 . The home appliance of  claim 22 , wherein the stiffened zone comprises a stiffening body. 
     
     
         24 . The home appliance of  claim 13 , wherein the cover piece comprises an extruded profile which is cropped on a longitudinal edge to form the extension.