Adjusting rail

Abstract

A door is provided for a built-in household appliance and an adjusting rail for holding a trim panel is arranged on the door. The adjusting rail includes a base panel arranged between the trim panel and the door, with that side facing the trim panel having a depression formed therein that extends transversely over the base panel.

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       10 . A built-in household appliance, particularly a built-in refrigeration unit, the built-in household appliance comprising:
 a.) a housing forming an interior space;   b.) a door for selectively closing off and permitting access to the interior space; and   c.) at least one adjusting rail arranged on the door, the at least one adjusting rail for securing a trim panel to the door, the at least one adjusting rail including a base panel arranged between the trim panel and the door, the base panel for supporting the trim panel and the at least one adjusting rail including a means forming a depression extending transversely over the base panel, the depression being formed on a respective side of the base panel that faces the trim panel.   
   
   
       11 . The built-in household appliance as claimed in  claim 10 , wherein the depression is located substantially halfway along the transverse extent of the base panel. 
   
   
       12 . The built-in household appliance as claimed in  claim 10 , wherein the depression has a depth of 0.5 to 1.5 millimeters (mm) and a width of several centimeters (cm). 
   
   
       13 . The built-in household appliance as claimed in  claim 10 , wherein the base panel is formed from a flat material as a single piece and includes a reinforcing rib extending in the longitudinal direction of the base panel, and a depth offset between an apex surface of the reinforcing rib and edge areas of the base panel surrounding the reinforcing rib is greater than a depth offset between the edge areas of the base panel surrounding the reinforcing rib and the depression. 
   
   
       14 . The built-in household appliance as claimed in  claim 13 , wherein the base panel includes lugs projecting from one side of the base panel opposite the depression and the reinforcing rib extends directly into the lugs. 
   
   
       15 . The built-in household appliance as claimed in  claim 10 , wherein the base panel is composed of a carrier panel and two spacer plates separated from one another by the depression. 
   
   
       16 . The built-in household appliance as claimed in  claim 10  and further comprising two trim panels secured to the adjusting rail and joined to one another by a strip of flat material included in the depression. 
   
   
       17 . The built-in household appliance as claimed in  claim 16 , wherein the overall width of the joined trim panels is greater than 60 centimeters (cm). 
   
   
       18 . The built-in household appliance as claimed in  claim 10 , wherein the depression in the adjusting rail is filled with a spacer piece.