Household appliance having a storage container

Abstract

A household appliance has a body, which has an opening that can be closed by a front panel and a storage container that can be moved out of the body through the opening and raised. At least one pivot arm is disposed on the body and at least one slotted guide is connected to or formed on the front panel. The storage container is coupled to a free end of the pivot arm and being guided in the slotted guide.

1 - 19 . (canceled) 
     
     
         20 . A household appliance, comprising:
 a front panel;   a body having an opening closable by the front panel;   a storage container that is movable out of the body through the opening and is liftable;   at least one pivot arm arranged on the body;   at least one slotted guide connected to or formed on the front panel,   wherein the storage container is coupled to a free end of the at least one pivot arm and the storage container is guided in the at least one slotted guide.   
     
     
         21 . The household appliance of  claim 20 , wherein the at least one pivot arm is mounted on the storage container in a sliding and pivoting guide. 
     
     
         22 . The household appliance of  claim 21 , wherein the sliding and pivoting guide is arranged in a rear and lower portion of the storage container. 
     
     
         23 . The household appliance of  claim 21 , wherein a pivoting range of the sliding and pivoting guide is restricted in at least one pivoting direction. 
     
     
         24 . The household appliance of  claim 23 , wherein the pivoting range of the sliding and pivoting guide is restricted by abutting a stop surface of the pivot arm against a stop. 
     
     
         25 . The household appliance of  claim 20 , wherein the at least one slotted guide comprises a groove-like guide track accommodating at least one guide means of the storage container. 
     
     
         26 . The household appliance of  claim 25 , wherein the at least one guide means is a roller or a sliding block. 
     
     
         27 . The household appliance of  claim 25 , the at least one guide means includes two guide means, which are associated with the at least one slotted guide at a distance from one another so that parallel guidance of the storage container occurs when both guide means are located in a guide path. 
     
     
         28 . The household appliance of  claim 25 , wherein the groove-like guide track of the slotted guide is open at a top and widens in a funnel shape towards an upper end. 
     
     
         29 . The household appliance of  claim 20 , wherein the at least one pivot arm comprises two pivot arms that each engage a side of the storage container. 
     
     
         30 . The household appliance of  claim 20 , wherein the front panel is guided linearly displaceably on the body by at least one pull-out guide. 
     
     
         31 . The household appliance of  claim 30 , further comprising:
 a retraction lock configured to lock the at least one pull-out guide in an extended position when the storage container is raised.   
     
     
         32 . The household appliance of  claim 20 , wherein the front panel is a flap, which is mounted on the body such that the flap is foldable or pivotable. 
     
     
         33 . The household appliance of  claim 20 , further comprising:
 a drive arrangement configured to acting on the at least one pivot arm to pivot the at least one pivot arm between at least two pivot positions.   
     
     
         34 . The household appliance of  claim 33 , wherein the drive arrangement comprises a drive unit with drive motor and gearbox. 
     
     
         35 . The household appliance of  claim 34 , wherein the gearbox is self-locking. 
     
     
         36 . The household appliance of  claim 34 , wherein the drive unit is configured to act, via a belt, on a pivot axis on which the at least one pivot arm is arranged in a rotationally fixed manner. 
     
     
         37 . The household appliance of  claim 20 , further comprising:
 a protective covering attached to the storage container and extending downwardly toward the front panel on at least one side of the storage container.   
     
     
         38 . The household appliance of  claim 20 , wherein the household appliance is a refrigerator, a freezer, or a refrigerator and freezer.