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Abstract

A hinge in particular for a household appliance, for example a refrigerator, adapted to connect together at least one closing element 1, 1′ with the body 2 of said household appliance 3 at an opening 4 provided in said body, said hinge allowing to roto-translate said closing element 1, 1′ between a first operating position P1 in which it closes said opening 4, to a second operating position P2, P3 angularly spaced by at least 90° with respect to said first operating position P1, and preferably angularly spaced by at least 100°, said hinge comprising: a first support structure 5 adapted to be constrained to a front bearing structure or wall 2A of the body 2 of said household appliance 3, a second support structure 6 adapted to be constrained to said closing element 1, 1′, a first 7 and a second 8 connecting element adapted to connect together said first 5 and second 6 support structures, and a first elastically deformable member 9 which interact s with at least one 8 of said two connecting element s to exert a force that pushes said closing element 1, 1′ against said opening 4 of the body 2 of the household appliance at least when said closing element 1, 1′ is in its first operating position P1; wherein said first and second connecting element s 7, 8 and the first and second support structures 5, 6 form an articulated quadrilateral system 10.

First Claim