SELF-LEVELING FOOT FOR AN APPLIANCE

摘要

A self-leveling foot for an appliance of the type that comprises: a base (10) to be seated on a floor (P); a rod (15) affixed to the base (10) and projecting upwardly therefrom; an elastic element (20) having a lower end (20a) seated on the base (10); and a tubular sleeve (30), slidably mounted and guided around the rod (15), and having a lower portion (30b) seated on the upper end (20b) of the elastic element (20) and an upper portion (30a) to be mounted under a lower frame portion (1) of the appliance, so as to apply on the base (10), through the elastic element (20), a respective portion of the appliance weight. The foot of the present invention may further comprise a dampening means (50) mounted between the parts of rod (15) and tubular sleeve (30), so as to exert a braking force against the relative axial movement between said parts.