EP 0381022 B1 19921209 - A DOOR LOCKING MEANS FOR A WASHING AND/OR DRYING MACHINE FOR LAUNDRY
Title (en)
A DOOR LOCKING MEANS FOR A WASHING AND/OR DRYING MACHINE FOR LAUNDRY
Publication
Application
Priority
IT 4570689 A 19890130
Abstract (en)
[origin: EP0381022A1] A door locking means for a washing and/or drying machine for laundry, adapted to keep the door locked during the washing or drying cycle selected and to unlock the door after the end of the cycle or if the door is prematurely opened during the washing or drying cycle. The means comprises a bimetallic element (5) associated both with a pin (12) interacting with the lock (13) of the door, and with an electric contact (8) connected before the general switch (4) of the machine and adapted to be closed on a conventional-type optical or acoustic warning means (11) adapted to signal the locked or unlocked state of the door. The bimetallic element (5) is furthermore provided with an electric contact (1) adapted to be closed on the electric components of the machine and to be activated by the element simultaneously with the other electric contact (8). In this way the warning means (11) is switched on and off when the contact (7) of the bimetallic element (5) is closed and open, respectively, in the particular locked or unlocked state of the door, thereby preventing any incorrect activation of the door.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
D06F 37/42 (2006.01); E05B 47/00 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
D06F 37/42 (2013.01 - EP US); E05B 47/0009 (2013.01 - EP US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT DE ES FR GB IT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0381022 A1 19900808; EP 0381022 B1 19921209; AT E83274 T1 19921215; DE 69000537 D1 19930121; DE 69000537 T2 19930415; ES 2036060 T3 19930501; IT 1234684 B 19920526; IT 8945706 A0 19890130
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 90101353 A 19900124; AT 90101353 T 19900124; DE 69000537 T 19900124; ES 90101353 T 19900124; IT 4570689 A 19890130