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EP 1211465 A3 20060531 - Household appliance

Title (en)

Household appliance

Title (de)

Haushaltsgerät

Title (fr)

Appareil ménager

Publication

EP 1211465 A3 20060531 (DE)

Application

EP 01126328 A 20011106

Priority

DE 10059169 A 20001129

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP1211465A2] The handle (2) for the appliance door is formed by a plastically deformable section of the front panel (1) of the door, this section forming an undercut (3).

IPC 8 full level

F24C 15/02 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

F24C 15/024 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

[A] FR 2409458 A1 19790615 - DIETRICH & CIE DE [FR]
[A] DE 1717890 U 19560301 - NEFF ALFRED DR [DE]

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1211465 A2 20020605; EP 1211465 A3 20060531; EP 1211465 B1 20080827; AT E406546 T1 20080915; DE 10059169 A1 20020613; DE 50114263 D1 20081009; ES 2311003 T3 20090201

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 01126328 A 20011106; AT 01126328 T 20011106; DE 10059169 A 20001129; DE 50114263 T 20011106; ES 01126328 T 20011106