Global Patent Index - EP 2348148 B1

EP 2348148 B1 20130327 - Top-loading clothes washing machine drum comprising a locking device with a sliding latch

Title (en)

Top-loading clothes washing machine drum comprising a locking device with a sliding latch

Title (de)

Trommel einer von oben beschickbaren Waschmaschine mit einer Verriegelungsvorrichtung mit Schieberiegel

Title (fr)

Tambour d'une machine à laver le linge à chargement par le dessus avec un dispositif de verrouillage doté d'un loquet coulissant

Publication

EP 2348148 B1 20130327 (EN)

Application

EP 10151662 A 20100126

Priority

EP 10151662 A 20100126

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP2348148A1] A security latch (4) for preventing the unintentional release of drum access doors (100,200) of a top loading clothes washing machine drum provided with two door sections, one of the door sections carrying the catches, the other carrying the slots. The security latch is associated with a stop (T) against the rim (R) of the door containing the slots, when the doors are closed. The stop is positioned on the door carrying the catches and comprises a push button which is returnable towards the outside of a hollow socket by a spring (K). The stop (T) is the end of a member (S) which is slidable towards the drum interior according to a sliding direction (D) which forms a predetermined acute angle (±) with a tangential direction of the drum circumference at the intersection point (P) with the same circumference.

IPC 8 full level

D06F 37/10 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

D06F 37/10 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 2348148 A1 20110727; EP 2348148 B1 20130327; ES 2404142 T3 20130524; PL 2348148 T3 20130628

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 10151662 A 20100126; ES 10151662 T 20100126; PL 10151662 T 20100126