(57) A device for sealingly securing electric heater elements (7, 8, 9, 10) in an opening
(4) formed to this purpose in the wall of a liquid receptacle (3) of a household appliance
such as a laundry washing machine comprises a sealing gasket (11) made of an elastic
material, and a resilient fastener element (12) amde of metal. The sealing gasket
has a passage for each heater element to pas therethrough, including a toothed portion
(24) for sealing engagement with the respective heater element, and a cavity (25)
surrounded by a peripheral lip (18) formed with a peripheral channel (19) for engagement
with the peripheral edge (20) of the opening. The fasteenr element is formed with
resilient fingers (13, 14, 15,16) adapted to be brought into snap engagement with
the interior wall of the gasket cavity and the outer surface of the heater element
for compressing said lip against the peripheral edge of the opening and retaining
the heater element in place.
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