(19)
(11) EP 1 550 759 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
26.08.2009 Bulletin 2009/35

(43) Date of publication A2:
06.07.2005 Bulletin 2005/27

(21) Application number: 04468026.2

(22) Date of filing: 16.12.2004
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
D06F 37/42(2006.01)
E05B 47/00(2006.01)
 E05B 17/22(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL BA HR LV MK YU

(30) Priority: 18.12.2003 SI 200300310

(71) Applicant: ITW Metalflex d.o.o. Tolmin
5220 Tolmin (SI)

(72) Inventor:
  • Leban, Oton
    5216 Most na Soci (SI)

(74) Representative: Gros, Mladen 
Patentna pisarna d.o.o. Copova 14 P.O. Box 1725
1001 Ljubljana
1001 Ljubljana (SI)

   


(54) Security means in a household appliance


(57) Security means in a household appliance comprises an electric switching unit (1) provided with a PTC resistor (11) and a bistable switching spring (12), at a free end of which spring a movable contact (13) is fixed, a blocking slider (2) for blocking a handle (6) of an appliance door and a latch (3), which in a state of the blocked handle (6) projects into a first opening (21) of the blocking slider (2). A protective lifter (4) is placed between the free end of the bistable switching spring (12) and the blocking slider (2) and transversely thereto. In a state of the unblocked handle (6) a tip (41) of the protective lifter (4) abuts on a lifting elevation (22) of the blocking slider (2) and keeps the free end of the even possibly hot bistable switching spring (12) apart so that the movable contact (13) is separated from a fixed contact (14). In the state of the blocked handle (6) the tip (41) of the protective lifter (4) abuts on an unelevated spot of the blocking slider (2) so that the movable contact (13) fixed at the free end of the bistable switching spring (12) is closed with the fixed contact (14).
The security means in a household appliance according to the invention contributes to a higher security for the user in a simple way.







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