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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2016
Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag, Stockholm, SE;
Branko Ivanovic, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, DE;
Rudolf Schmidt, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, DE;
Dietmar Hildner, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, DE;
Erhard Käser, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, DE;
Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag, Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a locking device () for a door of a domestic appliance. The locking device () comprises a main body () and a locking hook element () supported pivoting in and/or at the main body (). The locking hook element () is pivoting between an engaged position and a disengaged position. The locking hook element () is engageable with and disengageable from a corresponding counterpart (). The locking device () comprises an electric actuator () arranged in and/or at the main body () and mechanically connected or connectable to the locking hook element (). The electric actuator () effects the pivoting of the locking hook element () from the engaged position to the disengaged position. The locking device () comprises a first spring element () interconnected between the locking hook element () and the main body (), wherein said first spring element () effects a movement of the locking hook element () from the disengaged position to the engaged position.