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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2020
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Dino Chirumbolo, Turin, IT;
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
A door locking device () including a support body () which can be fixed to a door () of an electric household appliance, a bracket () which can be fixed to a structural element () of the electric household appliance and a latching device () including: a locking tooth () constrained to rotate and translate relatively to the support body and which can be coupled with a first end thereof () with a transversal element () of the bracket; a sliding stem () cooperating with a second end () of the locking tooth by means of conjugated cam profiles () carried by the locking tooth and by a head () of the stem; a compression spring () associated with the stem for thrusting the cam profiles () into contact; and a tilting element () hinged to the support body to cooperate with the transversal element () of the bracket independently of the locking tooth, to activate a microswitch () when the tooth is in a locking position, wherein it engages the transversal element () of the bracket.