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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2024
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Bojan Bičič, Srpenica, SI;
Jože Lavrenčič, Kobarid, SI;
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
A door locking device for a door of a household appliance includes a door sensing contact having an engaged configuration and a disengaged configuration, a sensing pin configured to activate the disengaged configuration of the door sensing contact when the door is opened, a main power contact having an engaged configuration and a disengaged configuration, a cut-out trigger configured to activate the disengaged configuration of the main power contact when the door is open, a cut-out pin configured to disengage the main power contact and the door sensing contact when the door is forcibly opened, a locking pin moveable between a door-locked and a door-unlocked position.
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