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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2011
Applicants:
Renato Gaj, Casale Monferrato, IT;
Paolo Savini, Casale Monferrato, IT;
Inventors:
Renato Gaj, Casale Monferrato, IT;
Paolo Savini, Casale Monferrato, IT;
Assignee:
ELTEK S.P.A., Casale Monferrato, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05C 1/06 (2006.01); E05B 47/00 (2006.01); E05B 47/02 (2006.01); A47L 15/42 (2006.01); D06F 37/42 (2006.01); D06F 39/14 (2006.01); D06F 58/04 (2006.01); E05B 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05B 47/0009 (2013.01); A47L 15/4259 (2013.01); D06F 37/42 (2013.01); D06F 39/14 (2013.01); D06F 58/04 (2013.01); E05B 47/0001 (2013.01); E05B 47/026 (2013.01); A47L 2501/22 (2013.01); E05B 2047/0079 (2013.01); Y10T 292/08 (2015.04); Y10T 292/1014 (2015.04);
Abstract
The invention relates to a door lock device for household appliances such as washing machines, clothes dryers and the like. The device comprises a slide () which is movable between a door lock position and a door unlock position, and which cooperates with a coupling tooth arranged on the door in order to hold the door locked when the household appliance is in operation. The device is fitted with a thermoactuator () that drives the slide () by imparting thereto a translational motion between a door lock position and a door unlock position.