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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2010
Gianbattista Ala, Volpiano, IT;
Gianbattista Ala, Volpiano, IT;
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
A door locking device for an electric household appliance, in particular a dishwasher, including a first supporting body, a latch pivotally carried by the first supporting body about a first rotation axis and operatively associated in use with a door catch of the electric household appliance and elastic means carried by the first supporting body and secured between the latter and the latch to be adapted in use to make the latch selectively take first and second working positions, rotated to each other by a first angle about the first axis; wherein a second supporting body designed to be integrally carried in use by a door of the electric household appliance supports the first body overhangingly hinged on opposite side of the latch, second elastic means being interposed between the first and the second supporting bodies, which means are adapted to allow the same to rotate relatively about a second axis parallel to the first and eccentric with respect to the latch, at least by a second angle.