EP1469147A2 - Dispositif de verrouillage et déverrouillage pour une porte d'un appareil électroménager - Google Patents

Dispositif de verrouillage et déverrouillage pour une porte d'un appareil électroménager Download PDF

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EP1469147A2
EP1469147A2 EP04008956A EP04008956A EP1469147A2 EP 1469147 A2 EP1469147 A2 EP 1469147A2 EP 04008956 A EP04008956 A EP 04008956A EP 04008956 A EP04008956 A EP 04008956A EP 1469147 A2 EP1469147 A2 EP 1469147A2
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B47/00—Operating or controlling locks or other fastening devices by electric or magnetic means
    • E05B47/02—Movement of the bolt by electromagnetic means; Adaptation of locks, latches, or parts thereof, for movement of the bolt by electromagnetic means
    • E05B47/023—Movement of the bolt by electromagnetic means; Adaptation of locks, latches, or parts thereof, for movement of the bolt by electromagnetic means the bolt moving pivotally or rotatively
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F37/00—Details specific to washing machines covered by groups D06F21/00 - D06F25/00
    • D06F37/42—Safety arrangements, e.g. for stopping rotation of the receptacle upon opening of the casing door
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F39/00—Details of washing machines not specific to a single type of machines covered by groups D06F9/00 - D06F27/00 
    • D06F39/12—Casings; Tubs
    • D06F39/14—Doors or covers; Securing means therefor
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05C—BOLTS OR FASTENING DEVICES FOR WINGS, SPECIALLY FOR DOORS OR WINDOWS
    • E05C19/00—Other devices specially designed for securing wings, e.g. with suction cups
    • E05C19/10—Hook fastenings; Fastenings in which a link engages a fixed hook-like member
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05C—BOLTS OR FASTENING DEVICES FOR WINGS, SPECIALLY FOR DOORS OR WINDOWS
    • E05C5/00—Fastening devices with bolts moving otherwise than only rectilinearly and only pivotally or rotatively
    • E05C5/02—Fastening devices with bolts moving otherwise than only rectilinearly and only pivotally or rotatively both moving axially and turning about their axis to secure the wing

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  • the present invention relates to a device for locking and unlocking the door of an electric household appliance.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide a locking and unlocking device which has a structure that can be produced easily and inexpensively and which is highly reliable in operation.
  • a locking and unlocking device comprising:
  • the device 1 comprises a support housing, generally indicated 2, which is made, for example, of a moulded plastics material.
  • An opening 3 is defined in the housing 2 for the introduction of a retaining member A which is fixed in known manner to the door of an electric household appliance.
  • a slide also made, for example, of a plastics material, is generally indicated 4 in the drawings.
  • the slide 4 is mounted so as to be translatable in the housing 2 away from and towards the opening 3 along an axis which is substantially parallel to the axis of the opening.
  • a hook member 5 is articulated to the slide 4 and is pivotable about an axis 6 transverse the axis of translation of the slide.
  • the hook 5 has, in particular, a pair of opposed pins 5a, which are formed integrally therewith and are engaged in corresponding aligned openings formed in two facing lugs 4a of the slide 4 (see, for example, Figures 3 and 4).
  • the hook 5 also has two pairs of opposed transverse pins 5b, 5c cooperating with respective guide profiles, generally indicated 7 in Figures 3 to 5, formed in two opposed walls of the housing 2, along the path of the slide 4.
  • each guide profile 7 has three adjacent surface portions 7a, 7b and 7c.
  • the intermediate portion 7a of each guide profile 7 is substantially parallel to the axis of translation of the slide 4, whereas the end portions 7b and 7c are inclined, for example by about +45° and -45°, respectively.
  • the pins 5b and 5c of the hook member 5 can cooperate with the inclined surface portions 7b and 7c of the guide profiles 7 in a manner such that, when the slide 4 is in a first operative position shown in Figures 1 and 5, the hook member 5 is in an angular position in which it allows the retaining member A of the door to be introduced through the opening 3 of the housing 2 of the device.
  • the slide 4 can move from the first operative position, shown in Figures 1 and 5, to a second operative position shown in Figures 2, 7 and 8.
  • a helical spring mounted transversely in the slide 4 (Figure 8) is indicated 8 in Figures 3 and 5-8.
  • the helical spring 8 has its opposite ends engaged on corresponding supports 9 of the slide 4 ( Figures 6 and 8) in an axially compressed state.
  • the intermediate portion of the helical spring 8 extends and is held in a fork-shaped projection 10 integral with the support housing 2 ( Figures 3, 5, 6-8).
  • the helical spring 8 has bistable behaviour in the sense that it can adopt a first stable configuration and a second stable configuration in which it is curved relative to its own natural longitudinal axis to one side and to the other side, respectively, as shown in Figure 5 and in Figure 8, respectively.
  • a shell 13 is connected to the housing 2 of the device; the shell 13 houses the components of an electromechanical control device 20, for example, of the type described in the Applicant's USA patent 6,334,637.
  • This device comprises, in particular, a locking member 14 which can extend through an opening 15 formed in the support housing 2 (see Figures 3 and 5-9 in particular).
  • the locking member 14 can adopt a release position ( Figures 5 and 6) in which it does not protrude from the container with the shell 13 through the opening 15 of the housing 2 and does not therefore obstruct the sliding of the slide 4 relative to that housing.
  • the locking member 14 can, however, adopt an engagement position ( Figures 7 and 8) in which it projects beyond the opening 15 of the housing 2, engaging in the opening 12 of the slide 4, when the slide is in its second operative position, preventing the slide 4 from returning to the first operative position which is shown, for example, in Figure 5.
  • the locking and unlocking device described above operates substantially in the following manner.
  • the device At rest and with the door or hatch of the electric household appliance in the open condition, the device adopts the configuration shown in Figure 1: the spring 8 is curved upwards and keeps the slide 4 in the first operative position or raised position; the hook 5 does not obstruct the introduction of the retaining member A of the door into the opening 3 of the locking device 1.
  • the electromechanical control device 20 keeps the locking member 14 in the release position in which it does not obstruct any movement of the slide 4.
  • the hook member 5 pivots about the axis 6, anticlockwise as seen in Figure 5, owing to the interaction between its pins 5b and 5c and the corresponding surfaces 7b and 7c of the guide profiles 7.
  • the distal end of the hook member 5 grips the retaining member A as can be seen in Figure 6.
  • a control unit thereof can activate the electromechanical control device 20, in known manner, so as to bring about the movement of the locking member 14 to the engagement position shown in Figure 7 in which it protrudes into the opening 12 of the slide 4, preventing the slide 4 from returning to the rest operative position and thus in fact preventing opening of the door.
  • the control unit of the appliance controls the electromechanical device 20 in a manner such that the locking member 14 is retracted to the release position.
  • the locking member 14 no longer obstructs the return of the slide 4 to the rest operative position and thus allows the door to the opened by a pull exerted thereon so as to cause the slide 4 to return upwards to the rest operative position, bringing about pivoting of the hook member 5 during the last stage of that upward movement so that the hook member 5 is released from the retaining member A of the door.
  • a microswitch generally indicated 30, is fixed to the housing 2 of the device and comprises an operating member 31 which can cooperate with the slide 4 in a manner such that the switch switches, for example, from open to closed, when the slide 4 is in the lowered operative position, that is, when the door of the electric household appliance is closed.
  • the switch 30 can indicate the door-closed condition to a control unit of the electric household appliance.

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EP04008956A 2003-04-17 2004-04-15 Dispositif de verrouillage et déverrouillage pour une porte d'un appareil électroménager Expired - Lifetime EP1469147B1 (fr)

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IT000304A ITTO20030304A1 (it) 2003-04-17 2003-04-17 Dispositivo di bloccaggio e sbloccaggio del portello
ITTO20030304 2003-04-17

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ITRM20110026A1 (it) * 2011-01-24 2012-07-25 Bitron Spa Dispositivo blocco-porta per un portello di un elettrodomestico.
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ITTO20120469A1 (it) * 2012-05-30 2013-12-01 Illinois Tool Works Blocco porta elettromagnetico
CN104894811A (zh) * 2014-03-05 2015-09-09 伊利诺斯工具制品有限公司 门锁和使用该门锁的家电设备
EP2370737B1 (fr) 2008-12-30 2016-07-20 Arçelik Anonim Sirketi Four comprenant un dispositif de verrouillage
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