Patent ID: 7562914
Filing Date: 2009-07-21
Classification: E05B,F25D,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An electric household appliance, comprising: a door opening; a door for closing the door opening; and an opening device for the door, said opening device comprising: a support fixed to the door and adjacent a front edge of the door opening when the door is in a closed position; a handle pivotably supported by the support to rock between a rest position and a release position; an elastic element biasing said handle towards the rest position; and a pusher which, when activated in use, cooperates with and exerts thrust on said front edge of the door opening to detach the door from the door opening and to rotate the door in a first direction toward an open position; wherein said pusher is activated by rotation of the handle from the rest position to the release position and towards the support and the door in a second direction opposite to the first direction, so that the door is opened, in use, by only pushing, as opposed to pulling, on the handle; wherein said handle and pusher are integrated in a single element; wherein said handle is rotatable about a swing axis substantially perpendicular to a hinge axis about which the door is rotatable between the open and closed positions.