Patent ID: 8944535
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: A47L,E05B,E05C,E05Y

Abstract:
1. System for controlling closing of a door of a household appliance; said door being adapted to close an inner chamber in a cabinet of said household appliance and communicating with an environment outside said cabinet through an access opening; said system comprising an engagement element mounted on said cabinet and adapted to be releasably held by a retaining element mounted on said door, so that said door is constrained to said cabinet when said household appliance is in use; said engagement element comprises: a supporting body adapted to be mounted on said cabinet; a striker adapted to be releasably coupled to said retaining element and to be movably mounted relative to said supporting body between a retracted position and an extended position; when said striker is coupled to said retaining element and assumes said retracted position and said extended position; said door adopting a: a locking mechanism, switching between: an electrically controlled actuator adapted to control the switching of said locking mechanism from said locking condition to said unlocking condition; and a thrust member capable of exerting a thrust in a direction of movement of said striker from said retracted position to said extended position on said door, thereby facilitating switching said door into said pre-open condition when said striker is coupled to said retaining element and said locking mechanism is in the unlocking condition.