Patent ID: 6114667
Filing Date: 2000-09-05
Classification: A47J,B21J,B21K,B23P,H05K

Abstract:
Device for attaching together parts of a household electric appliance, one of which parts is a metal assembling part in the form of a sheet or plate having opposed first and second major faces, said device comprising:an assembling and retaining element having a base and a projecting portion which projects beyond the first major face of the assembling part, said assembling and retaining element being integral with, and formed from, said assembling part, whereinsaid base of said assembling and retaining element is constituted by a portion of said assembling part and extends toward a plane containing the second major face of the assembling part,said projecting portion is formed by displacement of material of the assembling part to effect a local reduction of the thickness of the assembling part around the assembling and retaining element, andsaid projecting portion has a volume corresponding substantially to the volume of the material which is displaced to form said projecting portion.