Patent ID: 9101259
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: A47L,D06F,E05B,E05C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A door lock for a dishwashing machine, the door lock comprising: a lock housing; a pair of closing arms held in the lock housing, each closing arm having a free arm portion projecting from the lock housing, wherein the free arm portions are deflectable relative to one another from a relative normal position in a relative first deflection direction counter to a resetting action of at least one first spring; a pair of deflection surfaces, each deflection surface configured for engagement by a respective one of the free arm portions during closing of a door of the dishwashing machine, the deflection surfaces effective to cause a relative deflection of the free arm portions counter to the resetting action of the first spring, wherein the free arm portions, during closing of the door and following their relative deflection by the deflection surfaces, move past the deflection surfaces and in so doing experience an at least partial resetting in the direction of the relative normal position when the door is in a closed state; and a motor-driven opening mechanism configured to act upon the closing arms when the door is in the closed state to deflect the free arm portions relative to one another against the resetting action of the first spring; and a control unit configured to activate the motor-driven opening mechanism if it is detected that a washing operation of the dishwashing machine has finished and a drying operation is to be initiated.