Patent ID: 6145898
Filing Date: 2000-11-14
Classification: D06F,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A door locking device for an electrical appliance having a door, comprising:a lock having a locking slide movable back and forth between an opening position and a closing position;a blocking device for arresting the locking slide in its closing position;a locking tang which drops into the lock when the appliance door is being closed and engages with the locking slide when the appliance door is in a closed state, the locking tang dropping out of the lock when the door is being opened;a gear mechanism, operative between the locking slide and the locking tang, for converting the dropping-in motion of the locking tang upon closure of the appliance door and the dropping-out motion of the locking tang upon opening of the appliance door into a displacement motion of the locking slide when the blocking device is not arresting the locking slide;means for guiding the locking tang in the lock so that motion of the appliance door when the blocking device is not arresting the locking slide moves the locking slide in the direction of its opening position; anda thrust latch, operative when the appliance door is open, on the locking slide having a latch stop disposed on the locking slide and a latch pin that rests on and locks the latch stop when the appliance door is open, the latch pin being moved by the locking tang into an opening position that releases the latch stop when the appliance door is in the closed state.