Patent ID: 9217217
Filing Date: 2015-12-22
Classification: D06F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A door locking device for a household appliance, the door locking device comprising a base member having a receptacle; a closing element adapted to be on a door of the household appliance, the closing element being moved into the receptacle when the door is closed; a control unit; an electrical switch that is switched over after the closing element is in a closed position and via which an information signal signaling the closed position of the closing element is transmitted to the control unit, the electrical switch being configured to open and close by way of the closing element contacting and moving an element of the door locking device; and an interlocking device adapted to mechanically interlock the door; wherein mechanical interlocking of the door is facilitated in an interlock position of the closing element; and wherein the closing element is moved from the interlock position into the closed position when the door is closed.