Patent ID: 8702134

Claim:
A door lock device for an electric household appliance including a casing, a door and a movable latch wherein the latch is carried by the door and the latch is rotatable on a rotation plane generally perpendicular to a door rotation axis, the device comprising: a frame carried by the casing, the frame having a striker, a movable guiding member movable in a direction such that the movable guiding member changes position along a direction along a longitudinal axis of the latch movable in a direction such that the movable guiding member changes position relative to a location along at least one of a longitudinal axis of the latch and a lateral axis of the latch, and an elastic member; the striker having a pair of opposite jaws carried by the frame adjacent to each other and movable against the bias of the elastic member; the movable guiding member adapted to cause the jaws to be driven apart from one another in response to a traction exerted on the latch when the latch is engaged with the striker, said elastic member and movable guiding member being arranged so that the movement of the jaws occurs on a plane arranged perpendicular to the rotation plane of the latch and arranged to release the striker from the latch.