Door lock for a domestic electrical appliance

US11624209B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• emz-Hanauer GmbH & Co. KGaA · DE

Inventors

• Albert Dirnberger · Neunburg vorm Wald, DE
• Georg Spiessl · Willhof, DE
• Markus Lang · Neunburg vorm Wald, DE
• Robert Reitinger · Lappersdorf, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 7, 2020
• Grant date: Apr 11, 2023
• Expiry date: Mar 24, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC E): Fixed Constructions
• CPC primary: E05Y2900/312
• WIPO field: Civil engineering
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A door lock for a domestic electrical appliance includes a locking member which is electrically switchable between an unlocking position and a locking position, which locking member in the unlocking position allows a closed door of the domestic appliance to be opened and in the locking position is in blocking engagement with a blockable component at least when the door is closed, and an auxiliary member, separate from the blockable component, which is movable in dependence on the closing of the door from a release position into a blocking position. The blocking engagement effects blocking of the closed door against opening. In the release position, the auxiliary member allows the locking member to be transferred from the unlocking position into the locking position; in contrast, in its blocking position, the auxiliary member blocks the locking member against being transferred from the unlocking position into the locking position.