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Domestic electrical appliance and door latch therefor

US12398582B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

emz-Hanauer GmbH & Co. KGaA · DE

Inventors

Albert Dirnberger · Neunburg vorm Wald, DE
Benjamin Schemela · Fleckhaus, DE
Georg Spießl · Altendorf, DE
Matthias Bauer · Phoenix, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 19, 2022
Grant date	Aug 26, 2025
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 4, 2043

Classification

Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
CPC primaryE05B47/0012
WIPO fieldCivil engineering
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A door latch for an electrical appliance includes a rotary gripper movably disposed between a gripping position and a release position with rotational displaceability and having a gripping mouth delimited between a pair of jaws. The rotary gripper is adapted to hold captive a striker in the gripping mouth for holding closed a door of the electrical appliance in the gripping position and to permit release of the striker for opening the door in the release position. The gripping position and the release position correspond to different rotational positions of the rotary gripper. A spring arrangement in the gripping position of the rotary gripper exerts on the rotary gripper a bias which counteracts a movement of the rotary gripper towards the release position. An opener mechanism for opening the closed door includes a movably arranged opening element separate from the striker and a drive unit for driving the opening element.

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