Closing mechanism for a household appliance

US7775565B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MARQUARDT GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Michael Hartmann · Wien, AT
• Dieter Hotz · Dischingen, DE
• Cengiz Kuecuek · Syrgenstein, DE
• Heinrich Mueller · Tuttlingen, DE
• Axel Rastemborski · Spaichingen, DE
• Bernd Schessl · Dillingen/Saar, DE
• Erich Schmid · Nuremberg, DE
• Martin Stickel · Giengen an der Brenz, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 16, 2007
• Grant date: Aug 17, 2010
• Expiry date: Oct 16, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T292/558
• WIPO field: Civil engineering
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A closing mechanism for a movable closing element, preferably for a door, a cover or a flap on a household appliance, such as a dishwasher, a washing machine, or a refrigerator, the mechanism comprises a carriage that can be displaced between a locking position and an unlocking position and is loaded by a spring force in the direction of the locking position. The carriage carries a closing hook that can be engaged with the closing element for the closing action and/or disengaged therefrom for the opening action. A rotary latch co-operates with the closing element during the closing action. As a result of this co-operation, the rotary latch acts on the carriage in such a way that the carriage is displaced into the locking position during the closing of the closing element by the force of the spring.