Fixation of door locks without screws into home appliances

A door-locking device for a domestic appliance, comprising a fastening portion for fastening without screws the door-locking device to a front panel of the domestic appliance, the fastening portion comprising:

• a body having an opening configured to receive a hook connected to the door of the domestic appliance, the body including an integral engagement portion projecting from a bottom wall of the body and including first and second opposite teeth adapted to engage opposite edges of an aperture of the front panel, and
• a protection plate attached to a side of said body opposite to said bottom wall, the protection plate including a base wall and at least one integral pin projecting away from a surface of a lateral portion of said base wall and having a front end projecting from said bottom wall of the body and adapted to engage a hole of said front panel,
• wherein the protection plate is fastened to said body such that said at least one integral pin is free to move axially with respect to said body between a retracted position and an extracted position, said movement of the at least one integral pin being allowed by an elastic deformation of the surface of the lateral portion of said base wall, and
• wherein at least one of:
• the elastic deformation angularly moves the at least one integral pin;
• the elastic deformation is caused by a force travelling through the at least one integral pin to the base wall, and wherein the deformation is a result of a force transmitted from one side of the protection plate to an opposite side of the protection plate;
• or
• the elastic deformation is in a plane that lies on a longitudinal extension of the at least one integral pin.