Door latch with self-healing

A domestic electrical appliance comprising a dishwasher, comprising a body having a working chamber formed therein, a door for closing the working chamber, which door is pivotably mounted on the body and carries a closing member, and a door latch installed in a body wall including a roof wall of the body,

• wherein the door latch comprises a closing spring assembly and a gripper which is arranged so as to be movable between an open position and a closed position,
• wherein the gripper has a gripping mouth delimited by two jaws for holding captive a closing member which, on closing of the door, approaches the rotary gripper along a closing path,
• wherein, on closing of the door, the closing member, in the open position of the gripper, strikes a first of the jaws and in so doing initiates a movement of the gripper into the closed position,
• wherein the movement of the gripper from the open position into the closed position comprises a rotational movement of the gripper in which a second of the jaws engages behind the closing member and in so doing captures the closing member in the gripping mouth,
• wherein the closing spring assembly, in the closed position of the gripper, acts against a return movement of the gripper in the direction towards the open position,
• wherein the door latch further comprises a latch housing in which the gripper and the closing spring assembly are accommodated,
• wherein the gripper and the closing spring assembly are arranged on a common carrier which is movably arranged so as to carry out a yielding movement, a linear yielding movement, relative to the body wall,
• wherein the yielding movement of the carrier comprises a corresponding joint yielding movement of the gripper and of the closing spring assembly transverse to the closing path in order to allow the door to be closed when the gripper is in the closed position,
• wherein the second jaw is shaped such that it is ensured that, when the closing member meets that second jaw, a force component transverse to the direction of the closing path is generated on the gripper, and
• wherein in the yielding position, the closing member is able to move past the second jaw and to enter the gripping mouth, wherein a return spring effects a return movement of said members positioned in the yielding position.