Method for actuating a door lock, and door lock
AssigneeEBE Elektro-Bau-Elemente GmbH
InventorsNikolaus SCHMIDT, Vadim Navalov, Marc Guthoerl
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Abstract
In order to lock the door proceeding from the open position, a locking bar is brought into the locked position under tension of a spring element, in which locked position a closing force acting on the locking bar is determined by the spring element, and, in order to unlock the door, the locking bar is brought out of the locked position into an unlocked position with the aid of an actuating force that is not applied by the spring element, and, after the striker has moved out of the locked position, the locking bar moves into the open position by means of the force of the spring element.
Claims15
A method for actuating a door lock comprising a lock mechanism in a door lock housing for a door of an electrical domestic appliance, wherein a locking bar is moved from an open position into a locked position by means of a spring element for locking, wherein, in the open position, the door is opened and the locking bar is disengaged from a latch of a striker disposed on the domestic appliance and, in the locked position, the door is closed, the striker is in a locked position in the door lock housing and the locking bar is engaged with the latch, wherein,
- to lock the door proceeding from the open position, the locking bar is brought into the locked position under tension of the spring element, in which locked position a closing force acting on the locking bar is determined by the spring element,
- and, to unlock the door, the locking bar is brought out of the locked position into an unlocked position with the aid of an actuating force that is not applied by the spring element, and, after the striker has moved out of the locked position, the locking bar is moved into the open position by means of the force of the spring element.
A door lock for an electrical domestic appliance,
- comprising a door lock housing, which can be disposed in the door of the domestic appliance and which has an opening for a striker,
- which can be fastened on the domestic appliance, a locking bar disposed in the door lock housing for engagement into a latch in the striker in a locked position, in which the striker is in a locked position, wherein the locking bar has a contact surface and is connected to a lever element, which is mounted so as to be rotatable about an axle, and a spring element, which is disposed between the lever element and an abutment, wherein, in an open position,
- in which the door is unlocked, the spring element is released with respect to a closing force to be applied and the lever element holds the locking bar in a striker region which is occupied by the striker in the locked position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.