Electric household appliance having a child safety feature
AssigneeBSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
InventorsAnton Oppel, Erich Schmid
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Abstract
The aim of the invention is to provide an electric household appliance, especially a dishwasher, comprising a child-proof lock which has a simple and reliable design and is easy to operate. According to the invention, a means for selectively blocking or slide which can be moved between two positions blocks, in a first position, the movement of the locking member, thereby activating the child-safety feature, and in a second position of the means for selectively blocking, does not block the movement of the locking member, thereby deactivating the child-safety feature.
Claims19
An electric household appliance, comprising:
- a receptacle for receiving items to be handled by the electric household appliance;
- a door permitting access to the receptacle;
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- a door lock for the door, the door lock having a frame located on the door with an opening for a hook, a closing member movably mounted in the frame, a closing spring disposed between the closing member and a counter-bearing in the frame, a gripping device that can be gripped and moved by a user to open the door lock, the closing member being operatively connected to the gripping device, and means for selectively blocking movement of the closing member, the means for selectively blocking movement of the closing member being selectively positionable between a first position in which the means for selectively blocking movement of the closing member blocks a movement of the closing member, whereupon the blocked movement of the closing member operates as a child safety feature and a second position in which the means for selectively blocking movement of the closing member does not block movement of the closing member, whereupon the child safety feature is deactivated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.