Door latch, in particular for washing machines
CA 1306472 C · Owner: Rocchitelli, Onofrio · Inventors: Rocchitelli, Onofrio
Overview
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The invention concerns a device for a rapid locking and delayed unlocking of the door closing mechanisms of machines with internal parts which are subject to inertial rotation in particular for the doors of washing machines in which a, sliding bar working together with the hook of the door-latch and associated with a pin which locks the aforesaid sliding bar under certain conditions, characterised by the fact that the locking-pin is actuated by the mobile contact plate of a microswitch, having also the function of a series switch by, means of a rocker arm moved by a bi-metallic strip suitably heated, electrically connected to the starting controls of the machine, an appropriate part of the …
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- Granted August 18, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended August 18, 2009.
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