摘要 |
A safety lock of a door of household appliances, preferably washing machines is conceived as a door lock that will not only lock the door but also automatically prevent a manual opening of the door during operation or only allow it when the appliance is electrically switched off. A door lock assembly ( 2 ) and an electric switch assembly ( 4 ) are mutually connected by a lever ( 5 ) and the door lock assembly ( 2 ) is provided with a guide ( 6 ) on a basic board ( 1 ), on which guide there is guided a snap element ( 8 ) of a latch bolt ( 3 ), said element ( 8 ) containing at least one lateral flexible wall ( 9 ) with a tooth ( 10 ) to couple with a tooth ( 11 ) of the latch bolt ( 3 ), whereat said element ( 8 ) is simultaneously guided in an opening ( 12 ) within the housing ( 13 ), whereat the flexible wall ( 9 ) of the element ( 8 ) is arranged above or outside the area of a protrusion ( 14 ) on one wall of the housing ( 13 ), within which there is a slotted link ( 15 ) coupled with the snap element ( 8 ) via a pin ( 16 ) and also connected with the lever ( 5 ) supported on a spring ( 17 ) in order to lean against the guide ( 6 ), whereat the lever ( 5 ) contains, on its part within the area of the assembly ( 4 ), an opening ( 18 ) to receive a support ( 23 ).
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