Emergency device for a household appliance

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9493971
APP PUB NO 20140159394A1
SERIAL NO

14123845

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An emergency device for a household appliance of the type comprising a door that has a prong is described. The emergency device has an emergency member, movable between a rest position and an operating position, in which the emergency member engages with the prong of the door when the door is in a closed position, and control means, capable to hold the emergency member in the rest position. The control means has a security element, electrically connected to a control logic of the household appliance, such that when the safety element is crossed by a suitable current intensity and/or when a temperature surrounding the safety element exceeds a preset threshold, the security element melts releasing the emergency member, the emergency member passing irreversibly from the rest position to the operating position, engaging with the prong of the door when the door is closed.

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Patent Owner(s)

  • BITRON S.P.A.

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Promutico, Fabrizio Turin, IT 26 60
Sacocci, Andrea Turin, IT 1 4

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