US Patent:
20090039657, Feb 12, 2009
Inventors:
Rolf Schuck - New Bern NC, US
Assignee:
BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH - Munchen
International Classification:
D06F 37/42
Abstract:
A door lock for frontally loading a washing machine, a drier or similar devices, which is mounted on the machine front wall, wherein said door lock comprises a stop knob and a locking segment provided with an undercut, the front wall comprises an aperture and a stop opening, the locking segment, in the operating position thereof, is connected by behind to the opposite edges of the aperture and the undercut, and the stop knob is inserted into the stop opening. The peripheral contour of the undercut is at least partially rounded, thereby enabling the locking segment to be rotatable in the aperture.