Abstract:
A device (1) for opening a door of an electric household appliance; the door swinging about an axis of rotation (A) between an open position, into which it is pushed by elastic means (13), and a closed position, in which it is retained, with the interposition of a peripheral seal (6), resting against a door stop (7) of a door opening of the appliance, by releasable retaining means (11); and the device including a supporting member (20) fixable integrally to the door; a button (21) fitted integrally to the supporting member to stay, in use, on the same side of an outer surface of the door, and which is pressure-operated in opposition to first elastic means (22); a push member (25) fitted to the supporting member to slide, in opposition to second elastic means (26) and along an axis (B) substantially perpendicular to the axis of rotation (A) of the door, between an extracted position extracted from a seat (27) on the supporting member, and a withdrawn position housed inside the seat, which is formed at and substantially flush with the peripheral seal (6); and bolt means (30) for selectively engaging the push member to lock it in the withdrawn position, and releasing the push member when the button (21) is pressed.
Abstract:
An electric gas lighter (1) for generating sparks at one or more burners of a cooking range, and including a transformer having a primary winding, and a secondary winding divided into a number of coils (8), each having output terminals, and which are wound on respective axially adjacent portions of a substantially cylindrically symmetrical drum (10) forming part of a supporting member made of insulating material (plastic) and formed in one piece with supports (12) projecting tangentially with respect to the drum and each supporting a respective terminal (3) defined by a blade contact (faston type); the coils (8) are connected electrically to one another in series to form one secondary winding, which has been obtained by winding continuously, i.e. without making cuts, an insulated electrically conducting wire (20) onto the drum to form the coils; the wire being wound alternately onto the drum in an opposite direction for each coil (8); and the winding direction being inverted upon the wire engaging each terminal (3) located axially between two adjacent coils.
Abstract:
Described herein is a knob (1) including: a hub, which can be connected so that it is angularly fixed in a seat open at the front of an electrical household appliance, with a rotatable control pin of the household appliance designed to control, according to its own angular position, at least one function of the household appliance; a grip, which is carried so that it is angularly fixed but can slide axially, against the action of elastic means, on a first end of the hub opposite to a second end thereof for connection with said pin; and means for selective axial connection of the grip to the hub designed to block the grip in a first axial position, in which the grip projects in cantilever fashion from the first end of the hub and is set, in use, at least partially on the outside of said seat, and in a second axial position, in which the grip is fitted on said hub and is, in use, retracted within said seat; between the grip and the hub there being defined a closed chamber having a variable volume that is a function of the axial position of the grip on the hub and there being provided sliding seal means for sealing said air-tight chamber, and a calibrated restriction for connecting the inside of said chamber with the external environment in such a way as to bring about a negative pressure in said chamber as a result of the movement of the grip towards the first axial position.
Abstract:
A device for automatically extracting from a seat (4) a drawer (3) for dispensing detergent and/or other process fluids of an electric household appliance; the device including a release device (10), elastic means (11) for pushing the drawer from the seat into an extracted position, and decelerating means (12) for opposing the movement of the drawer; wherein the elastic means act on a rotary-to-linear motion conversion device (14) located between the drawer (3) and a fixed member of the seat (4) to produce a linear movement of the seat into the extracted position upon release of the elastic means (11); and wherein the decelerating means act on a rotary member (15) of the rotary-to-linear motion conversion device (14).
Abstract:
A cable clamping device (1) including a base (2) having a seat (3) through which one or more electric cables (4), e.g. supply cables of an electric household appliance, are housed; and a clamping member (5), which is insertable inside the base, crosswise to the seat, through a mouth (6) formed in the base and directly facing the seat, to clamp the cables against a bottom wall (7) of the seat; the clamping member (5) being secured to the base (2) by at least one screw, and by a jack device (18) including a rib (20) having transverse teeth (21) and formed in one piece with the clamping member (5) on the opposite side to a hole (24) for receiving the at least one screw (25), and a recess (22) formed in the base, alongside the seat, to receive the whole length of the rib (20), and having, internally, at least one elastically deformable tooth (23) located so as to click onto the transverse teeth.
Abstract:
A compact terminal board for an electric motor, having a supporting body (12), a number of electric supply contacts (14), and an electric ground contact (13). Each of the electric supply contacts (14) includes a blade having a supporting portion (14a), at least a first longitudinal extension (14b), and two opposite lateral extensions (14d); the first longitudinal extension (14b) and the lateral extensions (14d) being bent substantially at right-angles on the same side of the supporting portion (14a) to form respective utility terminals.
Abstract:
An electronic gas-lighting device having a casing made of insulating material; electronic high-voltage-pulse generating means including at least one transformer having a secondary winding, the ends of which are connected to respective high-voltage terminals; and assembly means for removably fitting the insulating casing to a supporting surface of a conducting metal body element of an electric household appliance, in particular a cooking range with gas burners; the casing including a cup-shaped body housing the at least one transformer, and a box portion which is formed integrally with the cup-shaped body, houses at least part of the electronic high-voltage-pulse generating means, and is fitted directly with respective supply contacts located on the box portion to form a supply terminal board, which is connected exclusively to the electronic high-voltage-pulse generating means, and to which are connectable the wires of a supply cable.
Abstract:
A control device (1) for the burners of a cooking range, including a catenary element for controlling the lighting of the burners and a gas tap (2) provided with a rotating, axially mobile control stem, the catenary- element including a micro switch (7), a control rod (11) of which is actuated upon an axial motion of the stem by a washer (12) snappingly carried by the stem in a position immediately over the micro switch; the washer (12) is integrally made of synthetic plastic material and is essentially C-shaped according to a plan view, including a flange portion (15) delimited by an essentially circular peripheral edge (16) and provided with a central through hole (18) and a radial opening (20) which interrupts the continuity thereof from the peripheral edge and to the through hole, the radial opening being flanked on both of its opposite longitudinal sides by respective fins (23) which protrudingly and axially extend from a lower side (25) of the flange portion adapted in use to intercept opposite side flanks of the control rod (11) of the micro switch following a possible relative rotation between the washer (12) and the micro switch (7), the washer (12) idly engaging, by means of said through hole, an annular groove (50) of the stem (10) of the gas tap.