Household appliance

By introducing door lock components into household appliances and utilizing the cooperation of components such as the lock tongue, reset element, and elastic drive element, automatic locking and unlocking of the cabinet door is achieved. This solves the problems of complex structure and manual operation required in existing technologies, improves the tightness of the cabinet door, and reduces production costs.

CN118979662BActive Publication Date: 2026-07-21HISENSE HOME APPLIANCES GRP CO LTD
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Patent Information

Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Patents(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
HISENSE HOME APPLIANCES GRP CO LTD
Filing Date
2023-05-19
Publication Date
2026-07-21

AI Technical Summary

Technical Problem

Existing lock mechanisms for household appliance cabinets are complex in structure, require manual operation, and lack automation and simplification design.

Method used

The door lock assembly includes a latch, a reset element, a base, first and second locking rods, an elastic drive element, a pressure rod, and a drive unit. Through the cooperation of the elastic drive element and the drive unit, the automatic locking and unlocking of the door is achieved, simplifying the structure.

Benefits of technology

It enables automatic locking and unlocking of the cabinet door, improves the tightness of the door closing, simplifies the structure of the door lock assembly, and reduces production costs.

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Abstract

The present application relates to a kind of household appliances, the household appliances include: cabinet;Cabinet door;Door lock component, including: lock tongue, reset piece, pedestal, first lock rod, second lock rod, elastic driving element, pressure bar and drive unit;With reset piece and lock tongue cooperation, lock tongue can protrude outside telescopic mouth or retract into telescopic mouth;Elastic driving element is used to make first lock rod, second lock rod rotate towards each other, and the front end of first lock rod and the front end of second lock rod form lock port, when cabinet door is closed, lock tongue can be clamped in lock port, to lock cabinet door, improve the tightness of cabinet door closing;And drive unit can drive the end of pressure bar to extend into lock port and lock tongue, drive lock tongue to overcome the elastic force of reset piece and exit lock port, to unlock cabinet door, so that cabinet door can be automatically opened under the action of its own door opening force, to realize automatic locking or unlocking cabinet door.
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