Classifications

• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
  • F24C—DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES ; DETAILS OF DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
  • F24C15/00—Details
  • F24C15/02—Doors specially adapted for stoves or ranges
  • F24C15/022—Latches
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
  • E05C—BOLTS OR FASTENING DEVICES FOR WINGS, SPECIALLY FOR DOORS OR WINDOWS
  • E05C19/00—Other devices specially designed for securing wings, e.g. with suction cups
  • E05C19/02—Automatic catches, i.e. released by pull or pressure on the wing
  • E05C19/022—Released by pushing in the closing direction

Definitions

• the present invention concerns the sector of kitchen appliances and in particular it concerns kitchen ovens.
• Kitchen ovens are known, even in built-in versions, that are equipped with a door with horizontal or vertical rotation opening.
• Oven doors are usually equipped with a handle to allow the door to be opened and closed with no need for the hand to come into contact with the hot wall or glass panel of the oven door.
• At least one spring mechanism keeps the oven door closed, so that the gasket of the door adheres thoroughly to the edge of the oven, thus preventing the heat from expanding out of the oven.
• Ovens are known that adopt the so-called cold doors, that is, doors consisting of several coupled glass panes adhering to each other with or without air spaces, so that the external surface of the door has a temperature that is much lower than the inner temperature, usually almost corresponding to the temperature of the room where the oven is installed.
• Doors with air space are also known, where an air flow is present between the glass panes, in such a way as to reduce heat transmission between the inner and outer surface of the door.
• All these kinds of door are equipped with various types of handles, having different sizes and arranged in different positions.
• the oven door handle has production and storage costs and requires labour for application and installation on the ovens during production, with consequent increases in assembly costs.
• the oven door handle is often a protruding element that may hinder the passage of people or objects, like for example food trolleys, may cause clothes to become entangled with it and damage them, besides increasing overall dimensions for the purpose of storage.
• a new domestic oven has been designed and implemented that has a door equipped with push closing and release device.
• the aim of the invention is to propose a new kitchen oven that has no parts protruding from the door.
• Another aim of the new oven is to eliminate costs deriving from the production and assembly of the handle.
• a further aim of the new oven is to allow the user to open the door even with busy hands.
• Devices which are also called push-pull or push-push devices, that include a coupling element, in the shape of an arrow or of a pin with enlarged head, fixed to and protruding from the inner surface of the door wing to be kept closed, and a push coupling mechanism to be fixed, for example, to the body of the piece of furniture or object closed by said wing.
• a simple pressure exerted on the wing causes said coupling element to fit in the constraint element of the coupling mechanism, while successively pressing and releasing the wing itself opens the coupling mechanism, releases the coupling element of the wing and pushes the wing open.
• the new oven door besides being without the external handle, has an edge of its surface facing the oven equipped with a coupling element with arrow-shaped, hook- shaped or enlarged head or end.
• a coupling element with arrow-shaped, hook- shaped or enlarged head or end.
• the coupling element may be mounted on the oven edge and the coupling and uncoupling mechanism may be mounted on the oven door.
• Every single door may be equipped with two or more coupling elements and corresponding coupling and uncoupling mechanisms.
• Said coupling mechanisms and said coupling and uncoupling mechanisms may be preferably positioned on the side opposite the hinged side of the door and of the oven.
• said coupling elements and the corresponding coupling and uncoupling mechanisms are positioned inside the oven wall, at the level of or connected to the door hinge, the sliding guides or the door opening lever mechanisms, and thus they are not visible.
• Kitchen oven with door having at least one push closing and release device mounted on the door and on the oven body, in such a way as to allow the user to open and close said door by pushing the same towards the oven.
• Figures Ia and Ib show a perspective view of the new oven (F) with the door (P) partially open, respectively with door (P) hinged on the lower side and door (P) hinged laterally.
• the new oven (F) is equipped with a door (P) with push closing and release device (Bl, B2).
• This example shows two push closing and release devices (Bl, B2).
• On one side of the door (P) there are two coupling elements (Bl) with arrow-shaped head or end. Said coupling elements (Bl) are arranged in a position that is generically orthogonal to the inner surface of the door (P).
• Figures 2a and 2b show a cross section of the door (P) in two different positions: nearly closed and completely closed.
• Figure 3 shows a further embodiment of the invention, in which the closing and release device is positioned in the side wall of the oven and is connected to and/or included in the lever mechanism that opens the door (P).

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