Casing for a front cover of a household appliance

• Main Authors: FESER, JUERGEN, KRANZ, WILLI, WINKELMANN, KLAUS, DEIB, HANS, MEISNER, HEIKO, LYKO, FRANZISKA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 05.01.2011
• Subjects: CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS; PRINTED CIRCUITS

Casing (1) for a front cover of a household appliance, having at least one front wall (2), one longitudinal wall (6) and one lateral wall (5), wherein the front wall (2), the longitudinal wall (6) and the lateral wall (5) form a corner of the casing, the longitudinal wall (6) comprises a longitudinal flange (8) and the lateral wall (5) comprises a lateral flange (7) and wherein at least one retaining portion (9) is provided on one of the flanges and at least one fastening portion (10) is provided on the other flange, characterized in that the fastening portion (10) comprises a fastening leg (12), arranged at an angle relative to planes defined by the flanges (7, 8) and the retaining portion (9) comprises a retaining recess (11) arranged at an angle relative to planes defined by the flanges (7, 8), whereas the fastening leg (12) engages into the retaining recess (11) and applies a force to the retaining portion (9), so that the lateral wall (5), the longitudinal wall (6) and the front wall (2) are fixed in their position relative to each other.