GB/T 40443-2021Household electrical appliances suitable for older persons—General technical requirements (English PDF)

Foreword

This document is in accordance with the provisions of GB/T 1.1-2020 "Guidelines for Standardization Work Part 1: Structure and Drafting Rules of Standardization Documents" Drafting.

Introduction

During the formulation of this document, as far as possible the needs of the elderly for safety and ease of use when using household appliances at this stage have been considered. install The full requirements mainly involve the safety and safe operation of electrical appliances such as heat generation, abnormal operation, stability, power connection and external flexible cords, and ease of use requires the main It involves control keys, doors/covers/drawers, handles, accessories, information presentation, packaging, etc.

At present, the research on the differential needs of the elderly for household appliances is a new field and new problem, and it is still in the exploratory stage worldwide.

To be further deepened and refined in the future. With the deepening and refinement of the research, the relevant content of this document will be further supplemented.

1 Scope

This document specifies the electrical safety, ease of use, etc. applicable to household and similar electrical appliances (hereinafter referred to as appliances) used by the elderly Require.

This document applies to appliances that take into account the needs of the elderly.

Note: This document refers to the elderly who can take care of themselves, but due to aging, there are certain obstacles in using appliances that meet the conventional technical requirements. Department If the elderly lose the ability to use appliances due to physical or mental disabilities, their needs will be beyond the scope of this document.

2 Normative references

The contents of the following documents constitute the indispensable clauses of the text through the normative references in the text. Among them, dated reference documents, Only the version corresponding to that date is applicable to this document; for undated references, the latest version (including all amendments) is applicable to this document. document.

GB/T 191 Packaging, storage and transportation pictorial signs

GB/T 1019 General rules for the packaging of household and similar electrical appliances

GB/T 5296.2 Instructions for Use of Consumer Products Part 2: Household and similar electrical appliances

GB/T 36947-2018 Specification for user interface design of household appliances for the elderly

IEC 60335-1 Safety of household and similar electrical appliances Part 1: General requirements (Household and similar electrical appliances-Safety-Part 1: Generalrequirements)

3 Terms and definitions

The following terms and definitions apply to this document.

4 Electrical safety