Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Contamination resistant appliance latch
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Application No.: US16009947Application Date: 2018-06-15
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Publication No.: US11352731B2Publication Date: 2022-06-07
- Inventor: Randy S. McDonald , Jeffrey J. Krieger , Michael K. Hintz
- Applicant: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IL Glenview
- Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Current Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Glenview
- Agency: Boyle Fredrickson, S.C.
- Main IPC: E05B65/00
- IPC: E05B65/00 ; E05B47/00 ; D06F39/14 ; D06F34/20 ; D06F37/42 ; E05B41/00 ; E05B17/00 ; D06F23/04 ; E05B17/22 ; D06F103/40

Abstract:
An appliance lid lock mechanism provides a lock pin that may be extended into or withdrawn out of a lock cavity that receives a strike attached to the appliance lid interacting with the lock pin when the lid is closed. The lock pin communicates with the electric actuator on the opposite side of the lock pin from the lock pin's entry into the lock cavity by means of sidebars passing to the side of the lock cavity. The lock bar and sidebars are substantially coplanar with an actuation axis to prevent passage of liquid along these elements between the lock pin and the actuator.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180371800A1 Contamination Resistant Appliance Latch Public/Granted day:2018-12-27
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