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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2015
Applicant:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Inventor:
Jonathan H. Olson, Sussex, WI (US);
Assignee:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 39/14 (2006.01); E05B 17/00 (2006.01); E05B 47/00 (2006.01); E05B 65/00 (2006.01); E05B 63/12 (2006.01); E05C 19/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05B 65/001 (2013.01); D06F 39/14 (2013.01); E05B 17/0029 (2013.01); E05B 47/0012 (2013.01); E05B 63/127 (2013.01); E05C 19/026 (2013.01); E05B 2047/002 (2013.01); E05B 2047/0077 (2013.01);
Abstract
A motorized appliance latch provides for a spring-biased strike grip that can be engaged and disengaged from the strike with low force but then locked in a close position during closing of the door to allow the strike to be retained against countervailing gasket compression forces. In this way, an arbitrarily low force may be required by the consumer to close or open the door when the door is unsealed by the motor.