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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2018
Applicant:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey J. Krieger, Mukwonago, WI (US);
Nicola Sartori, Comerio, IT;
Assignee:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 15/42 (2006.01); E05C 19/00 (2006.01); E05C 5/00 (2006.01); E05C 19/02 (2006.01); E05B 15/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 15/4259 (2013.01); E05C 5/00 (2013.01); E05C 19/009 (2013.01); E05C 19/02 (2013.01); E05B 2015/0493 (2013.01); E05C 2005/005 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/304 (2013.01);
Abstract
An appliance door latch system is provided that automatically aligns latching components each time an appliance door is closed with a pre-latching catch alignment system. The pre-latching catch alignment system may include a floating catch carrier that is deflected by a door-mounted latch feature to passively reposition a catch to properly align with the striker assembly.