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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2018
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Randy S. McDonald, Sussex, WI (US);
Jeffrey J. Krieger, Mukwonago, WI (US);
Michael K. Hintz, Waukesha, WI (US);
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
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An appliance lid lock mechanism provides a lock pin that may be extended into or withdrawn out of a lock cavity that receives a strike attached to the appliance lid interacting with the lock pin when the lid is closed.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.