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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 1976
Filed:
Feb. 25, 1974
Frank T Scalera, Maplewood, NJ (US);
Rowe International Inc., Whippany, NJ (US);
Abstract
A door operating assembly for a merchandising machine or the like in which a pivoted handle normally retained in a recessed position on the merchandise machine cabinet door by means of a key operated lock is biased in both directions to a ready position out of the recess at which it is accessible to permit the handle to be moved to a fully open position in the course of which movement it drives a latching member to cause a first cam surface thereon to engage a strike in the cabinet positively to initiate movement of the door toward its open position. Upon release of the handle it returns to the ready position so that to close the door the handle first is moved to fully open position, the door is swung toward the cabinet to permit the latching member to receive the strike and the handle is then moved to fully closed position in the course of which movement it drives the latching member to cause a second cam surface thereon to engage the strike to exert a lifting force on the door as it moves to fully closed position to permit the lock to be operated to lock the handle in its recessed position.