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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 1980
Filed:
Dec. 14, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Frank E Ross, Newton, IA (US);
Assignee:
The Maytag Company, Newton, IA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05C / ; E05C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
292201 ;
Abstract
An access door lock system for an automatic washing machine which includes a timer having an internal manually operated On-Off switch, a latch biased to normally engage with and lock the access door, and a latch actuating mechanism interconnecting the timer and the latch and preventing opening of the access door when the timer-associated switch is in the On condition. After the switch is moved to the Off condition, the latch actuating mechanism is operable to a position for disengaging the latch from the access door and allowing the access door to be opened.