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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2001
Daniel K. Amonett, Murfreesboro, TN (US);
France/Scott Fetzer Company, Fairview, TN (US);
Abstract
A cam-operated timer for a household appliance includes an interval type delay drive system to provide variable delay speeds to the rotation of a program cam. The timer includes a rotatable cam-carrying member having a control profile of teeth and plateaus. A rotatable delay wheel also includes a series of delay teeth with at least one tooth being of substantially greater depth than the remaining standard delay teeth A delay pawl is operatively connected to the drive mechanism of the timer and includes at least first and second prongs spaced approximately the distance between the cam-carrying member and the delay wheel with the first prong being substantially shorter than the second prong