Patent ID: 11933502
Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
Field: Thermal processes and apparatus (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  G | IPC F

Claim 14:
15. The cooking appliance of claim 9, wherein the closure mechanism comprises:
rotatable and fixed closure members, the rotatable closure member being rotatable about the axis of rotation and mechanically coupled to the knob for rotation therewith, and the fixed closure member being non-rotatable about the axis of rotation;
a first track disposed in one of the rotatable and fixed closure members;
a second track disposed in the other of the rotatable and fixed closure members and facing the first track; and
a spring-loaded cam follower configured to concurrently engage each of the first and second tracks;
wherein the first track includes a substantially radial portion and a substantially annular portion, the spring-loaded cam follower engages the substantially radial portion of the first track when the self-closing user control is in the biased subrange of angular positions, and the spring-loaded cam follower engages the substantially annular portion of the first track when the self-closing user control is in the unbiased subrange of angular positions.