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

Claim 9:
10. 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 spring coupled between the rotatable and fixed closure members and configured to be loaded in response to rotation of the knob away from the off position; and
a transfer mechanism coupled to the spring and configured to transfer the load of the spring from the rotatable closure member to the fixed closure member when the self-closing user control transitions from the biased subrange of angular positions to the unbiased subrange of angular positions.