Patent ID: 8714148
Filing Date: 2014-05-06
Classification: F24C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for locking a cooking device door via a mobile locking element driven by a motor, the method comprising: moving a locking element along a movement path, the locking element being movable along the movement path in both an instance in which the cooking device door is in a locking position, whereupon the locking element is operable to lock the cooking device door, and in an instance in which the cooking device door is not in a locking position, whereupon the locking element does not lock the cooking device door, and, in those instances in which the cooking device door is in a locking position, the locking element being restricted from further movement along the movement path by a stop in the cooking device door that extends into the movement path; and detecting the position of the locking element along the movement path based on an operating time of the motor, wherein the operating time of the motor is measured after the locking element has passed an intermediate position of the movement path.