Patent ID: 7726294
Filing Date: 2010-06-01
Classification: F24C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An oven latch comprising: a base plate; a latch member slidably connected to said base plate by first and second mounting studs connected to said latch member and located in a contoured slot defined in the base plate, said latch member comprising an inner end and an outer end; a motor drivingly coupled to the latch member, said motor selectively operative to move the latch member forward and rearward relative to said base plate between a locked position and an unlocked position, wherein said latch member moves on a non-linear path relative to said base plate in response to movement of said first and second mounting studs in said contoured slot when said motor moves said latch member forward to said unlocked position or rearward to said locked position; wherein one of said first and second mounting studs is located in an enlarged region of said contoured slot when said latch member is in its locked position, and wherein said one of said first and second mounting studs moves angularly in the enlarged region about the other of said first and second mounting studs in response to manual movement of said outer end of said latch member to a manual unlock position.