Patent ID: 6565164
Filing Date: 2003-05-20
Classification: A47L,Y10S

Abstract:
An automatic washer comprising:a housing comprising a rear wall from which extends a peripheral wall that collectively define a wash chamber, the peripheral wall terminates in an edge that defines an access opening providing access to the wash chamber; a door pivotally mounted to the housing for movement between a closed position, wherein the door overlies the access opening, and an open position, wherein the door is away from the access opening; a strike mounted to one of the housing and the door and moveable relative thereto and having a cam retainer; and a cam pivotally mounted to the other of the housing and the door for pivotal movement from a latch position, wherein the cam is received within the cam retainer, and a release position, wherein the cam is released from the cam retainer; wherein the cam is located on the other of the housing and the door so that the cam remains substantially fixed relative to the other of the housing and the door while the strike contacts a cam surface of the cam causing the strike to follow the cam and move relative to the one of the housing and the door until the cam is received in the cam retainer to move the cam into the latch position as the door is moved from the open to the closed position, and the cam is moved into abutting relationship with the strike causing the pivoting of the cam from the latch position to the release position as the door is moved from the closed position to the open position.