Patent ID: 6120119
Filing Date: 2000-09-19
Classification: B01L,C12M,F26B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
An incubator or drying oven comprising:(a) a housing bounding a useful space, the useful space communicating with the exterior through a front opening;(b) an inner door hingedly mounted to the housing and configured to selectively cover the front opening;(c) an outer door hingedly mounted to the housing and configured to selectively cover the inner door;(d) a locking element mounted on the housing adjacent to the front opening, the locking element having a slot formed thereon; and(e) a latching assembly mounted to the inner door so as to be adjacently disposed to the locking element when the inner door is covering the front opening, the latching assembly including:(i) a tongue configured to be received within the slot of the locking element; and(ii) a handle connected with the tongue such that rotation of the handle about a first axis facilitates rotation of the tongue, the handle being selectively movable between a first position and a second position, in the first position at least a portion of the handle is disposed over at least a portion of the locking element so that the handle functions as a spacing element that prevents complete closing of the outer door, in the second position the handle is spaced apart from the locking element such that the outer door is free to completely close.