Patent ID: 7334823

Claim:
An oven door lock mechanism for use with an oven having a door and a frame configured so that the door is adjacent the frame when the door is closed, the lock mechanism comprising: a mounting plate; an actuator having an output shaft and the actuator being coupled to the mounting plate; a cam having a mounting collar at its center and an offset hub displaced from the mounting collar, the mounting collar of the cam being coupled to the output shaft of the actuator so the actuator rotates the cam with respect to the mounting plate; a lock pin extending upwardly at a first position from the mounting plate; an unlock pin extending upwardly at a second position from the mounting plate; and a latch having a hook at one end and mounted to the offset hub of the cam at an opposite end, the latch having two parallel sides extending between the ends and positioned between the lock pin and the unlock pin so that lock pin acts directly on one side of the latch and the unlock pin acts directly on another side of the latch to guide the latch as the latch moves between locked and unlocked positions in response to the actuator rotating the cam.