Microwave door push button assembly
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsTushar Kalbande, Ken Lei
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Abstract
A push button assembly for a cooking appliance may include a button, a button base coupled to the button defining an interior, and a button support coupled to the button and disposed within the interior. The button support may include a boss defining a channel. A support pin may be rotatably coupled with the button support. A pin may be coupled with the button base and slidably received within the channel. The push button assembly may further include a lever having a first end and second end. The lever may define an aperture configured to receive the pin.
Claims20
A push button assembly for a cooking appliance, the push button assembly comprising:
- a button;
- a button base coupled to the button thereby defining an interior;
- a button support coupled to the button and disposed within the interior, the button support having a first boss defining a first channel and a second boss defining a second channel;
- a first bearing slidably received within the first channel and a second bearing slidably received within the second channel;
- a first pin and a second pin coupled with the button base, the first pin slidably received within the first bearing and the second pin slidably received within the second bearing;
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- a lever having a first end and second end, the lever defining an aperture configured to receive the first bearing wherein an ejector pin is proximate to the first end of the lever and the second end of the lever is proximate to the button support.
A push button assembly for a cooking appliance, the push button assembly comprising:
- a button;
- a button base coupled to the button thereby defining an interior;
- a button support coupled to the button and disposed within the interior, the button support having a boss defining a channel;
- a bearing slidably received within the channel;
- a pin coupled with the button base, the pin slidably received within the bearing;
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- a lever having a first end and second end, the lever defining an aperture configured to receive the bearing wherein an ejector pin is proximate to the first end of the lever and the second end of the lever is proximate to the button support.
A push button assembly for a cooking appliance, the push button assembly comprising:
- a button;
- a button base coupled to the button thereby defining an interior;
- a button support coupled to the button and disposed within the interior, the button support having a boss defining a channel;
- a support pin rotatably coupled with the button support;
- a pin coupled with the button base and slidably received within the channel;
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- a lever having a first end and second end, the lever defining an aperture configured to receive the pin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.