Cooking appliance with door counterweight
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorHarrison J. JACKSON
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Abstract
A cooking appliance includes a housing incorporating a cooking chamber accessible via a chamber opening, and a door mounted adjacent the chamber opening and movable between a closed position and an open position relative to the chamber opening. A cam arm is connected to the door and extends within the housing, wherein the cam arm moves with the door. A counterweight is disposed within the housing and external of the cooking chamber, the counterweight mounted for movement along a set path. A portion of the cam arm is configured to movably interact with the counterweight such that the counterweight is raised when the door moves from the closed position to the open position.
Claims18
A cooking appliance, comprising:
- a housing with a cooking chamber accessible via a chamber opening;
- a door mounted adjacent the chamber opening and movable between a closed position closing the chamber opening and an open position in which items may be moved into and out of the cooking chamber through the chamber opening, wherein the door is mounted to the housing for pivoting movement about a substantially horizontal pivot axis between the closed position and the open position;
- a cam arm connected to the door and extending within the housing, wherein the cam arm includes an inner end that pivots about the substantially horizontal pivot axis when the door moves between the closed position and the open position;
- a counterweight disposed within the housing and external of the cooking chamber, the counterweight mounted for linear movement along a path alongside the cooking chamber;
- wherein a portion of the cam arm is configured to movably interact with the counterweight such that the counterweight is raised when the door moves from the closed position to the open position.
The cooking appliance 9, wherein a primary body of the counterweight is steel and the bearing strip is bronze.
A cooking appliance, comprising:
- a housing incorporating a cooking chamber accessible via a chamber opening;
- a door mounted adjacent the chamber opening and movable between a closed position and an open position relative to the chamber opening;
- a cam arm connected to the door and extending within the housing, wherein the cam arm moves with the door;
- a counterweight disposed within the housing and external of the cooking chamber, the counterweight mounted for movement along a set path;
- wherein a portion of the cam arm is configured to movably interact with the counterweight such that the counterweight is raised when the door moves from the closed position to the open position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.