Two-step door opening combination
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsYecai CHEN, Brian C. EVENS, Hua GUO, Benjamin T. KUNST, Charles Tat Kan LAI, Yu J. LIU, Gerald Lee SUGHROUE, Tingting YU
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AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsYecai CHEN, Brian C. EVENS, Hua GUO, Benjamin T. KUNST, Charles Tat Kan LAI, Yu J. LIU, Gerald Lee SUGHROUE, Tingting YU
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A two-step door opening mechanism for an oven is provided. The mechanism includes first and second buttons, arranged side-by-side on a front panel of the oven, the oven defining an oven cavity openable and closable by an oven door, the first and second buttons being separately actuatable one after the other for providing two distinct actions to be performed to open the oven door. The first button, once actuated, is operable to unlock the second button, and the second button, once actuated, is operable to open the door when the second button is unlocked.
A two-step door opening mechanism for an oven, comprising:
An oven comprising a two-step door opening mechanism, comprising:
A method for utilizing a two-step door opening mechanism including first and second buttons arranged side-by-side on a front panel of an oven, the first and second buttons being separately actuatable one after the other for providing two distinct actions to be performed to open an oven door, the method comprising:
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