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US 4,230,350 AGranted
Oven door latch
AssigneeMagic Chef, Inc.
InventorsJames W. Gee, Richard J. Arntz
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Abstract
A wedge-shaped bolt, slidable along an edge of an oven door opening engages a roller keeper on an oven door to force the door to tightly closed position and hold a door seal under compression. The roller keeper is resiliently mounted on the oven door seal.
Claims4
In a range having an oven opening and a hinged door arranged to close said opening:
- a bolt member slidably mounted on said range for movement along an edge of said opening;
- a keeper on said door projectable into the path of movement of an end of said bolt when said door is closed;
- said end of said bolt being of wedge shape to engage and urge said keeper inwardly;
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- said keeper being resiliently mounted on said door for yieldable inward movement thereon when engaged by said wedge-shaped end of said bolt.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.