SAFETY LOCKING MECHANISM FOR A MULTI-PANE DOOR ASSEMBLY OF AN OVEN APPLIANCE

    公开(公告)号:US20220357106A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-10

    申请号:US17313175

    申请日:2021-05-06

    摘要: A multi-pane door assembly for an oven appliance includes a door having first and second door panes. The first door pane is secured to the second door pane at a hinge point and is rotatable with respect to the second door pane between open and closed positions. As such, the door panes define a space therebetween when the first door pane is in the closed position. The door assembly also includes an engagement device for securing the door panes together, a locking mechanism for locking the engagement device, and a controller communicatively coupled to the actuating device. The locking mechanism includes, at least, a locking member and an actuating device. Thus, the controller is configured to receive one or more safety conditions relating to the oven appliance and select whether to engage or disengage the actuating device based on whether the safety condition(s) correspond to the predetermined safety condition(s).

    Window opening control systems and methods

    公开(公告)号:US11454055B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-27

    申请号:US15874589

    申请日:2018-01-18

    申请人: Pella Corporation

    发明人: Jesse Van Essen

    摘要: A fenestration system is disclosed. In some examples, the fenestration system includes one or more movable window sashes and a toggle assembly. In some examples, the toggle assembly operates to limit the degree to which the window sashes are opened or otherwise moved relative to one another. In some examples, a window sash may be opened a designated amount before the toggle assembly operates to obstruct it from being further opened.

    DOOR LATCH ASSEMBLY
    4.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210214978A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-15

    申请号:US17215634

    申请日:2021-03-29

    发明人: BRUCE C. BACON

    摘要: A door latch assembly includes a housing, an inside and outside handle operably coupled with the housing, and a latch plunger. A latch cam is operably coupled with the inside and outside handles, and the latch cam further includes a crank arm slidably disposed against an inclined surface of a plunger leg operably coupled to the latch plunger. A biasing member urges the latch plunger to an extended position, wherein rotation of the inside or outside door latch handle in a first direction rotates the crank arm of the latch cam and displaces the plunger leg of the latch plunger and the latch plunger to a retracted position against the urging of the biasing member.

    LATCHING ASSEMBLIES FOR DOOR-IN-DOOR REFRIGERATOR APPLIANCES

    公开(公告)号:US20210148626A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-20

    申请号:US16687918

    申请日:2019-11-19

    IPC分类号: F25D23/02 E05C7/02

    摘要: A latching assembly for a refrigerator appliance having inner and outer doors includes a catch and a latch. The latch is operable to engage the catch. As a result of such engagement, the inner and outer doors are latched together when the latch is engaged with the catch. The latching assembly also includes a trigger connected to the latch. The trigger is movable within a plane perpendicular to the vertical direction from a first position to a secondary position. The latch moves within the plane perpendicular to the vertical direction when the trigger moves to the secondary position. As a result, the latch is disengaged from the catch by moving the trigger within the plane perpendicular to the vertical direction to the secondary position.

    Gate latching system
    7.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10662677B1

    公开(公告)日:2020-05-26

    申请号:US14869069

    申请日:2015-09-29

    摘要: The present invention is a gate latching system for use in securing a pair of cooperating stock gates together. A preferred embodiment of the invention employs a pair of latching devices for securing a pair of overlapping stock gates together in a closed position. An alternate embodiment of the invention is designed with an extended arm for securing a pair of stock gates closed when the stock gates do not overlap. Both pairs of latching devices are designed so that one of the latching devices is bolted to one gate and the other latching device is bolted to the other gate. Each latching device has a u-shaped receiver for receiving a horizontal member of the opposite gate. The horizontal members enter the u-shaped receivers by lifting one of the gates as the gates are being closed and are secure therein by a lid that closes over one receiver.

    Refrigerator
    8.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10648725B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-05-12

    申请号:US16154963

    申请日:2018-10-09

    摘要: A refrigerator includes a cabinet having a storage chamber, a main door pivotably mounted to the cabinet while including an opening provided at an inside of the main door, and a stepped portion provided around the opening, a sub-storage chamber mounted at the inside of the main door, a sub-door mounted to the main door, to allow a user to have access to the sub-storage chamber, the sub-door having opposite side surfaces with front portions protruding forwards of a front surface of the main door while having a greater width than the opening and stepped portion between the front portions of the side surfaces, to cover the stepped portion by the side surfaces, and a hinge pivotably mounted to the main door and coupled to the sub-door while being bent at an intermediate portion thereof, to pivotably support the sub-door with respect to the main door.

    Refrigerator and door opening and closing apparatus for refrigerator

    公开(公告)号:US10393425B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-27

    申请号:US15873414

    申请日:2018-01-17

    发明人: Kihyun Park

    摘要: A refrigerator includes a cabinet, a main-door, the main-door, a sub-door, a restraint device that protrudes from a rear surface of the sub-door, a latch device located at the main-door and configured to selectively restrict movement of the restraint device, and an operation device located at the sub-door and configured to release the restraint device from the latch device. The latch device includes a latch configured to restrict movement of the restraint device from the latch based on rotation of the latch, a stopper configured to engage a side of the latch and limit movement of the latch, a pusher configured to push the stopper to cause the stopper to rotate, and an elastic member connected to the latch and to the stopper. The latch is configured to, based on rotation of the stopper, rotate and release restraint between the latch and the stopper.

    Floodgate
    10.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10358866B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-23

    申请号:US15578507

    申请日:2015-06-18

    发明人: Jwee Thiam Quek

    摘要: A floodgate is disclosed. The floodgate comprises: a panel for installation at a doorway to form a barrier against flooding; a hinge, the panel being movable between an opened position and a closed position about an axis of the hinge, the axis extending in use in an upright direction; and a sealing element coupled to an edge of the panel to provide sealing engagement with the ground when the panel is in the closed position thereby forming the barrier against flooding; wherein the hinge is configured to corporate with the panel to, upon the panel being moved from the closed position towards the opened position, cause the panel to move away from the ground thereby releasing the sealing engagement between the sealing element and the ground.