专利名称：Appliance access door strike assemblies for
addressing latch operation issues arisingfrom dimensional variances
发明人：Steven J. Joerger,Chris H. Hill,Jason
Schott,Douglas C. Norman
申请号：US12184061申请日：20080731公开号：US08449006B2公开日：20130528
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摘要：A technique and various door/latch structures are provided to deal efficiently
and effectively with excessive appliance door closure/opening forces that can arise in thecase that the door strike extension depth is not ideally matched to the relative locationof the mating latch mechanism. This is particularly useful in connection with the use of apush-push style access door that must be compressed against a compressible sealgasket in order to effect both opening and closing of the door. A strike member ismounted to one of an appliance cabinet and door so as to be engagable with a latchmechanism when the door is in the closed position. The installing involves initiallytentatively mounting the strike in a first of at least two provisioned ways, to therebyprovide a first of at least two different strike extension depths. The door operation isthen tested to determine whether an excessive operation force is required in order toopen or close the door. Upon determining that an excessive operation force is requiredto open or close the door, the strike member is removed from its initial mount andremounted in a second of the at least two provisioned ways, to thereby provide a secondof the at least two different strike extension depths. In another aspect, a limited amountof z-axis play of the strike is permitted to avoid inadvertent unlatching, e.g., of a push-push latch, upon a slam of the door shut.
申请人：Steven J. Joerger,Chris H. Hill,Jason Schott,Douglas C. Norman
地址：Ames IA US,Ames IA US,Webster City IA US,Webster City IA US
国籍：US,US,US,US
代理机构：Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
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