Oven door latch assembly having side mounted motor
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
F24C-015/04
출원번호
US-0023917
(2001-12-17)
발명자
/ 주소
Ramsey, James
Smith, Donald E.
Sokalski, Robert G.
출원인 / 주소
France/A Scott Fetzer Company
대리인 / 주소
Wood, Herron & Evans, L.L.P.
인용정보
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11인용 특허 :
12
초록▼
A motorized door latch assembly for locking an oven door in a locked and sealed position for purposes of cleaning the oven. A motor and cam cause a latch rod extending from side to side to translate, causing a latch plate to move between three different positions. In one position the latch plate pre
A motorized door latch assembly for locking an oven door in a locked and sealed position for purposes of cleaning the oven. A motor and cam cause a latch rod extending from side to side to translate, causing a latch plate to move between three different positions. In one position the latch plate prevents the oven door from opening. From this position, the latch plate is pulled inwardly, orthogonal to the direction of motion of the latch rod, so the oven door is in a locked and sealed position. In its locked and sealed position the door may be opened by biasing the latch plate against the bias of a biaser extending between a fixed location on a mounting plate and a fixed location on the latch plate.
대표청구항▼
A motorized door latch assembly for locking an oven door in a locked and sealed position for purposes of cleaning the oven. A motor and cam cause a latch rod extending from side to side to translate, causing a latch plate to move between three different positions. In one position the latch plate pre
A motorized door latch assembly for locking an oven door in a locked and sealed position for purposes of cleaning the oven. A motor and cam cause a latch rod extending from side to side to translate, causing a latch plate to move between three different positions. In one position the latch plate prevents the oven door from opening. From this position, the latch plate is pulled inwardly, orthogonal to the direction of motion of the latch rod, so the oven door is in a locked and sealed position. In its locked and sealed position the door may be opened by biasing the latch plate against the bias of a biaser extending between a fixed location on a mounting plate and a fixed location on the latch plate. m 1 wherein said flex joint is a universal joint. 3. The mooring arrangement of claim 1 wherein said flex joint is a tapered stress joint. 4. The mooring arrangement of claim 1 wherein said flex joint includes elastomeric material acting as a flexible element. 5. The mooring arrangement of claim 1 wherein said flex joint includes composite materials acting as a flexible element. 6. The mooring arrangement of claim 1 wherein said upper section of said turret is rotatably supported by an axial/radial bearing on said vessel and said flex joint is connected between said upper section and said lower section at a position at the same level or below said axial/radial bearing of said turret. 7. The mooring arrangement of claim 1 wherein a height of said upper section of said turret is small compared to a height of said lower section of said turret, said upper section of said turret is rotatably supported with respect to said vessel by an axial/radial bearing assembly, said flex joint being connected between a bottom end of said upper section of said turret and a top end of said lower section of said turret, whereby said flex joint is positioned a small distance from said axial/radial bearing assembly relative to the combined height of said upper section of said turret and said lower section of said turret. 8. The mooring arrangement of claim 1, wherein said turret is placed within a turret insert tube of said vessel, and wherein said radial bearing assembly includes an inner member secured about said lower section of said turret, said inner member having an outer sliding surface, and an outer member has an inner sliding surface arranged and designed to slide on said outer sliding surface of said inner member, said outer member having an outer profile arranged and designed to cooperate with a complementary profile in the interior of said turret insert tube so that the outer member is turned by said turret insert tube when said vessel rotates about said turret, without fixed attachment of said outer member to said turret insert tube. 9. The mooring arrangement of claim 8 wherein said outer profile of said outer member is of frusto-conical shape. 10. The mooring arrangement of claim 8 wherein said outer profile of said outer member is in the shape of a polygon. 11. In a mooring arrangement which includes a vessel that floats at the surface of the sea and that can weathervane about a turret which is rotatably supported on said vessel and wherein said turret has a lower end anchored by at least one mooring line which extends to the sea floor for anchoring said turret in a substantially geostationary position, an improvement characterized by said turret being placed within a turret insert tube of said vessel said turret being rotatably supported at a top end by an axial/radial bearing assembly and at a bottom end by a radial bearing assembly, wherein said radial bearing assembly includes an inner member secured about said lower end of said turret, said inner member having an outer sliding surface, and an outer member having an inner sliding surface arranged and designed to slide on said outer sliding surface of said inner member, said outer member having an outer profile which is arranged and designed to cooperate with a complimentary profile in the interior of said turret insert tube so that the outer member is turned by said turret insert tube when said vessel rotates about said turret, without fixed attachment of said outer member to said turret insert tube. 12. The mooring arrangement of claim 11 wherein said outer profile of said outer member is a frusto-conical shape. 13. The mooring arrangement of claim 11 wherein said outer profile of said outer member is in the shape of a polygon. 14. The mooring arrangement of claim 11 wherein said turret insert tube is placed with said vessel. 15. The mooring arrangement of claim 11 wherein said turret insert tube is supported from a structure at an end of said vessel. 16. A method of installing a turret having a radial bearing assembly within a turret insert tube of a vessel having a deck and a keel comprising the steps of: fixing a radial bearing assembly to a bottom end of said turret, said radial bearing assembly including an inner member secured about said lower end of said turret, said inner member having an outer sliding surface and an outer member having an inner sliding surface arranged and designed to slide on said outer sliding surface of said inner member, said outer member having an outer profile, and installing said radial bearing assembly fixed to said turret inside said turret insert tube, said turret insert tube having an inner profile which cooperates with said outer profile of said outer member to cause said outer member of said radial bearing assembly to rotate with said vessel where said vessel rotates about said turret. 17. The method of claim 16 wherein said turret is installed inside said turret insert tube by passing said turret through said turret insert tube in the direction of from said deck to said keel. 18. The method of claim 16 wherein said turret is installed inside said turret insert tube by passing said turret through said turret insert tube in the direction of from said keel to said deck. 19. In a mooring arrangement which includes a vessel that floats at the surface of the sea and that can weathervane about a turret which is rotatably supported on said vessel and wherein said turret has a lower end anchored by at least one mooring line which extends to the sea floor for anchoring said turret in a substantially geostationary position, an improvement characterized by said turret including an upper section that is rotatably coupled to said vessel by an axial/radial bearing assembly, and said turret including a lower section that is connected to said upper section by a load-bearing flex joint and wherein said lower section of said turret is rotatably coupled to said vessel by a radial bearing assembly.
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