/Door Latch Device And Cooking Apparatus Having Same
Abstract

A cooking apparatus includes a housing including a cooking chamber; a door to open or close the cooking chamber and including a key door; a driver motor disposed in the housing; and a door latch to lock or unlock the door. The door latch includes a rotating body which can be rotated by power transmitted from the driver motor, a lever shaft, a lever configured to be rotated about the lever rotation axis by power transmitted from the rotating body, the lever configured to restrain the key door to lock the door or release the key door to unlock the door according to the position of the lever, and an elastic member which is to elastically press the lever and rotates the lever in a direction in which the lever locks or unlocks the door by engaging with the key door according to the position of the lever.

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What is claimed is:

A cooking apparatus includes a housing including a cooking chamber; a door to open or close the cooking chamber and including a key door; a driver motor disposed in the housing; and a door latch to lock or unlock the door. The door latch includes a rotating body which can be rotated by power transmitted from the driver motor, a lever shaft, a lever configured to be rotated about the lever rotation axis by power transmitted from the rotating body, the lever configured to restrain the key door to lock the door or release the key door to unlock the door according to the position of the lever, and an elastic member which is to elastically press the lever and rotates the lever in a direction in which the lever locks or unlocks the door by engaging with the key door according to the position of the lever.
Timeline
Filed
04/01/2026
Published
08/06/2026
Granted
Not Available
IPC Codes(2)
F24C 15/02:Doors specially adapted for stoves or ranges
E05B 47/00:Operating or controlling locks or other fastening devices by electric or magnetic means (electric permutation locks E05B 49/00)