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Appliance door latching device

CA 1320240 C · Owner: Licentia Patent-Verwaltungs-Gmbh · Inventors: Roser, Dieter; Zeismann, Hans-Peter; Fuhrer, Hans-Jurgen

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An apparatus can be used in an appliance such as a refrigerator or freezer having a housing a door, and a, gasket for sealing the door and the housing the housing, having a contact strip, the apparatus including a handle connected to the door by two webs, the handle having a door opening member which is movably supported by the handle the, door opening member including first and second actuating latches respectively disposed adjacent each of the two webs the first and second actuating latches each contacting the gasket for lifting a portion of the gasket away from the contact strip, wherein the door opening member can be operated to cause a reliable displacement of the actuating latches …

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  • Granted July 13, 1993. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended July 13, 2010.
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FiledOctober 28, 1988
GrantedJuly 13, 1993
Term endedJuly 13, 2010
Patent numberCA 1320240 C
Classification (IPC)A47B95/00 +2 more

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19891992199519982001200420072010Application filedOct 28, 1988Patent grantedJuly 13, 1993Term endedJuly 13, 2010

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