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COUNTERTOP APPLIANCE COOKING CONTROL UNIT WITH EJECTION FEATURE

  • US 20100000417A1
  • Filed: 06/29/2009
  • Published: 01/07/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2008
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A cooking control unit for a countertop appliance, comprising:

  • a cooking selector including a rotary control knob movable between an ejection position and a series of cooking positions; and

    an ejection mechanism including a rotary drive element, a translating slider member, and a translating ejector, wherein the rotary drive element is operably coupled to the rotary control knob, the slider includes a contact element and a drive surface, and the ejector includes a contact surface and a displacement element, wherein when the control knob is rotated to the ejection position the rotary drive element drives the slider contact surface to drive the slider in a slider translating motion to a slider ejection position, which drives the slider drive surface against the ejector contact surface to drive the ejector in an ejector translating motion to an ejector ejection position in which the ejector displacement element bears against the countertop appliance to displace the control unit from the appliance.

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