A laundry treating apparatus may include a main body having a laundry inlet port at a front surface thereof and configured to accommodate laundry loaded through the laundry inlet port, and a door rotatably coupled to a front surface of the main body to open and close the laundry inlet port. The door may include an outer frame provided with an opening and facing an outside of the main body; a front glass coupled to a front surface of the outer frame to cover the opening; an inner frame coupled to a rear surface of the outer frame and facing an inside of the main body; and a mounting guide that protrudes from an outer circumference of the outer frame to surround an outer circumferential surface of the front glass. The outer circumferential surface of the front glass may include a first curved portion provided at a front side thereof in a thickness direction, and a straight portion that extends toward a rear side from the first curved portion. The mounting guide may cover at least a portion of the straight portion.

The present disclosure relates to electrical devices housed in a distribution box and, more particularly, to an interlock mechanism for visually indicating whether main contacts operated by the electrical devices are in an open condition or a closed condition.

The present invention relates to a self-sanitizing support handle and a method of operating the same. A self-sanitizing support handle is disclosed. The support handle comprising: a rotating mechanism; one or more sensors to determine a proximity of user; and a plurality of lights on said handle, wherein one or more lights from said plurality of lights gets activated upon determination of absence of said user in proximity based on said sensor output and upon activation sanitizes an area of said support handle where said absence of said user is determined.

The present invention relates to a self sanitizing door handle and a method of operating the same. The door handle comprising: a soft glass hollow membrane; one or more connectors; a central rod; and a plurality of lights on said central rod inside said hollow membrane protectively covered by said one or more connectors in an active state of sanitization in said self sanitizing door handle. Furthermore, the door handled is a self powered door handle based on a spring and rail with turbines mechanism which contracts and relaxes to generate desired amount of power required to drive the door sanitization system in the self sanitizing door handle.

A bar handle with incorporated lock having a tubular element for gripping a handle, installed on a face of a door by way of interposition of at least one spacer element, and a lock which is at least partially contained inside the tubular element. The handle includes a release device for releasing the lock, which is configured to be operated manually with a pusher element installed on the tubular element. the handle comprises a release device for releasing the lock, which is configured to be operated manually with a pusher element installed on the tubular element.

A bar handle with incorporated lock having a tubular element for gripping a handle, installed on a face of a door by way of interposition of at least one spacer element, and a lock which is at least partially contained inside the tubular element. The handle includes a release device for releasing the lock, which is configured to be operated manually with a pusher element installed on the tubular element. the handle comprises a release device for releasing the lock, which is configured to be operated manually with a pusher element installed on the tubular element.

Discloses is a lock for releasably locking a first component to a second component. The lock includes a driving assembly, configured to be installed on the first component and including a rotatable cylinder housing; a transmission assembly, including a cylinder core which insertable by a key and is in torque-transmission connection with the driving assembly; and a locking assembly, connected with the transmission assembly and having a first position decoupled from the second component and a second position coupled with the second component, wherein the driving assembly can move relative to the first component and drive the locking assembly by means of the movement to complete the locking, and the locking includes: making the locking assembly move to the second position from the first position and be locked there.

A method for operating a refrigerator appliance includes operating a dispenser of the refrigerator appliance to initiate a flow of liquid water or ice into a container positioned within a dispensing recess of the dispenser in response to a user input at a user input panel of the refrigerator appliance, receiving one or more signals from a sensor positioned at the dispensing recess after operating the dispenser to initiate the flow of liquid water or ice into the dispensing recess, and detecting a presence of the container in the dispensing recess based at least in part on the one or more signals from the sensor only after operating the dispenser to initiate the flow of liquid water or ice into the dispensing recess. A related refrigerator appliance is also provided.

An assistive device for a door having a door lock mounted adjacent to a doorknob. The door lock is rotationally actuatable via a thumb lever. The assistive device comprises a handle adapted to mount on to the thumb lever without obstructing the doorknob and a mounting slot formed between opposed ends of the handle for forming a frictional fit between the handle and the thumb lever. The handle includes an elongated end configured to provide leverage for rotation of the thumb lever using the handle, and an arcuate end for grasping. The mounting slot at least partially surrounds the thumb lever in a plane of rotation thereof.

A method for extending and retracting a handle of a door handle assembly for a door of a vehicle includes providing a door handle assembly having a base portion, a handle portion that is movably attached at the base portion, and an electrically operable actuator that operates to move the handle portion relative to the base portion. A control controls operation of the actuator to move the handle portion between a recessed position and a partially extended position. Responsive to detecting presence of an authorized user, a sensing system determines a motion vector of the user that is indicative of a direction that the user is moving relative to the vehicle. Responsive to determining that the determined motion vector is indicative of the user approaching the door of the vehicle, the control controls operation of the actuator to move the handle portion to the partially extended position.