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US 10,704,824 B1Granted
Refrigerator casing with a mitered front corner joint
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsTodd Duncan Cook, Pat Napier, William Jeremy Leachman, Steven David Paul, Bagawathkumar Chellappan
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Abstract
A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet that defines a chilled chamber. The cabinet has an outer casing with a first front flange and a second front flange. The first and second front flanges are connected at a mitered joint. Each of the first and second front flanges has a tab extending into the outer casing. The tabs of the first and second front flanges are plastically deformed together at the mitered joint.
Claims17
A refrigerator appliance, comprising:
- a cabinet defining a chilled chamber, the cabinet having an outer casing with a first front flange and a second front flange, the first and second front flanges connected at a mitered joint;
- and
- a door mounted to the cabinet, the door sealing the chilled chamber when the door is closed,
- wherein each of the first and second front flanges has a pair of tabs extending into the outer casing, the pairs of tabs of the first and second front flanges plastically deformed together at the mitered joint.
1 more element
A method for forming a casing of a refrigerator appliance, comprising:
- positioning a first front flange of an outer casing and a second front flange of the outer casing such that a pair of tabs of the first front flange is positioned adjacent a pair of tabs of the second front flange, the pairs of tabs of the first and second front flanges extending into the outer casing;
- and
- connecting the first front flange to the second front flange at a mitered joint by plastically deforming the pairs of tabs of the first and second front flanges together.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.