Side access panel for an appliance
AssigneeWhirlpool Corportation
InventorsKoteswara Rao Gochika, Narendra A. Kapure, Manjunathraddi Navalgund, Manoj T. Sambrekar
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Abstract
An appliance cabinet includes a wrapper that has sidewalls and define a machine compartment. An attachment feature is coupled to the wrapper proximate the sidewalls. The attachment feature includes horizontal supports and vertical supports that define a lattice structure of the attachment feature, and a selectively removable side access panel is removably coupled to the sidewalls to define at least one access point to the machine compartment.
Claims20
An appliance, comprising:
- sidewalls;
- a curved surface coupled to the sidewalls to define a machine compartment;
- an attachment feature operably coupled to the curved surface proximate the sidewalls;
- a selectively removable side access panel removably coupled to the attachment feature to define at least one access point to the machine compartment;
- and
- a controller operably coupled to an interior surface of the selectively removable side access panel.
An appliance cabinet, comprising:
- a wrapper having sidewalls and defining a machine compartment;
- an attachment feature operably coupled to the wrapper proximate the sidewalls, the attachment feature including horizontal supports and vertical supports that define a lattice structure of the attachment feature;
- and
- a selectively removable side access panel removably coupled to the sidewalls to define at least one access point to the machine compartment.
An attachment feature for an appliance cabinet, comprising:
- a frame having a top and a bottom;
- a non-linear edge extending between the top and the bottom of the frame;
- a reinforcement segment extending between the top and the bottom of the frame on an opposing side from the non-linear edge;
- and
- vertical supports positioned between the non-linear edge and the reinforcement segment and operably coupled to the top and the bottom of the frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.