Modular drawer guides for sliding drawers
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsLydia Stempky, John Adam Yantis
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Abstract
A drawer assembly for an appliance includes a front drawer guide fixed to a frame of the appliance including a front slide, the front slide defining a first sliding surface and a first receiving channel, a drawer body in slidable contact with the front drawer guide, and a rear drawer guide coupled to the drawer body, the rear drawer guide including a hook and a rear slide provided over the hook along the vertical direction, the rear slide defining a second sliding surface and a second receiving channel.
Claims18
A drawer assembly for an appliance, the drawer assembly defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction, the appliance comprising a frame defining an opening, the drawer assembly comprising:
- a front drawer guide configured to be fixed to the frame of the appliance proximate the opening, the front drawer guide comprising a front slide, wherein the front slide defines a first sliding surface and a first receiving channel defined within the sliding surface;
- a first roller selectively inserted into and removed from the first receiving channel;
- a drawer body comprising a rear panel, wherein the drawer body is in slidable contact with the first sliding surface when the roller is removed from the first receiving channel, wherein the drawer body is in rolling contact with the first roller when the first roller is inserted into the first receiving channel;
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- a rear drawer guide coupled to the drawer body, the rear drawer guide comprising an alignment flange and a rear slide provided above the alignment flange along the vertical direction, wherein the rear slide defines a second sliding surface and a second receiving channel, the second receiving channel extending rearward along the transverse direction.
An oven appliance defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction, the oven appliance comprising:
- a cabinet, the cabinet defining a cooking chamber and a drawer recess provided beneath the cooking chamber;
- a frame member extending along the transverse direction within the drawer recess;
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- a drawer assembly removably provided within the drawer recess, the drawer assembly comprising:
- a front drawer guide fixed to the frame member proximate a front of the oven appliance, the front drawer guide comprising a front slide, wherein the front slide defines a first sliding surface and a first receiving channel;
- a first roller selectively inserted into and removed from the first receiving channel;
- a drawer body comprising a rear panel, wherein the drawer body is in slidable contact with the first sliding surface when the first roller is removed from the first receiving channel, wherein the drawer body is in rolling contact with the first roller when the first roller is inserted into the first receiving channel;
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- a rear drawer guide coupled to the drawer body, the rear drawer guide comprising a hook and a rear slide provided over the hook along the vertical direction, wherein the rear slide defines a second sliding surface and a second receiving channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.