Appliance trim breaker assembly
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsLynne F. Hunter, Deepak Gajanan Mankar, Abhay Naik, Sanjesh Kumar Pathak, Sanket V. Phalak
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Abstract
A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet with a liner spaced apart from a wrapper. A trim breaker is operably coupled with the liner and the wrapper. A trim adapter assembly is coupled with the trim breaker and includes an adapter member and a corner member. The trim breaker defines a forward receiving space and a protrusion of the trim adapter assembly is received by the forward receiving space. A heat loop assembly is operably coupled with the adapter member. The heat loop assembly includes a cover and a heat loop disposed between the cover and the trim breaker.
Claims20
A refrigerator appliance comprising:
- a cabinet including a liner spaced apart from a wrapper;
- a trim breaker operably coupled with the liner and the wrapper;
- a trim adapter assembly coupled with the trim breaker and including an adapter member and a corner member, wherein the trim breaker defines a forward receiving space and a protrusion of the trim adapter assembly is received by the forward receiving space;
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- a heat loop assembly operably coupled with the adapter member, the heat loop assembly including a cover and a heat loop disposed between the cover and the trim breaker.
A refrigerator appliance comprising:
- a cabinet including an inner liner, an outer wrapper, and a trim breaker;
- an adapter member including a plurality of engagement arms and a leg extending along a portion of the trim breaker, wherein the trim breaker defines a receiving space configured to receive the leg;
- a cover configured to be engaged with the plurality of engagement arms to couple the cover with a trim adapter assembly;
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- a heat loop in abutting contact with an inside surface of the cover.
A refrigerator appliance comprising:
- a cabinet including an inner liner operably coupled to an outer wrapper;
- a trim breaker operably coupled to the inner liner and the outer wrapper;
- a trim adapter assembly operably coupled to the trim breaker and including an upper member, a first side member, a second side member, and a lower member, wherein the upper member is detachably coupled to the first side member and the second side member and the lower member is detachably coupled to the first side member and the second side member;
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- a cover engaged with an adapter member by a plurality of clips interspaced along a clip member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.