Door gasket assembly for a refrigerated appliance
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsJose R. Aranda, Alexa N. Brown, Jackson Felipe Karl, Dakota E. Kosek, Rishikesh Vinayak Kulkarni, E. C. Pickles, Antonio Sanchez, Richard A. Spletzer
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Abstract
A refrigerator appliance includes an icemaker that is selectively closeable by a door. An outer gasket is positioned about an edge of the door and a sealing gasket is positioned around a center portion of the door inside the outer gasket. A plurality of protrusions extend from a rim of the icemaker. A liner is aligned with and spaced apart from the rim. A first gasket and a second gasket are positioned between the rim and the liner.
Claims19
A refrigerator appliance comprising:
- an icemaker selectively closeable by a door, wherein an outer gasket is positioned about an edge of the door and a sealing gasket is positioned around a center portion of the door inside the outer gasket;
- a plurality of protrusions extending from a rim of the icemaker, wherein a liner is aligned with and spaced apart from the rim;
- and a first gasket and a second gasket positioned between the rim and the liner.
A refrigerator appliance comprising:
- an icemaker defining an opening;
- an icemaker door configured to selectively close the icemaker, wherein the icemaker defines an outer channel and an inner channel, and wherein the outer channel is spaced from the inner channel by a protrusion, and further wherein the protrusion at least partially defines the inner channel and the outer channel;
- a first gasket positioned within the outer channel and a second gasket positioned within the inner channel;
- a liner positioned substantially flush with the icemaker, wherein an edge of the liner encloses the outer channel and the inner channel;
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- an outer gasket positioned about a periphery of an inner surface of the icemaker door.
An icemaker comprising:
- an icemaker box selectively closeable by a door, wherein the door includes an inner wall and an outer wall, the inner wall at least partially defining a slot;
- a box rim of the icemaker box defining first and second channels having open ends, wherein a first gasket is positioned within the first channel and a second gasket is positioned within the second channel;
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- an outer gasket positioned about a periphery of the door, wherein the outer gasket includes a contact portion and a connecting portion, the connecting portion at least partially received by the slot, wherein the inner wall includes first and second extensions proximate the slot, and further wherein first and second ends of the outer gasket are positioned within the slot and at least partially covered by the first and second extensions, respectively.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.