Reducing or eliminating wobble problem in a refrigerator drawer
AssigneesBSH Home Appliances Corporation, BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
InventorCetin Abdullah Celik
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Abstract
A refrigeration appliance system can include a refrigeration compartment. The system can include a drawer positioned in the refrigeration compartment. The system can also include a gear bar assembly positioned under a bottom portion of the drawer, the gear bar assembly configured to reduce or eliminate a wobble of the drawer in response to the drawer being opened or closed. The gear bar assembly can include a gear with gear teeth extending from a base of the gear. The gear bar assembly can include a gear bar coupled to the gear. The gear bar assembly can include a toothed strip positioned adjacent to the gear and in contact with the gear teeth in response to the drawer being opened or closed.
Claims20
A refrigeration appliance comprising:
- a refrigeration compartment;
- a drawer positioned in the refrigeration compartment;
- and
- a gear bar assembly positioned under a bottom portion of the drawer, the gear bar assembly configured to reduce or eliminate a wobble of the drawer in response to the drawer being opened or closed, the gear bar assembly comprising:
- a gear with gear teeth extending from a base of the gear;
- a gear bar coupled to the gear;
- and
- a toothed strip positioned adjacent to the gear and in contact with the gear teeth in response to the drawer being opened or closed, wherein each gear tooth of the gear teeth comprises a flat outer edge and a surface portion that is defined by an angle with a surface of the gear bar.
A drawer assembly for a refrigeration compartment of a refrigeration appliance, the drawer assembly comprising:
- a drawer positioned in the refrigeration compartment;
- and
- a gear bar assembly positioned under a bottom portion of the drawer, the gear bar assembly configured to reduce or eliminate a wobble of the drawer in response to the drawer being opened or closed, the gear bar assembly comprising:
- a gear with gear teeth extending from a base of the gear;
- a gear bar coupled to the gear;
- and
- a toothed strip positioned adjacent to the gear and in contact with the gear teeth in response to the drawer being opened or closed, wherein each gear tooth of the gear teeth comprises a flat outer edge and a surface portion that is defined by an angle with a surface of the gear bar.
A method comprising:
- positioning a drawer in a refrigeration compartment of a refrigerator;
- positioning a gear bar assembly under a bottom portion of the drawer to reduce or eliminate a wobble of the drawer in response to the drawer being opened or closed;
- coupling a gear bar of the gear bar assembly to a gear of the gear bar assembly, the gear having gear teeth extending from a base of the gear;
- and
- positioning a toothed strip of the gear bar assembly adjacent to the gear and in contact with the gear teeth in response to the drawer being opened or closed, wherein each gear tooth of the gear teeth comprises a flat outer edge and a surface portion that is defined by an angle with a surface of the gear bar.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.