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US 12,234,683 B2Granted
Door and home appliance having the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsCheoleun Choi, Sihwan Kim, Hongman Chang
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Abstract
A door and a home appliance having the same. The home appliance includes a main body including a chamber and a door configured to open or close the chamber, wherein the door includes a front panel, a plurality of flanges formed from the front panel in a bent shape, an incision portion between the plurality of flanges, a fixing member coupled to the plurality of flanges to prevent the door from being deformed, and a cover member configured to cover the incision portion and the fixing member. The cover member includes a corner cover portion and a rear cover portion.
Claims16
A home appliance comprising:
- a main body including a chamber;
- and
- a door configured to open or close the chamber,
- wherein the door includes:
- a front panel,
- a plurality of flanges including a first upper flange formed from the front panel in a bent shape to form an upper surface of the door, a second upper flange formed from the first upper flange in a bent shape to form a part of a rear surface of the door and including a first insertion hole, a first side flange formed from the front panel in a bent shape to form a side surface of the door and a second side flange formed from the first side flange in a bent shape to form a part of the rear surface of the door and including a second insertion hole,
- an incision portion including a first incision portion forming a gap between the first upper flange and the first side flange, and a second incision portion forming a gap between the second upper flange and the second side flange, wherein the first incision portion and the second incision portion are communicated to each other,
- a fixing member coupled to the second upper flange and the second side flange to prevent the second upper flange from being deformed, wherein extending portions of the fixing member are inserted into the first insertion hole and the second insertion hole, and
- a cover member configured to cover the incision portion and the fixing member and including:
- a corner cover portion disposed between the first upper flange and the first side flange to fill the first incision portion wherein the cover member includes a guide protrusion protruding from the cover member and configured to insert into the second insertion hole.
7 more elements
A door used for a home appliance, the door comprising:
- a chassis forming a front surface, an upper surface, a side surface, and a part of a rear surface of the door;
- an incision portion formed by cutting a corner of the chassis and including a first incision portion forming a gap between the upper surface and the side surface and a second incision portion forming a gap between a part of the rear surface formed from the upper surface in a bent shape and a part of the rear surface formed from the side surface in a bent shape, wherein the first incision portion and the second incision portion are communicated to each other;
- a cover member configured to cover the incision portion to prevent the incision portion from being exposed and including a corner cover portion disposed between a first upper flange and a first side flange to fill the first incision portion;
- and
- a fixing member covered by the cover member and coupled to the part of the rear surface to prevent the second incision portion from being deformed, the fixing member including material having a rigidity greater than a rigidity of the cover member, wherein extending portions of the fixing member are inserted into insertion holes formed in the part of the rear surface of the door wherein the cover member includes a guide protrusion protruding from the cover member and configured to insert into one of the insertion holes formed in the part of the rear surface of the door.
2 more elements
A door used for a home appliance, the door comprising:
- a panel;
- a first flange formed from the panel in a bent shape to form a first surface of the door;
- a first side flange formed from the panel in a bent shape to form a side surface of the door;
- a second flange formed from the first flange in a bent shape to face the panel;
- a second side flange formed from the first side flange in a bent shape to face the panel;
- an incision portion formed by cutting a corner side for the panel to be bent and including a first incision portion forming a gap between the first flange and the first side flange, and a second incision portion forming a gap between the second flange and the second side flange, wherein the first incision portion and the second incision portion are communicated to each other;
- a fixing member configured to be inserted into a first insertion hole of the first side flange and a second insertion hole of the second side flange to prevent the second incision portion from being deformed;
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- a cover member configured to cover the incision portion and the fixing member and including a corner cover portion disposed between a first upper flange and the first side flange to fill the first incision portion wherein the cover member includes a guide protrusion protruding from the cover member and configured to insert into the second insertion hole.
6 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.