Dampening tub support for a dishwasher appliance
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsAldo Vincent Kremmel, Kyle James Brewer, Rocco Cordaro, Zachary Wiles, Senthil Nathan Jaganathan, Sheng-Yuan Hsu
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Abstract
A dishwasher appliance includes an apron frame, a wash tub positioned on top of the apron frame and defining a wash chamber for receipt of a load of articles, and a dampening tub support positioned between the apron frame and the wash tub. The dampening tub support includes a mounting structure that is attached to the apron frame and defines a tub support surface for supporting the wash tub and a resilient member lining the tub support surface between the mounting structure and the wash tub.
Claims20
A dishwasher appliance defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction, the dishwasher appliance comprising:
- an apron frame;
- a wash tub positioned on top of the apron frame and defining a wash chamber for receipt of a load of articles;
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- a dampening tub support positioned between the apron frame and the wash tub, the dampening tub support comprising:
- a mounting structure that is attached to the apron frame and defines a tub support surface for supporting the wash tub, wherein the tub support surface is contoured to match a contact surface on the wash tub, and wherein mounting structure defines a horizontal shelf positioned above the tub support surface;
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- a resilient member lining the tub support surface between the mounting structure and the wash tub, wherein the resilient member covers both the tub support surface and the horizontal shelf.
A wash tub support assembly for a dishwasher appliance, the dishwasher appliance comprising a wash tub defining a wash chamber for receipt of a load of articles, the wash tub support assembly comprising:
- an apron frame defining an attachment aperture;
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- a dampening tub support positioned between the apron frame and the wash tub, the dampening tub support comprising:
- a mounting structure that is attached to the apron frame and defines a tub support surface for supporting the wash tub, wherein the mounting structure defines a snap fit geometry for receipt within the attachment aperture;
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- a resilient member lining the tub support surface between the mounting structure and the wash tub.
A dishwasher appliance defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction, the dishwasher appliance comprising:
- an apron frame;
- a wash tub positioned on top of the apron frame and defining a wash chamber for receipt of a load of articles;
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- a first dampening tub support positioned between the apron frame and the wash tub on a first side of the wash tub and a second dampening tub support positioned between the apron frame and the wash tub on a second side of the wash tub, the first dampening tub support and the second dampening tub support each comprising:
- a mounting structure that is attached to the apron frame and defines a tub support surface for supporting the wash tub;
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- a resilient member lining the tub support surface between the mounting structure and the wash tub.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.