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US 12,516,464 B2Granted
Laundry treating appliance including a transport bolt
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsMarco Angelini, Matteo Carnevale, Changadevkumar Bapusaheb Desai, Sara Diamanti, Nicola Di Mauro, Ajit Govind Kulkarni, Mauro Mancini, Stefano Turchi
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Abstract
A laundry treating appliance comprising a first body, a second body, and a transport bolt securing the tub to the cabinet during transportation. The first body defines an interior and has at least one wall with a first opening. The second body is located within the interior and has a second opening aligned with the first opening. The transport bolt comprises a shank with a first region and a second region.
Claims19
A laundry treating appliance comprising:
- a first body including at least one wall with a first opening;
- a second body, spaced from the first body, and including a second opening aligned with the first opening;
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- a transport bolt comprising a unitary body with a head and a shank and selectively coupling the second body to the first body, with the shank having:
- a first region defining a first threaded region with a first pitch, the first region receivable through the first opening;
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- a second region defining a second threaded region with a second pitch, the second region receivable through the first opening;
- wherein the first pitch is different from the second pitch.
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