Routing component for a dishwasher appliance
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorAldo Vincent Kremmel
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Abstract
A dishwasher appliance includes a frame member defining a first attachment aperture and a second attachment aperture, a wash tub positioned adjacent the frame member and defining a wash chamber for receipt of a load of articles, and a routing component mounted to the frame member. The routing component includes a mounting structure for engaging the frame member through the first attachment aperture and the second attachment aperture, a hose retainer for retaining a drain hose of the dishwasher appliance, and a wiring harness retainer for retaining a wiring harness of the dishwasher appliance.
Claims18
A dishwasher appliance defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction, the dishwasher appliance comprising:
- a frame member defining a first attachment aperture and a second attachment aperture;
- a wash tub positioned adjacent the frame member and defining a wash chamber for receipt of a load of articles;
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- a routing component mounted to the frame member, the routing component comprising:
- a mounting structure for engaging the frame member through the first attachment aperture and the second attachment aperture, wherein the mounting structure comprises:
- a flat mounting face for engaging a front side of the frame member;
- a pivot hook extending from a first side of the flat mounting face and defining a hook for engaging the first attachment aperture;
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- a resilient clip extending from a second side of the flat mounting face, the resilient clip defining a locking lip for engaging the second attachment aperture, wherein the routing component is installed on the frame member by passing the hook of the pivot hook through the first attachment aperture and pivoting the routing component such that the flat mounting face seats against the front side of the frame member and the locking lip snaps into the second attachment aperture;
- a hose retainer for retaining a drain hose of the dishwasher appliance;
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- a wiring harness retainer for retaining a wiring harness of the dishwasher appliance.
A routing component for an appliance, the appliance comprising a frame member defining a first attachment aperture and a second attachment aperture, the routing component comprising:
- a mounting structure for engaging the frame member through the first attachment aperture and the second attachment aperture, wherein the mounting structure comprises:
- a flat mounting face for engaging a front side of the frame member;
- a pivot hook extending from a first side of the flat mounting face and defining a hook for engaging the first attachment aperture;
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- a resilient clip extending from a second side of the flat mounting face, the resilient clip defining a locking lip for engaging the second attachment aperture, wherein the routing component is installed on the frame member by passing the hook of the pivot hook through the first attachment aperture and pivoting the routing component such that the flat mounting face seats against the front side of the frame member and the locking lip snaps into the second attachment aperture;
- a hose retainer for retaining a hose of the appliance;
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- a wiring harness retainer for retaining a wiring harness of the appliance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.