Removable bracket assembly for an oven appliance manifold
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsCharles Andrew Bierbaum, Gary Bundy
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Abstract
An oven appliance includes a cabinet defining a cooking chamber; a control panel provided on the cabinet; a fuel supply line provided at the cabinet; and a bracket. The bracket includes a first flange selectively coupled to the fuel supply line; a second flange extending from the first flange at a predetermined angle, the second flange being selectively coupled to the control panel; a vertical protrusion protruding from the first flange along the vertical direction toward the fuel supply line to locate the bracket with respect to the fuel supply line; and a horizontal locating protrusion protruding from the second flange away from the fuel supply line to locate the bracket with respect to the control panel.
Claims16
An oven appliance defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction, the oven appliance comprising:
- a cabinet defining a cooking chamber;
- a control panel provided on the cabinet;
- a fuel supply line provided at the cabinet;
- a manifold bracket attached to the fuel supply line, wherein the manifold bracket comprises an aperture defined therethrough along the vertical direction;
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- a panel bracket, wherein the manifold bracket is provided between the panel bracket and the fuel supply line such that the panel bracket is selectively coupled to the fuel supply line through the manifold bracket via one or more removable fasteners, the panel bracket comprising:
- a first flange selectively coupled to the fuel supply line;
- a second flange extending from the first flange at a predetermined angle, the second flange being selectively coupled to the control panel;
- a vertical protrusion protruding from the first flange along the vertical direction toward the fuel supply line to locate the panel bracket with respect to the fuel supply line, wherein the aperture is aligned with the vertical protrusion along the vertical direction;
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- a horizontal protrusion protruding from the second flange away from the fuel supply line to locate the panel bracket with respect to the control panel.
A control assembly for an oven appliance, the oven appliance defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction and comprising a control panel and a fuel supply line, the control assembly comprising:
- a panel bracket, the panel bracket comprising:
- a first flange;
- a second flange extending from the first flange at a predetermined angle;
- a vertical protrusion protruding from the first flange along the vertical direction toward the fuel supply line to locate the panel bracket with respect to the fuel supply line;
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- a horizontal protrusion protruding from the second flange away from the fuel supply line to locate the panel bracket with respect to the control panel;
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- a manifold bracket, the manifold bracket being fixed to the fuel supply line, wherein the panel bracket is removably coupled to the manifold bracket, wherein the panel bracket is coupled to the manifold bracket via one or more removable fasteners, and wherein the manifold bracket comprises an aperture defined therethrough along the vertical direction, the aperture being aligned with the vertical protrusion along the vertical direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.