Device For Attaching A Handle To An Appliance Door
AssigneeAmerican Trim, LLC
InventorsRobert M. Byrne, Richard J. Hemmelgarn, Dennis Hartke
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Abstract
A device is disclosed for attaching a handle to a compartment door for a home appliance. The device includes a stud with an annular groove mounted on the front of the compartment door and a bracket attached to the handle. The bracket is secured to the stud by means of a set screw adapted to be advanced through a threaded opening in the bracket into the groove and then into engagement with portions of the groove to complete the attachment.
Claims43
A device for attaching a handle to an appliance door, said device comprising:
- a stud with a central axis, mounted on and extending outwardly from the front of said door, said stud having an annular groove formed therein,
- a bracket attached to said handle and having a base defining an opening adapted to receive said stud, said bracket having two legs extending outwardly from said base on opposite sides of said opening and on opposite sides of said stud, one of said legs having a laterally projecting member adapted to extend into a first portion of said groove and the other leg having a threaded opening formed therein with a thread axis that extends laterally toward said stud and that is off set from said central axis of said stud, and
- a threaded element received in said threaded opening and adapted to be threadedly advanced toward said groove,
- whereby, said threaded element, when advanced, engages a second portion of said groove, draws said projecting member into engagement with said first portion of said groove and urges an edge portion of said opening in said base into engagement with a surface portion of said stud.
A home appliance having a compartment door, a handle for said door and a device for attaching said handle to said door, said device comprising:
- a stud with a central axis, mounted on and extending outwardly from the front of said door, said stud having an annular groove formed therein,
- a bracket attached to said handle and having a base defining an opening adapted to receive said stud, said bracket having two legs extending outwardly from said base on opposite sides of said opening and on opposite sides of said stud, one of said legs having a laterally projecting member adapted to extend into a first portion of said groove and the other leg having a threaded opening formed therein with a thread axis that extends laterally toward said stud and that is off set from said central axis of said stud, and
- a threaded element received in said threaded opening and adapted to be threadedly advanced toward said groove,
- whereby, said threaded element, when advanced, engages a second portion of said groove, draws said projecting member into engagement with said first portion of said groove and urges an edge portion of said opening in said base into engagement with a surface portion of said stud.
A home appliance having a storage compartment, a door for said storage compartment, a handle for said door and a device for attaching said handle to said door, said device comprising:
- a stud with a central axis mounted on and extending outwardly from the front of said door, said stud having an annular groove formed therein,
- a bracket attached to said handle and having a base defining an opening adapted to receive said stud, said a bracket having two legs extending outwardly from said base on opposite sides of said opening and on opposite sides of said stud, one of said legs having a laterally projecting member adapted to extend into a first portion of said groove and the other leg having a threaded opening formed therein with a thread axis that extends laterally toward said stud and that is off set from said central axis of said stud, and
- a threaded element received in said threaded opening and adapted to be threadedly advanced toward said groove,
- whereby, said threaded element, when advanced, engages a second portion of said groove, draws said projecting member into engagement with said first portion of said groove and urges an edge portion of said opening in said base into engagement with a surface portion of said stud.
An appliance including at least one mounting bracket assembly for a handle of an appliance door, said appliance comprising a door for selectively opening/closing a compartment of the appliance;
- a door-handle attached on a front surface of the door;
- a handle fixture, a stud of which one end mounted to the door and the other end is inserted into the bracket assembly, said other end of the stud including an annular groove;
- said bracket assembly being mounted in the handle and having a base, defining an opening adapted to receive said stud, that abuts the door and outwardly extending legs located on opposite sides of the base and on opposite sides of the stud, one of the legs includes a laterally projecting member at its outer end that extends into a portion of the annular groove formed in the stud, the other leg having a threaded opening with a thread axis that extends toward the stud but is off set from the central axis of the stud, a threaded element received in said threaded opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.