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US 2014/0110393 A1Published application
Economical and versatile system for fixing a hob in a workshop
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsELIO CABRELLE, MIRAGLIA LUCA
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Abstract
A universal cooking hob fixing system for the installation of the cooking hob in a worktop is disclosed. The fixing element has a hooking snap element to the cooking hob support and presents elastic means for keeping the hob into the installed position, suitable to prevent its lifting. The configuration of the hooking snap elements allows the release of the hob by acting from the top side of the installed hob, with a specially shaped tool.
Claims9
A fastening component, comprising:
- a cooking hob fastener member;
- a cooking hob support element, wherein the cooking hob fastener element and the cooking hob support element are configured as a combination fastener support element configured to fix a cooking hob to a carrier element, wherein the carrier element is a frame of a worktop surface the worktop surface supporting and surrounding the cooking hob;
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- an elastic member configured on the fastener member and fixable to said support element, wherein said fastener member, when assembled with the support element, has an engaged end opposite to a free end and said elastic member (EE, X, FE) presenting a V-shape, wherein the V-shape includes a fold placed between said engaged and free ends in a zone opposite to said ends, said free end allowing the release of the fastener member assembled with the support element of the component from the carrier element by a compression of said free end, said free end (FE) includes a tab-shaped portion (L) that extends in a direction (Y) substantially parallel to said engaged end (EE).
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.