Appliance lid hinge assembly

An appliance lid hinge assembly comprising:

• a housing including first and second spaced-apart side walls and a transverse face wall;
• first and second slot portions respectively located in said first and second side walls;
• wherein the housing is pivotally connected to a cam via a pivot fastener at a pivot point;
• and
• a damper assembly including a damper operatively installed in the channel, wherein the damper has a body and a rod that extends and retracts relative to the damper body;
• a roller is connected to a first end of a damper and an opposite end of the damper is connected to the housing, wherein the roller is connected to the damper body and the damper rod is connected to the housing, and
• wherein the roller of the damper is slidably engaged with the first and second slot portions that constrain its movement of the roller to a reciprocal linear path.

An appliance lid hinge assembly comprising:

• a housing including first and second spaced-apart side walls and a transverse face wall, said housing adapted to be connected to an appliance lid;
• first and second slot portions respectively located in said first and second side walls of said housing;
• wherein the housing is pivotally connected to a cam via a pivot fastener at a pivot point;
• a cam arm adapted to be engaged with a mounting receptacle of an associated appliance body;
• a slide body located adjacent the housing and comprising an inner end slidably connected to said housing, the slide body adapted for reciprocal sliding movement relative to the housing toward and away from the pivot point in response to pivoting movement of the housing relative to the cam arm between a first position and a second position;
• a biasing element operably located between the slide body and the housing and resiliently biasing the housing toward the first position;
• a snubber assembly connected to the housing in a location where the slide body is located between the snubber assembly and the pivot point, the snubber assembly comprising at least one snubber which is biased to an extended position and is selectively moveable to a retracted position against a damping resistance;
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• wherein the slide body contacts the snubber during movement of the slide body when the housing moves from the first position to the second position and the slide body causes movement of the snubber from its extended position to its retracted position such that the snubber dampens movement of the slide body away from the pivot point and damps movement of the housing toward its first position.