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US 2014/0210324 A1Published application
Appliance apparatus including a bonded bracket
AssigneeA. Raymond Et Cie
InventorsDorian J. Kilgore, William Teller, Jeffrey Moser
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Abstract
An appliance apparatus includes an adhesively bonded bracket or support. In another aspect, a clothing apparatus includes a moveable transparent panel, such as a glass door or lid, which has a polymeric support or bracket adhesively bonded thereto. A further aspect provides polyurethane adhesive pellets bonding a polymeric hinge bracket to only a backside of a glass appliance panel.
Claims21
An appliance apparatus comprising:
- a moveable transparent appliance panel;
- a polymeric support;
- and
- adhesive securing the support solely to a backside surface of the appliance panel.
1 more element
An appliance apparatus comprising:
- a moveable glass appliance door;
- polyurethane adhesive pellets which are heat activatable above 100° C.;
- and
- a polymeric hinge bracket directly bonding to the glass door by the adhesive pellets.
1 more element
A clothing appliance comprising:
- a rotating clothing basket;
- a glass door including a transparent middle section and a substantially non-transparent peripheral section having frit on a backside thereof;
- a hinge allowing the door to open and close relative to the basket adjacent the backside of the door;
- a polymeric hinge bracket coupling the hinge to the door, the bracket including an integrally molded flange, offset wall and spaced apart ribs spanning between the flange and wall;
- and
- adhesive solely bonding the flange of the bracket to the frit of the glass door.
3 more elements
A method for manufacturing an appliance apparatus, the method comprising:
- (a) injection molding an appliance hinge support including a wing and an offset oriented wall with ribs connecting therebetween;
- and
- (b) placing adhesive pellets in a spaced apart manner on the wing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.