Frame structure for an appliance
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsNathan Ernell Nelson, William Byron Wiggins
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Abstract
A frame structure for an appliance, such as an oven appliance, is provided. The frame structure includes a pair of vertical rails and a pair of lateral rails. A pair of hinges is mounted to the vertical rails, and a door is mounted to the vertical rails with the pair of hinges. A control panel is also mounted to the pair of vertical rails.
Claims19
An oven appliance, the oven appliance defining a vertical direction and a lateral direction, the oven appliance comprising:
- an oven body having a frame structure positioned at a front portion of the body, the frame structure comprising
- a pair of vertical rails;
- and
- a pair of lateral rails, the lateral rails spaced apart from each other along the vertical direction, the lateral rails extending between the vertical rails along the lateral direction such that the lateral rails couple the vertical rails to each other;
- a door;
- a pair of hinges, each hinge of the pair of hinges mounted to a respective one of the vertical rails, the door rotatably mounted to the pair of vertical rails with the pair of hinges;
- and
- a control panel mounted to the pair of vertical rails.
A frame structure for an appliance, the frame structure defining a vertical direction and a lateral direction, the frame structure comprising:
- a first vertical rail;
- a second vertical rail spaced apart from the first vertical rail along the lateral direction;
- a top rail extending between the first and second vertical rails along the lateral direction;
- a bottom rail extending between the first and second vertical rails along the lateral direction, the bottom rail positioned below the top rail along the vertical direction;
- a door;
- a pair of hinges, each hinge of the pair of hinges mounted to a respective one of the first and second vertical rails, the door rotatably mounted to first and second vertical rails with the pair of hinges;
- and
- a control panel mounted to the first and second vertical rails.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.