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US 2017/0254056 A1Published application
Method of making a drawn sink having a low-profile rim
AssigneeKohler Co.
InventorsJason R. Miller, Brian Siehr, Theodore Nikolai, Joseph Bolden
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Abstract
A method for making a sink with a supporting structure, comprising: drawing a sink including at least one basin and a rim extending outwardly from at least one side of the at least one basin; and coupling a support structure in the form of at least one channel to an underside of the at least one side of the rim using a tool; wherein the tool includes a channel support configured to receive one channel of the at least one channels.
Claims20
A method for making a sink with a supporting structure, comprising:
- drawing a sink including at least one basin and a rim extending outwardly from at least one side of the at least one basin;
- and
- coupling a support structure in the form of at least one channel to an underside of the at least one side of the rim using a tool;
- wherein the tool includes a channel support configured to receive one channel of the at least one channels.
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A method of making a sink, comprising:
- drawing a sink including a basin and a rim extending outwardly from at least one side of the basin;
- positioning a channel at an underside of the rim using a tool, the tool comprising:
- a channel support configured to receive and support the channel;
- and
- a clamping bar configured to support a topside of the rim;
- and
- coupling the channel to the rim by exerting a clamping force on the channel and the rim with the channel support and the clamping bar.
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A method for making a sink, comprising:
- drawing a stainless steel sheet to form at least one basin with a mounting rim extending outwardly from an upper portion of the basin;
- and
- coupling a channel to an underside of the mounting rim to increase the rigidity of the sink and to increase the flatness of the mounting rim to aid in installation of the sink.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.