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US 2019/0162220 A1Published application
Minimal fastner assembly methodoligy
AssigneesBSH Home Appliances Corporation, BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
InventorMichael Penuel
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Abstract
Techniques are provided for constructing an appliance housing without the need for vertical fasteners. In one or more implementations, the structural components of an appliance housing are fashioned with a set of engagement points and slots, the engagement points and slots acting to physically arrest the structural components when assembled. Horizontal fasteners are then used to further secure the appliance housing.
Claims20
An appliance support housing, comprising:
- a first panel, the first panel having a first surface with a first plurality of tabs;
- a first support and a second support having a first plurality of slots, the first support and the second support attached to the first panel via the first plurality of tabs being engaged with the first plurality of slots, the first support arranged parallel to the second support;
- a second panel having a second surface with a second plurality of tabs, the second panel attached to the first support and the second support via the second plurality of tabs, wherein the second surface faces the first surface;
- a rear support attached to the first and second panels via the first and second plurality of tabs, the rear support arranged perpendicular to both the first support and the second support;
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- a front support attached to the first and second panels via the first and second plurality of tabs, the front support arranged perpendicular to both the first support and the second support and disposed opposite from the rear support.
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A drawer apparatus, comprising:
- a bottom panel having a first surface with a first plurality of tabs;
- a first side inner wall having a first plurality of slots, the first side inner wall attached to the bottom panel via one or more tabs of the first plurality of tabs being engaged with the first plurality of slots;
- a second side inner wall having a second plurality of slots, the second side inner wall attached to the bottom panel via one or more other tabs of the first plurality of tabs being engaged with the second plurality of slots, the second side inner wall arranged parallel to the first side inner wall;
- a top panel having a second surface with a second plurality of tabs, the first side inner wall having a third plurality of slots, and the second side inner wall having a fourth plurality of slots, the top panel attached to the first and second side inner walls via the second plurality of tabs being respectively engaged with the third and fourth plurality of slots, the second surface facing the first surface;
- a rear inner wall attached to the bottom and top panels via the first and second plurality of tabs, the rear inner wall arranged perpendicular to the first and second side inner walls;
- a front inner wall attached to the bottom and top panels via the first and second plurality of tabs, the front inner wall arranged perpendicular to the first and second side inner walls and disposed opposite the rear inner wall, wherein the front inner wall has an opening;
- a first rail guide attached to the first side inner wall;
- a second rail guide attached to the second side inner wall opposite the first rail guide;
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- a sliding member engaged with the first and second rail guides, the sliding member partially movable through the opening of the front inner wall.
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A method of assembly, comprising:
- coupling a first side inner wall to a first surface of a first panel via a first plurality of engagement points on the first surface;
- coupling a second side inner wall to the first surface of the first panel via the first plurality of engagement points, the second side inner wall arranged parallel to the first side inner wall;
- coupling a second panel having a second surface with a second plurality of engagement points on the second surface to the first and second side inner walls, the second surface disposed opposite the first surface;
- coupling a rear inner wall to the first and second panels via the first and second plurality of engagement points, the rear inner wall arranged perpendicular to the first and second side inner walls;
- coupling a front inner wall to the first and second panels via the first and second plurality of engagement points, the front inner wall arranged perpendicular to the first and second side inner walls and disposed opposite the rear inner wall;
- overlapping the first side inner wall, the second side inner wall, and the rear inner wall with a plurality of outer walls;
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- securing an outer wall of the plurality of outer walls by inserting fasteners horizontally through the outer wall towards the first side inner wall, the second side inner wall, or the rear inner wall.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.