Systems for hinge receivers in cooking appliances
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorCaleb Farrel
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Abstract
An appliance includes a frame defining an interior within the frame, a user interface, and a door providing selective access to the interior. The door includes a hinge, and a hinge receiver coupled to the frame of the appliance. The hinge receiver includes a first fastener hole disposed on an outward face of the hinge receiver, and a first fastener extending through the first fastener hole into the frame. The hinge receiver also includes a locating hole positioned on the outward face of the hinge receiver, a locating projection extending from the frame into the locating hole, and a second fastener hole disposed on an outward face of the hinge receiver with a second fastener extending through the second fastener hole into the frame.
Claims20
An appliance, comprising:
- a frame defining an interior within the frame;
- a user interface;
- a door providing selective access to the interior, the door comprising,
- a hinge, and
- a hinge receiver coupled to the frame of the appliance, the hinge receiver comprising,
- a first fastener hole disposed on an outward face of the hinge receiver, a first fastener extending through the first fastener hole into the frame,
- a locating hole positioned on the outward face of the hinge receiver, a locating projection extending from the frame into the locating hole, and
- a second fastener hole disposed on an outward face of the hinge receiver, a second fastener extending through the second fastener hole into the frame.
A method of assembling a hinge receiver of an appliance, the method comprising:
- aligning a first locating hole of a hinge receiver with a first locating hole of the frame of the appliance such that a locating projection extends through the first locating hole of the hinge receiver and the first locating hole of the frame along a locating axis;
- rotating the hinge receiver about the locating axis in order to align a first fastener hole and a second fastener hole of the hinge receiver with the frame of the appliance;
- and
- fastening the hinge receiver to the frame of the appliance with a first fastener extending through the first fastener hole into the frame and a second fastener extending through the second fastener hole into the frame.
A method of assembling a hinge receiver of an appliance, the method comprising:
- aligning a locating hole of a hinge receiver with a locating projection of the frame of the appliance such that the locating projection extends through the locating hole of the hinge receiver along a locating axis;
- rotating the hinge receiver about the locating axis in order to align a first fastener hole and a second fastener hole of the hinge receiver with the frame of the appliance;
- and
- fastening the hinge receiver to the frame of the appliance with a first fastener extending through the first fastener hole into the frame and a second fastener extending through the second fastener hole into the frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.