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US 2025/0116140 A1Published application
Thimble system for use with common axis door-in-door assemblies
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorLouis A. Wantland
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Abstract
A hinge assembly for a door-in-door assembly includes a door plate, a cabinet plate, and a thimble. The thimble has a wall having an inner bearing surface and an outer bearing surface, the inner bearing surface defining a first passage. The door plate is supported for rotation at the outer bearing surface. The cabinet plate includes a pivot pin that is supported for rotation at the inner bearing surface.
Claims20
A hinge assembly for a door-in-door assembly, the hinge assembly comprising:
- a door plate defining a thickness;
- a cabinet plate defining a thickness;
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- a thimble defining a thimble axis and comprising a wall having an inner bearing surface and an outer bearing surface, the inner bearing surface defining a first passage;
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- wherein the door plate is supported for rotation at the outer bearing surface and the cabinet plate is supported for rotation at the inner bearing surface.
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A door-in-door assembly for a cabinet defining a chamber and an opening to the chamber, the door-in-door assembly comprising:
- an inner door defining an upper rotational bore and a lower rotational bore;
- an outer door;
- an upper hinge assembly comprising:
- an upper thimble comprising an inner bearing surface defining a first passage and an outer bearing surface, wherein a first portion of the upper thimble is received in the upper rotational bore;
- an upper door plate defining a thickness and a first aperture through the thickness, a portion of the outer bearing surface received for rotation in the first aperture;
- an upper cabinet plate comprising an upper pivot pin, the upper pivot pin received in the first passage;
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- wherein the outer door is supported for rotation at the outer bearing surface of the upper thimble and the inner door is supported for rotation at the inner bearing surface of the upper thimble.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.