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US 5,632,543 AGranted
Appliance cabinet construction
AssigneeOwens Corning Fiberglas Technology, Inc.
InventorsRalph D. McGrath, Bret E. Kline, Dwight S. Musgave
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Abstract
An insulated appliance cabinet is provided comprising a mounting structure and a plurality of vacuum insulation panels retained by the mounting structure and positioned relative to one another so as to define a substantially completely enclosed insulation shell.
Claims15
An insulated appliance comprising:
- a mounting structure including a mounting frame, an inner liner and a door frame;
- and
- a plurality of vacuum insulation panels retained by said mounting structure and positioned relative to one another so as to define a substantially completely enclosed insulation shell,
- wherein said mounting frame comprises first and second sections, each of said sections having an insulation receiving portion defined about an outer periphery of each of said sections and securement structure for releasably securing said first and said second sections and said inner liner together, each of said vacuum insulation panels having a flange extending about its outer periphery such that the outer peripheral flange of at least one of said insulation panels is received in one or both of said receiving portions defined in the outer peripheries of said first and second sections.
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An insulated appliance cabinet comprising:
- a mounting structure including a mounting frame, an inner liner and a door;
- and
- a plurality of vacuum insulation panels retained by said mounting structure and positioned relative to one another so as to define a substantially completely enclosed insulation shell,
- wherein said mounting frame comprises first and second sections, each of said sections having an insulation receiving portion defined about an outer periphery of each of said sections and securement structure for releasably securing said first and second sections and said inner liner together, each of said vacuum insulation panels having a flange extending about its outer periphery such that the outer peripheral flange of at least one of said insulation panels is received in one or both of said receiving portions defined in the outer peripheries of said first and second sections.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.