Dishwashing machine with supporting structure, composed of horizontal and vertical frame members, for a rinsing container
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorRonald Becker
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Abstract
A dishwashing machine with a supporting structure is provided and is constructed from horizontal and vertical frame members. The supporting structure forms at least a front and a rear supporting frame which support a rinsing container. The parts and assembly costs for the dishwashing machine can be considerably reduced in that the supporting frames are assembled from individual horizontal frame members and vertical frame members, the respectively abutting areas of a horizontal and a vertical frame member being provided with locking and counter-locking elements which are adapted to one another. The rinsing container is provided with integral grooves for the positive positioning of the supporting structure on the rinsing container.
Claims9
A dishwashing container assembly, comprising:
- a rinsing container;
- a supporting structure which is constructed from a plurality of horizontal frame members and a plurality of vertical frame members for forming at least a front supporting frame and a rear supporting frame which support the rinsing container;
- the front supporting frame and the rear supporting frame are assembled from individual horizontal frame members and vertical frame members,
- the horizontal and vertical frame members having abutting areas when assembled into the front support frame and the rear support frame, the abutting areas of the horizontal and vertical frame members having locking tongues with a locking projection and corresponding counterlocking elements having receiving openings for receiving the locking projections,
- the horizontal frame members further having brackets and the vertical frame members further having slots such that the horizontal frame members can be installed by means of the brackets in the slots of the vertical frame members,
- such that the horizontal frame members can be locked to the vertical frame members in a uniform insertion direction from above to below, and
- the rinsing container is provided with integral receiving means for the positive positioning of the front supporting frame and the rear supporting frame on the rinsing container.
A dishwashing container assembly, comprising:
- a rinsing container having side walls, a top wall and a bottom wall;
- a front supporting frame having two horizontal frame members and two vertical frame members, the frame members assembling together such that the vertical frame members are positioned along the side walls of the rinsing container and the horizontal frame members are positioned along the top and bottom wall of the rinsing container, respectively;
- a rear supporting frame having two elongated horizontal frame members and two elongated vertical frame members,
- each of the elongated horizontal frame members having opposite ends, each of the opposite ends having a bracket and a locking tongue with a locking projection,
- each of the elongated vertical frame members having a slot and a receiving opening such that the frame members are assembled together by inserting the bracket into the slot wherein the locking projection is received into the receiving opening,
- the frame members assembling together such that the vertical frame members are positioned along the side walls of the rinsing container and the horizontal frame members are positioned along the top and bottom wall of the rinsing container, respectively;
- wherein the front supporting frame and the rear supporting frame support the rinsing container and can be readily are assembled together without the use of fasteners, adhesives or secondary assembly processing such as welding, and
- wherein the rinsing container is provided with integral receiving means for the positive positioning of the front supporting frame and the rear supporting frame on the rinsing container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.