Door assembly for an appliance
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsSanjay Manohar Anikhindi, Paul E. McCrorey
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Abstract
An appliance including a chassis having a top, a bottom, a left and right side opposite one another other and connecting the top and the bottom, and a back opposite an opening. The chassis defines a cavity with an opening for accessing the cavity. A door assembly joined to the chassis includes a door for closing access to the opening and a first and second door lift sub-assemblies. The door lift sub-assemblies are configured to move with the door in a first direction and a second direction different than the first direction. At least one stabilizing device operatively connects the first and second door lift sub-assemblies to synchronize movement of the first and second door lift sub-assemblies in the first direction.
Claims12
An appliance comprising:
- a chassis defining a cavity and having an opening for accessing the cavity;
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- a door assembly joined to the chassis, said door assembly comprising:
- a door for closing access to the opening;
- first and second door lift sub-assemblies, each of the first and second door lift sub-assemblies comprising:
- a first slide configured to move the door in a first direction between a recessed position and an extended position and comprising a first fixed member coupled to the chassis and a first movable member slidably coupled to the first fixed member, and
- a second slide configured to move the door in a substantially vertical direction, the second slide comprising a second fixed member coupled to the first movable member and a second movable member coupled to the door and slidably coupled to the second fixed member;
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- at least one stabilizing device operatively connecting the first and second door lift sub-assemblies to synchronize movement of the first and second door lift sub-assemblies in the first direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.