Vertical lift door assembly for an appliance
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsSanjay Manohar Anikhindi, David Joseph Najewicz, Marc Eric Hottenroth
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
An appliance includes a chassis defining a cavity and having an opening for accessing the cavity and a door assembly joined to the chassis. The door assembly includes a door for closing access to the opening, and the door assembly further includes a door lift sub-assembly having a horizontal slide and a vertical slide. The door is coupled to one of the horizontal slide and the vertical slide. The horizontal slide is moveable between a recessed position and an extended position and is configured to move the door in a substantially horizontal direction. The vertical slide is moveable between a closed position and an open position and is configured to move the door in a substantially vertical direction.
Claims17
An appliance comprising:
- a chassis defining a cavity and having an opening for accessing said cavity;
- a door assembly joined to said chassis, said door assembly comprising a door for closing access to said opening, said door assembly further comprising a door lift sub-assembly comprising a horizontal slide and a vertical slide, said door coupled to one of said horizontal slide and said vertical slide, said horizontal slide moveable between a recessed position and an extended position and configured to move said door in a substantially horizontal direction, said vertical slide moveable between a closed position and an open position and configured to move said door in a substantially vertical direction, said vertical slide comprising a vertical fixed member coupled to said chassis and a vertical movable member slidably coupled to said vertical fixed member, said horizontal slide comprising a horizontal fixed member coupled to said vertical movable member and a horizontal movable member slidably coupled to said horizontal fixed member and to said door.
An appliance comprising:
- a chassis defining a cavity and having an opening for accessing said cavity;
- a door assembly joined to said chassis, said door assembly comprising a door for closing access to said opening, said door having a top end and a bottom end, said door assembly further comprising a door lift sub-assembly coupled to said door proximate said bottom end, said door lift sub-assembly configured to move said door in a substantially vertical direction, said door lift sub-assembly comprising a vertical slide having a vertical fixed member coupled to said chassis and a vertical movable member slidably coupled to said vertical fixed member, said door lift sub- assembly further comprising a horizontal slide having a horizontal fixed member coupled to said vertical movable member and a horizontal movable member slidably coupled to said horizontal fixed member and to said door.
A door assembly for an appliance, said door assembly comprising:
- a door for the appliance;
- a vertical slide comprising a vertical fixed member coupled to the appliance and a vertical movable member slidably coupled to said vertical fixed member;
- and
- a horizontal slide comprising a horizontal fixed member coupled to said vertical movable member and a horizontal movable member slidably coupled to said horizontal fixed member and to said door,
- wherein said horizontal slide is configured to move said door in a substantially horizontal direction and wherein said vertical slide is configured to move said door in a substantially vertical direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.