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US 8,763,851 B2Granted
Door assembly for ice storage bin
AssigneeManitowoc Foodservice Companies, Inc.
InventorsWeiwei Allen Jiang, Yong Terry Wang
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Abstract
A door assembly is provided that includes a door, a hinge portion, a locking member and a damper member. The locking member locks the door in an opened position and the damper member provides resistance as the door moves from the opened position to the closed position.
Claims12
A door assembly comprising:
- a door;
- a hinge portion disposed on one end of said door, thereby allowing said door to move between an opened position and a closed position;
- a locking member disposed on a first hinge end of said hinge portion, wherein said locking member enables said hinge portion to move from said opened position to said closed position, as well as locks said door when in said opened position, and wherein said locking member is connectable to a bin;
- wherein said locking member comprises a locking bracket, a locking cover attached to said hinge portion of said door and a pivot slidably disposed within a sleeve;
- and
- a damper disposed on a second hinge end of said hinge portion, wherein said damper provides resistance as said door moves from said opened position to a said closed position;
- wherein said bin is an ice storage bin of an ice making, machine.
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A door assembly comprising:
- a door;
- a hinge portion disposed on one end of said door, thereby allowing said door to move between an opened position and a closed position;
- a locking member disposed on a first hinge end of said hinge portion, wherein said locking member enables said hinge portion to move from said opened position to said closed position and locks said door when in said opened position, wherein said locking member has a locking bracket, a locking cover, a sleeve and a pivot, wherein said locking bracket is connectable to a bin and said locking cover connects to said first hinge end, and wherein when locked said door is moved from said open position by a predetermined pressure applied to said door,
- wherein said pivot is a tube or rod having a first pivot end, a second pivot end opposite said first pivot end, and at least one protuberance,
- wherein said pivot is sized to be slidably disposed within said sleeve via said first pivot end, and
- wherein pressure is placed on said at least one protuberance so that said at least one protuberance retracts within said pivot in a retracted position allowing said sleeve to slide and rotate around said pivot.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.