Appliance and a handle assembly for an appliance
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorBrian Dean Allen
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Abstract
A handle assembly for mounting to a door of an appliance includes a tubular main body and an insert received within the tubular main body. A pin is disposed within a passage of the insert. A distal end of the pin engages a projection. The insert, pin and bracket can assist with mounting the tubular main body to the appliance.
Claims16
An appliance defining a vertical direction and a transverse direction, the vertical and transverse directions being perpendicular to each other, the appliance comprising:
- a cabinet;
- a door mounted to the cabinet, the door having an outer panel;
- a handle assembly mounted to the door, the handle assembly comprising
- a tubular main body extending between a first end portion and a second end portion, the first and second end portions of the tubular main body spaced apart from each other along the vertical direction, the first and second end portions of the tubular main body positioned at the outer panel of the door, the tubular main body defining an opening at the first end portion of the tubular main body;
- an insert received within the tubular main body at the first end portion of the tubular main body, the insert having a mounting surface positioned at the opening of the tubular main body, the mounting surface positioned proximate the outer panel of the door, the insert defining a channel that extends inwardly from the mounting surface of the insert, the insert also defining a passage that extends from the channel of the insert along the vertical direction;
- a pin slidably disposed within the passage of the insert, the pin having a distal end;
- a biasing mechanism urging the distal end of the pin towards the channel of the insert;
- and
- a bracket mounted to the door, the bracket having a projection that defines a hole, the projection disposed within the channel of the insert, the distal end of the pin at least partially positioned within the hole of the projection.
A handle assembly for an appliance, the handle assembly defining a vertical direction, and a transverse direction, the vertical and transverse directions being perpendicular to each other, the handle assembly comprising:
- a tubular main body that extends between a first end portion and a second end portion, the first and second end portions of the tubular main body spaced apart from each other along the vertical direction, the tubular main body defining an opening at the first end portion of the tubular main body;
- an insert received within the tubular main body at the first end portion of the tubular main body, the insert having a mounting surface positioned at the opening of the tubular main body, the insert defining a channel that extends inwardly from the mounting surface of the insert, the insert also defining a passage that extends from the channel of the insert along the vertical direction;
- a pin disposed within the passage of the insert, the pin movable between a first position and a second position within the passage, the pin having a distal end positioned in the channel of the passage when the pin is in the second position;
- a biasing mechanism urging the pin towards the second position;
- a bracket having a projection, the projection disposed within the channel of the insert, the distal end of the pin engaging the projection within the channel of the insert.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.