Oven appliance
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsChristopher James Adelmann, Cecil Clay Clements, Stephen Bernard Froelicher
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Abstract
An oven appliance includes features for permitting movement of a door of the oven appliance relative to a cabinet of the oven appliance. The oven appliance also includes a hinge assembly that couples the door to at least one of the first and second slide assemblies such that the door is pivotable. The hinge assembly includes a bearing disposed within one of a series of detents. A related double oven range appliance is also provided.
Claims20
An oven appliance defining a lateral direction and a transverse direction, the lateral and transverse directions being perpendicular to each other, the oven appliance comprising:
- a cabinet defining a cooking chamber and an opening for accessing the cooking chamber of the cabinet, the cabinet extending between a first side portion and a second side portion along the lateral direction;
- a heating element positioned at the cooking chamber of the cabinet;
- a first slide assembly mounted to the cabinet at the first side portion of the cabinet;
- a second slide assembly mounted to the cabinet at the second side portion of the cabinet;
- a door positioned adjacent the opening of the cabinet, the first and second slide assemblies coupling the door to the cabinet such that the door is movable along the transverse direction relative to the cabinet;
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- a hinge assembly coupling the door to at least one of the first and second slide assemblies such that the door is pivotable between a vertical position and a peak position, the hinge assembly comprising
- a bracket mounted to the door;
- a hinge arm rotatably mounted to the bracket, the hinge arm defining a series of detents;
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- a bearing disposed within one of the series of detents and extending between the bracket and the hinge arm, wherein the bearing engages hinge arm at the one of the series of detents such that the bearing hinders pivoting of the hinge arm and the door.
A double oven range appliance defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction and a transverse direction, the vertical, lateral and transverse directions being mutually perpendicular, the double oven range appliance comprising:
- a cabinet extending between a first side portion and a second side portion along the lateral direction, the cabinet also extending between a top portion and a bottom portion along the vertical direction, the cabinet defining an upper cooking chamber positioned adjacent the top portion of the cabinet and a lower cooking chamber positioned adjacent the lower portion of the cabinet, the cabinet also defining an opening for accessing the upper cooking chamber of the cabinet;
- a heating element positioned at the upper cooking chamber of the cabinet;
- a pair of slide assemblies mounted to the cabinet at the upper cooking chamber, each slide assembly of the pair of slide assemblies positioned at a respective one of the first and second side portions of the cabinet;
- a door positioned adjacent the opening of the cabinet, the pair of slide assemblies coupling the door to the cabinet such that the door is movable along the transverse direction relative to the cabinet;
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- a hinge assembly coupling the door to one of the pair of slide assemblies such that the door is pivotable between a vertical position and a peak position, the hinge assembly comprising
- a bracket mounted to the door;
- a hinge arm rotatably mounted to the bracket, the hinge arm defining a series of detents;
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- a bearing disposed within one of the series of detents and extending between the bracket and the hinge arm, wherein the bearing engages hinge arm at the one of the series of detents such that the bearing hinders pivoting of the hinge arm and the door.
An oven appliance defining a lateral direction and a transverse direction, the lateral and transverse directions being perpendicular to each other, the oven appliance comprising:
- a cabinet defining a cooking chamber and an opening for accessing the cooking chamber of the cabinet, the cabinet extending between a first side portion and a second side portion along the lateral direction;
- a heating element positioned at the cooking chamber of the cabinet;
- a first slide assembly mounted to the cabinet at the first side portion of the cabinet;
- a second slide assembly mounted to the cabinet at the second side portion of the cabinet;
- a door positioned adjacent the opening of the cabinet, the first and second slide assemblies coupling the door to the cabinet such that the door is movable along the transverse direction relative to the cabinet;
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- a hinge assembly coupling the door to at least one of the first and second slide assemblies such that the door is pivotable between a vertical position and a peak position, the hinge assembly comprising
- a bracket mounted to the door;
- a hinge arm rotatably mounted to the bracket, the hinge arm defining a series of detents;
- a bearing disposed within one of the series of detents and extending between the bracket and the hinge arm;
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- a biasing mechanism urging the bearing into the one of the series of detents.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.