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US3216776A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Refrigerator cabinet

Assignee: General Electric Co
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Filing: 1963-10-22
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Granted: 1965-11-09
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Expires: 1983-10-22
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Carbary Richard James

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-27 06:40
CPC Classifications
E; E05; E05F; E05F17/00; E05F17/004; F; F25; F25D; F25D23/00; F25D23/08; F25D23/082; E05Y; E05Y2900/00; E05Y2900/30; E05Y2900/31; F25D2323/00; F25D2323/02; F25D2323/021; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T292/00; Y10T292/11

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 268 words
A REFRIGERATOR CABINET INCLUDING WALL STRUCTURE PROVIDING AN OPEN-FRONT CABINET HAVING A FLANGE PORTION DEFINING THE TOP, BOTTOM AND SIDE WALL OF SAID OPENING; A PAIR OF DOORS, EACH HAVING AN AREA EQUAL TO SUBSTANTIALLY ONE-HALF OF THAT BOUNDED BY THE OUTERMOST EDGES OF SAID FLANGE, MEANS SECURED ADJACENT THE SIDE WALL PORTIONS OF SAID CABINET FOR HINGING SAID DOORS; A FLAT RESILIENT GASKET SECURED ALONG THE FREE EDGE OF EACH SAID DOOR, EACH OF THE RESPECTIVE GASKETS BEING OF SUCH THICKNESS THAT COMMON EDGE PORTIONS THEREOF COME INTO ENGAGEMENT PRIOR TO THE CLOSURE OF SAID DOORS AND SAID GASKETS COME INTO FULL SURFACE ENGAGEMENT WITH EACH OTHER UPON SAID DOORS JOINTLY ATTAINING A FULLY CLOSED POSITION; THE AXES OF THE RESPECTIVE HINGE MEANS OCCUPYING A COMMON PLANE PARALLEL TO SAID FLANGE AND OUTWARDLY OF SAID DOOR GASKETS IN THE CLOSED-DOOR POSITION THEREOF, WHEREBY THE SAID GASKETS AND THE SAID HINGE MEANS AXES ARE IN AN OVERCENTER RELATIONSHIP IN WHICH THE RESILIENCY OF SAID GASKETS RESTRAINS SAID DOORS AGAINST OPENING; AND MEANS SECURED BETWEEN SAID DOORS AND SAID CABINET WHEREBY MOVEMENT OF EITHER DOOR IN EITHER DIRECTION EFFECTS AN IDENTICAL MOVEMENT OF THE OTHER, SAID MEANS SECURED BETWEEN AID DOORS AND SAID CABINET COMPRISING A TRACKWAY MOUNTED ON SAID CABINET, A SLIDER ON SAID TRACKWAY, A LINK PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON EACH DOOR AND PIVOTALLY ATTACHED TO SAID SLIDER, A MAGNETIC ARMATURE ON SAID SLIDER, AND MAGNET MEANS MOVABLY CARRIED BY SAID TRACKWAY AND BECOMING EFFECTIVE TO EXERT MAGNETIC ATTRACTION ON SAID ARMATURE SUBSTANTIALLY AS THE DOORS COME INTO THE POSITION IN WHICH SAID GASKETS COME INTO INITIAL ENGAGEMENT.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 268 words
A REFRIGERATOR CABINET INCLUDING WALL STRUCTURE PROVIDING AN OPEN-FRONT CABINET HAVING A FLANGE PORTION DEFINING THE TOP, BOTTOM AND SIDE WALL OF SAID OPENING; A PAIR OF DOORS, EACH HAVING AN AREA EQUAL TO SUBSTANTIALLY ONE-HALF OF THAT BOUNDED BY THE OUTERMOST EDGES OF SAID FLANGE, MEANS SECURED ADJACENT THE SIDE WALL PORTIONS OF SAID CABINET FOR HINGING SAID DOORS; A FLAT RESILIENT GASKET SECURED ALONG THE FREE EDGE OF EACH SAID DOOR, EACH OF THE RESPECTIVE GASKETS BEING OF SUCH THICKNESS THAT COMMON EDGE PORTIONS THEREOF COME INTO ENGAGEMENT PRIOR TO THE CLOSURE OF SAID DOORS AND SAID GASKETS COME INTO FULL SURFACE ENGAGEMENT WITH EACH OTHER UPON SAID DOORS JOINTLY ATTAINING A FULLY CLOSED POSITION; THE AXES OF THE RESPECTIVE HINGE MEANS OCCUPYING A COMMON PLANE PARALLEL TO SAID FLANGE AND OUTWARDLY OF SAID DOOR GASKETS IN THE CLOSED-DOOR POSITION THEREOF, WHEREBY THE SAID GASKETS AND THE SAID HINGE MEANS AXES ARE IN AN OVERCENTER RELATIONSHIP IN WHICH THE RESILIENCY OF SAID GASKETS RESTRAINS SAID DOORS AGAINST OPENING; AND MEANS SECURED BETWEEN SAID DOORS AND SAID CABINET WHEREBY MOVEMENT OF EITHER DOOR IN EITHER DIRECTION EFFECTS AN IDENTICAL MOVEMENT OF THE OTHER, SAID MEANS SECURED BETWEEN AID DOORS AND SAID CABINET COMPRISING A TRACKWAY MOUNTED ON SAID CABINET, A SLIDER ON SAID TRACKWAY, A LINK PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON EACH DOOR AND PIVOTALLY ATTACHED TO SAID SLIDER, A MAGNETIC ARMATURE ON SAID SLIDER, AND MAGNET MEANS MOVABLY CARRIED BY SAID TRACKWAY AND BECOMING EFFECTIVE TO EXERT MAGNETIC ATTRACTION ON SAID ARMATURE SUBSTANTIALLY AS THE DOORS COME INTO THE POSITION IN WHICH SAID GASKETS COME INTO INITIAL ENGAGEMENT.

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