Supports: cabinet structure – Spaced insulated wall – Refrigerator cabinet
Patent
1997-06-04
1999-05-04
Cuomo, Peter M.
Supports: cabinet structure
Spaced insulated wall
Refrigerator cabinet
312406, A47B 9604
Patent
active
058995463
ABSTRACT:
A refrigerator cabinet assembly includes a shell formed by opposed, upright side walls and a top wall, all of which have in-turned front and rear face portions with each of the front face portions terminating in a return flange defining a liner receiving cavity opening forwardly of the shell. Each liner receiving cavity is spaced inwardly of a respective side and top wall such that a channel, which is readily accessible from within the shell, is defined. A rear wall is interconnected to the side and top walls by being arranged between and forced to intimately contact a pair of spaced layers defining the rear face portions of each of these walls. A plurality of reinforcement members, including a pair of upper corner plates and a pair of side reinforcement bars adapted to be arranged in the channel, as well as upper and lower crossbars in one preferred embodiment that interconnect the side reinforcement members, are attached to the shell, along with a mullion plate and a faceplate. Since the return flanges open forwardly of the shell, a liner can be front loaded therein in a quick and easy fashion with an inwardly extending flange provided on the liner projecting into the liner receiving cavity. The side reinforcement members and their associated brackets are provided with structure defining hinge locations for both refrigerator door hinges, as well as one hinge for a freezer compartment, to assure proper alignment and spacing of the hinges.
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Avendano Jose G.
Christenson Robert A.
Crompton, III Edward Everett
Mandel Sheldon W.
Miller Richard James
Cuomo Peter M.
Diederiks, Jr. Everett G.
Hansen James O.
Maytag Corporation
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