Supports: cabinet structure – Mask or screen type
Patent
1989-08-29
1990-09-11
Falk, Joseph
Supports: cabinet structure
Mask or screen type
312236, A47B 8100
Patent
active
049556762
ABSTRACT:
A refrigerator has upper and lower compartments each closed by separate doors mounted on the cabinet and separated from each other by a partition. At the front of the partition is a mullion assembly including a mullion cover arranged flush with the front face of the cabinet and behind the mullion cover is a mullion strap having end portions at each end projecting beyond the mullion cover behind the front face of the cabinet where screws clamp the mullion strap ends to the rear of the front face of the cabinet to provide a brace between the two sides of the cabinet and another set of screws secure the mullion cover to the mullion strap adjacent each end. The mullion strap has a flat center section for flexibility during assembly, while each end portion is in the form of a forward opening channel which forms a box construction with the mullion cover. The flanges of the channel have projecting serrations arranged to penetrate the finish and providing grounding contact between the mullion strap and both the mullion cover and the shell. The two screws at each end also serve to mount a hinge bracket which serves as the lower hinge for the upper door and the upper hinge for the lower door.
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Mawby Harold S.
Weaver Douglas E.
Falk Joseph
White Consolidated Industries, Inc.
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