发明名称 Oven appliance with dual opening doors
摘要 The present subject matter provides an oven appliance. The oven appliance includes a pair of doors. A pair of sprockets or gears, a pair of chains, and a pair of connecting members couple the doors to each other such that the doors open and close simultaneously. The oven appliance also includes features for limiting or eliminating contact between the connecting members at a location where the connecting members cross each other.
申请公布号 US9255437(B2) 申请公布日期 2016.02.09
申请号 US201313848186 申请日期 2013.03.21
申请人 General Electric Company 发明人 Kershner Scott Thomas;Yantis John Adam;Chilton John Mark;Pilli Srisurya Prakash
分类号 E05F17/00;F24C15/02 主分类号 E05F17/00
代理机构 Dority & Manning, P.A. 代理人 Dority & Manning, P.A.
主权项 1. An oven appliance, comprising: a cabinet defining a chamber for receipt of food items for cooking, the chamber being accessible through an opening defined by the cabinet; a heating element for providing heat to food items within the chamber of the cabinet; a pair of doors mounted proximate the opening, each door of the pair of doors having an axis of rotation about which the door is rotatable so as to open or close access to the chamber of the cabinet through the opening of the cabinet; a pair of sprockets, each sprocket of the pair of sprockets connected with a respective door of the pair of doors and positioned along the axis of rotation of the door so as to rotate with the door; a pair of chains, each chain of the pair of chains meshing with a respective sprocket of the pair of sprockets; a pair of connecting members extending between and connecting the chains of the pair of chains such that rotational motion is transferred between the pair of doors; and a cross-block positioned between the connecting members at a location where the connecting members cross each other, the cross-block defining a first channel and a second channel, the first and second channels of the cross-block positioned on opposite sides of the cross-block relative to each other, a first one of the connecting members positioned within the first channel of the cross-block and a second one of the connecting members positioned within the second channel of the cross-block such that the cross-block is positioned between the first and second ones of the connecting members.
地址 Schenectady NY US