发明名称 Oven appliance with dual pocketing doors
摘要 An oven appliance with a pair of doors is provided. The doors slide along a track in order to open and close and are coupled with a linkage assembly. The linkage assembly allows movement of one of the doors to be transferred to the other door such that the doors open and close simultaneously. When the doors are open, the doors are stored in pockets defined in the oven appliance.
申请公布号 US8905014(B2) 申请公布日期 2014.12.09
申请号 US201213347195 申请日期 2012.01.10
申请人 General Electric Company 发明人 Shaffer Timothy Scott
分类号 F24C15/02;F24C15/26 主分类号 F24C15/02
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 for cooking, the chamber accessed through an opening defined by said cabinet, said cabinet having sidewalls, a top panel, and a bottom panel, the sidewalls extending between the top panel and the bottom panel, the cabinet also defining a first pocket and a second pocket, the first and second pockets positioned within the sidewalls and extending between the top panel and the bottom panel, the first and second pockets of said cabinet include an arcuate portion extending between the top panel and the bottom panel and a linear portion extending between the top panel and the bottom panel, the top panel also defining a slot; an arcuate track positioned adjacent the top panel or the bottom panel of said cabinet, the track having a first end and a second end, the first and second ends of said track being positioned within a respective one of the first and second pockets such that the track extends between the first and the second pockets; a pair of arcuate doors slidingly mounted to said track, said doors configured for sliding along an arcuate path defined by said track and permitting selective access to the chamber of said cabinet; a pair of links, each of said links having a first end spaced apart longitudinally from a second end, the first ends of said links positioned at and rotatably connected to a respective one of said doors; and a pin slidably positioned within the slot of the top panel of said cabinet, wherein the second ends of said links are rotatably coupled with said pin such that said doors move in a synchronized manner.
地址 Schenectady NY US