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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2018
Fisher & Paykel Appliances Limited, Auckland, NZ;
James Arthur Heckler, Auckland, NZ;
Valentina Velichkina, Auckland, NZ;
Abstract
A throat assembly () for forming the peripheral front face of the compartment opening of a refrigeration appliance (). The throat assembly spanning the gap between respective front edges of a refrigerator cabinet () outer wrapper () and the compartment inner liner (). The throat assembly includes at least one elongate plastics injection moulded component having a panel () including a planar front face () for contact with a door gasket seal () and an elongate magnet arrangement at its rear face () for magnetic coupling with a door gasket magnet (). The throat assembly may comprise plural such interconnected elongate members providing a monolithic frame, formed in a single injection moulding operation, surrounding the compartment opening.