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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 1989
Filed:
Oct. 02, 1986
Keith E Carr, Lincoln Township, Berrien County, MI (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A cabinet construction for a clothes dryer is provided wherein the top panel and the front panel are removable from the cabinet assembly from the front of the appliance for purposes of servicing the mechanisms interior of the cabinet all from the front of the dryer. A pair of brackets are attached at the top front corner of the side panels to which both the front panel and top panel are secured. The front panel screws into a projecting lip on said brackets, and the top panel slides rearwardly on the top edges of the side panels until a return flange on the top panel engages with a tab on the brackets to hold the top panel vertically. The top panel is then removably secured in place with at least one screw along the rear edge thereof which is covered by a pivotable control console.