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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2008
Mahendra Madhukar Patil, Karnataka, IN;
Timothy Scott Shaffer, LaGrange, KY (US);
Derek Lee Watkins, Elizabethtown, KY (US);
Mahendra Madhukar Patil, Karnataka, IN;
Timothy Scott Shaffer, LaGrange, KY (US);
Derek Lee Watkins, Elizabethtown, KY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus including a frame forming an internal cavity, the frame having an opening for accessing the internal cavity, a first door and a second door mounted to the frame and a door coupling mechanism for effecting a substantially simultaneous movement of the first door and second door relative to the frame, the door coupling mechanism including a first door link, a second door link and at least one ternary link, the first door link being rotatably coupled to the first door and the at least one ternary link, the second door being rotatably coupled to the second door and the at least one ternary link.