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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2010
Applicant:
Harish Prakash Kulkarni, Pune, IN;
Inventor:
Harish Prakash Kulkarni, Pune, IN;
Assignee:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 6/62 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A cooking appliance includes a housing forming a food handling compartment, a door positioned at the front of the housing that is configured to rotate about a vertical axis, and a hinge assembly secured to the door. The hinge assembly includes a hinge pin extending along the vertical axis and a double slider-crank mechanism that is coupled to the hinge pin. As the door rotates about the vertical axis, the hinge assembly moves the vertical axis along an elliptical path.