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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2013
Filed:
May. 23, 2006
Avinash Keshavrao Gholap, Anderson, SC (US);
David L. Hall, Piedmont, SC (US);
Partap Singh Chaudhary, Anderson, SC (US);
James Scoville, Anderson, SC (US);
Avinash Keshavrao Gholap, Anderson, SC (US);
David L. Hall, Piedmont, SC (US);
Partap Singh Chaudhary, Anderson, SC (US);
James Scoville, Anderson, SC (US);
Electrolux Home Products, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
Sealing gaskets are provided for forming a seal between the door of an appliance and the cabinet of the appliance when the door of the appliance is closed onto the cabinet of the appliance. The gaskets are adapted to be mounted to the door of the appliance and comprise a first bellows chamber that can be compressed when the door of the appliance is closed onto the cabinet of the appliance, a pocket contiguous with the first bellows chamber for holding a magnet and a second bellows chamber adapted to be nearer the cabinet of the appliance than the pocket and engage the cabinet of the appliance prior to the pocket engaging the cabinet of the appliance when the door of the appliance is closed. A gasket mounting section is contiguous with the first bellows chamber and includes a first portion that is held in a mounting space.