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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2013
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventor:
Darren Allen Turner, Louisville, KY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47B 81/00 (2006.01); F24C 15/16 (2006.01); A47B 96/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F24C 15/16 (2013.01); A47B 96/025 (2013.01);
Abstract
A rack assembly for an appliance includes a geared rack and a pair of gears. The gears of the pair of gears mesh with each other and the geared rack. The rack assembly also includes a shelf and a support link that couples that shelf to at least one of the pair of gears. The geared rack and pair of gears can assist with selectively adjusting a vertical height of the shelf.