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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Electrolux Home Products, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);
Peter Jenkinson, Anderson, SC (US);
ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS, INC., Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
A hinge assembly for mounting a door on a cabinet below an opening thereof is provided. The hinge assembly may include a pin defining an axis about which the door rotates, the pin being supported by a hinge plate and including a splined portion. Moreover, the hinge assembly may include a height adjuster including an inner circumference through which the pin extends and at least a portion that is rotatable about the pin. The hinge assembly additionally may include a first cam element including a cam surface and an inner circumference through which the pin extends, the inner circumference corresponding to the splined portion of the pin for mating therewith at a single position, the first cam element being vertically adjustable along the splined portion of the pin through rotation of the rotatable portion of the height adjuster about the pin.