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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2013
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Scott Thomas Kershner, La Grange, KY (US);
John Adam Yantis, Prospect, KY (US);
John Mark Chilton, Campbellsburg, KY (US);
Srisurya Prakash Pilli, Hyderabad, IN;
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05F 17/00 (2006.01); F24C 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05F 17/004 (2013.01); F24C 15/023 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/656 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/686 (2013.01); E05Y 2800/205 (2013.01); E05Y 2800/22 (2013.01); E05Y 2800/244 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/308 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present subject matter provides an oven appliance. The oven appliance includes a pair of doors. A pair of sprockets or gears, a pair of chains, and a pair of connecting members couple the doors to each other such that the doors open and close simultaneously. The oven appliance also includes features for limiting or eliminating contact between the connecting members at a location where the connecting members cross each other.