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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2014
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Stephen Michael Bischoff, Louisville, KY (US);
Eugenio Gomez, Louisville, KY (US);
Sanjay Pallipurath Sreenarayanan, Hyderabad, IN;
Sandip Kashinathappa Shetty, Hyderabad, IN;
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 23/02 (2006.01); E05B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 23/028 (2013.01); E05B 17/0033 (2013.01); F25D 2323/021 (2013.01); Y10T 16/458 (2015.01);
Abstract
An appliance is provided. The appliance includes a cabinet, a door mounted to the cabinet and a handle. The appliance also includes features for pivotally mounting the handle to the door and for urging the door away from the cabinet when the handle pivots. The features can also assist with limiting or reducing a gap between the handle and the door.