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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2013
Applicant:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Inventor:
Andrew M. Tenbarge, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25C 1/00 (2006.01); F25C 5/00 (2006.01); F25D 23/12 (2006.01); B23P 15/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25C 1/00 (2013.01); B23P 15/26 (2013.01); F25C 5/005 (2013.01); F25D 23/126 (2013.01); F25D 2323/021 (2013.01); F25D 2400/40 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49359 (2015.01);
Abstract
Utility routing for door-mounted operations are disclosed. An appliance may include a cabinet and one or more doors connected to the cabinet. An apparatus may have a mounted position on the door. An operation apparatus may be enabled, supported, or otherwise made operable in part by closed-looped conveyance of one or more operating mediums. The apparatus has an unmounted position wherein the apparatus is separated from the door while maintaining the closed-loop conveyance of the one or more operating mediums.