Patents Assigned to Kelvinator, Inc.
  • Patent number: 4084572
    Abstract: An oven door assembly for hinge mounting on an oven frame, the door having a glass-sealed window aperture and a shutter manually positionable between an open position permitting view of the oven contents through the window and a closed position preventing thermal radiation from the oven through the window and view of the oven contents. Shutter position indicator means governed by the movement of the shutter to and from its closed position cooperates with sensor means on the oven frame to provide an interlock for the oven heating system such that the heating system is prevented from operating when either the shutter or door is not fully closed. The shutter is disposed within an air wash zone formed by spaced door panels in a manner which permits both sides of the shutter to be cooled by convective air flow to thereby minimize heat transfer to the outer panel of the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1976
    Date of Patent: April 18, 1978
    Assignee: Kelvinator, Inc.
    Inventors: Alvin J. Schettl, Charles R. Gorski
  • Patent number: 4030870
    Abstract: A panel constructed cabinet for refrigerators, freezers or the like is disclosed along with a method of manufacture and an apparatus for manufacture. The cabinet includes an inner liner formed of panels of thermoplastic material having mating edge connections. The connections are formed by heating the plastic sheet along spaced and parallel lines adjacent to the edges thereof, to provide fold lines permitting the formation of channels proportioned to receive mating tongues from adjacent panels. Along some edges of the thermoplastic panels the channels are formed to extend laterally, with respect to the panel, and along other edges the channels are formed substantially parallel to the panels. The outer casing includes a combination of metallic panels along the sides and foil laminated panels along the top, back and bottom of the cabinet. Foamed insulation rigidifies the panels and provides the necessary insulation therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1974
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1977
    Assignee: Kelvinator, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald A. Bunce