Continuously Leveled Patents (Class 312/319.3)
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Publication number: 20150145397Abstract: Disclosed is a home appliance. The home appliance includes a cabinet having a chamber configured to receive an object therein, a door configured to open or close the chamber, a cam assembly configured to convert rotation into horizontal linear movement upon rotation of the door, and a spring configured to be compressed by horizontal linear movement of the cam assembly. The cam assembly has a variable horizontal linear movement distance for compression of the spring according to a rotation angle of the door.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2014Publication date: May 28, 2015Inventors: Jaemyung CHIN, Sungho Choi, Yoongho Jung
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Patent number: 9022496Abstract: An appliance is provided having one or more racks or shelves, the position of which may be adjusted vertically. Multiple different positions along the vertical direction can be made available for selection by a user of the appliance. One or more mechanisms allow for the selective adjustment and securing of the vertical position at which a shelf may be located.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2013Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: James Lee Armstrong, Darren Allen Turner
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Patent number: 8733862Abstract: An appliance is provided having one or more racks or shelves, the position of which may be adjusted vertically. Multiple different positions along the vertical direction can be made available for selection by a user of the appliance. One or more locking mechanisms allow for selective adjustment of the vertical position at which a shelf may be located.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2013Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: James Lee Armstrong, Stephen Bernard Froelicher, Joshua Stephen Wiseman
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Patent number: 8100488Abstract: A refrigerating appliance including a housing defining an internal space and the refrigerating appliance including a storage element retained in a height-adjustable manner by a plurality of arms pivotable about parallel and spaced apart first axes fixed with respect to the housing and the plurality of arms pivotable about parallel and spaced apart second axes fixed with respect to the storage element, the refrigerating appliance including a coupling device connecting the plurality of arms wherein the first and second axes of the arms are maintained in the same plane, thereby inhibiting pivoting of the arms in opposite directions.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2007Date of Patent: January 24, 2012Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbHInventors: Frank Eisele, Ralph Staud, Thomas Tischer
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Patent number: 7731805Abstract: A rack support system for a lower rack in a dishwasher is provided for a dishwasher having a wash chamber within a tub. The rack support system includes a frame configured to support the lower rack. A linkage system couples the frame to a side wall of the tub such that the lower rack is movable between a retracted position within the wash chamber and an extended position wherein the lower rack extends from the wash chamber. The lower rack is movable within a range between a lowered position and an elevated position with the lower rack extended from the wash chamber.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2006Date of Patent: June 8, 2010Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Mark A. Banta, Derek Watkins, Ronald Tarr, Martin Mitchell Zentner, Sanjay Manohar Anikhindi, Subhash Viswanathan Kollengode
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Patent number: 7445005Abstract: A household appliance door, which is mounted in a manner that enables it to pivot about a joint axis, has a door handle that can pivot about a door handle axis running parallel to the joint axis. At least one controlling mechanism is associated with the door handle. When the door executes a pivotal movement in a first pivoting direction, the controlling mechanism pivots the door handle in a second pivoting direction opposite the first pivoting direction, as such, reliable actuation of the door handle is achieved. The door handle is pivotally mounted in a bearing housing and the bearing housing extends in an axial direction along the entire door.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2004Date of Patent: November 4, 2008Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbHInventors: Frank Bartmann, Jochen Herbolsheimer, Horst Krenz, Heiko Meyer
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Patent number: 7316326Abstract: A tray apparatus for a refrigerator is provided which optimizes the use of storage space in the refrigerator. A position of the tray within a storage space of the refrigerator is varied through the use of elastic means which moves the tray toward an upper surface of the storage space as an article is stored thereon. The tray is supported by supporting links which are then connected through interlocking links so that they are integrally pivoted. The link mechanisms are supported on the upper surface of the storage space. Thus, a storage article with a relatively large bottom area can be easily stored in the vicinity of the upper surface of the storage space, which is usually out of use, thereby maximizing the use of the storage space in the refrigerator.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2003Date of Patent: January 8, 2008Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Han-Hyo Kim, Moon-Won Kim
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Patent number: 7168773Abstract: A drawer expander that includes a plurality of trays that are stacked on top of each other. Spring-biased arms connect the trays together so that the trays will open when the drawer is opened and close when the drawer is closed. One form of the drawer expander can be used in a drawer, and another form can be attached to the bottom surface of a support element so the expanding trays can act like drawers that expand when opened.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2005Date of Patent: January 30, 2007Inventor: Grant S. Emary
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Patent number: 6997531Abstract: A tray apparatus for a refrigerator is provided which optimizes the use of storage space in the refrigerator. A position of the tray within a storage space of the refrigerator is varied through the use of elastic means which moves the tray toward an upper surface of the storage space as an article is stored thereon. The tray is supported by supporting links which are then connected through interlocking links so that they are integrally pivoted. The link mechanisms are supported on the upper surface of the storage space. Thus, a storage article with a relatively large bottom area can be easily stored in the vicinity of the upper surface of the storage space, which is usually out of use, thereby maximizing the use of the storage space in the refrigerator.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2004Date of Patent: February 14, 2006Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Han-Hyo Kim, Moon-Won Kim
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Patent number: 6991199Abstract: A pop-up mechanism working in parallel pairs used for lifting the tabletop part of a piece of furniture has a pair of cantilever arms joined together by an upper oblong member and a lower oblong member, both said upper oblong member and lower oblong member being parallel relative to each other and each being rotationally attached to opposite ends of said pair of cantilever arms.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2003Date of Patent: January 31, 2006Inventor: Guy Carpentier