Abstract: A drawer assembly for an appliance is provided. The drawer assembly includes a container for receipt of items for storage and a linkage assembly positioned below the container. The container is supported by the linkage assembly such that the container is moveable along a transverse direction on the linkage assembly.
Abstract: A dish rack is supported for both selective movement into and out of a washing chamber of a dishwasher tub and vertically relative to the tub, with the vertical adjustment being made by manually grasping and shifting at least one frontal cross bar extending along a front wall of the dish rack to cause pivoting of first and second lever members extending along sides of the dish rack. The side lever members cooperate with latching mechanisms to lift and retain the dish rack in a select raised position.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 18, 2011
Publication date:
November 22, 2012
Applicant:
WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
Inventors:
HARSHAL J. BHAJAK, GERALD J. MCNERNEY, MIHIR PONKSHE, AMIT K. SHARMA
Abstract: An undermount drawer slide includes a first rail and a second rail slidable linearly with respect to the first rail. The first rail has a first wall perpendicular to a reference level, and includes a first and a second installation sections. The first installation section has a first vertical distance with respect to the reference level. The second installation section has a second vertical distance with respect to the reference level. The first vertical distance is different from the second vertical distance to form a height difference. The second rail includes a top wall and a protrusion protruding from the top wall. The protrusion has a height measured from the top wall which is substantially equal to the height difference. The protrusion is adapted to hold against a bottom of a drawer for keeping a front panel of the drawer in a level status with respect to a cabinet.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 14, 2009
Date of Patent:
July 31, 2012
Assignee:
King Slide Works Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Hsiu-Chiang Liang, Ken-Ching Chen, Chun-Chiang Wang
Abstract: A sliding mechanism includes a main board, a sliding board, two racks, a gear, a connecting member and a winding coil. The main board defines a guiding slot. The two racks are positioned at two opposite sides of the main board. The gear matches each of the first and second racks. The sliding board is slidable along the guiding slot by the connecting member. The winding coil, the winding coil is tightened when the sliding board is pushed toward or away from the main board, and rebounds to its original shape to cause the sliding board to automatically further slide relative to the main board when the gear is detached from one rack and matches another rack.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 3, 2009
Date of Patent:
January 11, 2011
Assignees:
Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industry Co., Ltd., FIH (Hong Kong) Limited
Abstract: A slide assembly having an adjustment mechanism includes an inner rail, an adjusting lever, and a guide block. The inner rail includes a first slot, a pivoting portion, and a second slot thereon. The adjusting lever includes a first hole, a middle section pivoted to the inner rail, and a second hole. The first hole corresponds in position to the first slot, and the second hole corresponds in position to the second slot. The guide block is pivoted to the second hole of the adjusting lever. A protruding portion is eccentrically disposed on the guide block. The protruding portion is moved to lean against a portion of the second slot by turning the guide block. The adjusting lever deflects and the first hole slides in relation to the first slot. A fastening member penetrates through the first hole to connect a drawer or similar object so that the drawer can be tuned fine for a higher or lower position.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 19, 2009
Publication date:
February 18, 2010
Inventors:
Ken-Ching Chen, I-Ming Tseng, Chun-Chiang Wang
Abstract: A fully pulled-out type mobile apparatus comprises an extractable deice, two relay levers and two guide rails. The extractable deice provides two opposite lateral sides with a respective proper spot at a bottom thereof being between at least two opposite guideposts extending downward from the bottom. Each of the relay levers provides an elongated groove for being passed through by the guideposts with a connecting piece engaging with at least one of the guideposts such that the guideposts can be received and displace in the elongated groove. Each of the guide rails provides an outer rail part, an inner rail part and a ball structure between the outer and the inner rail parts. The ball structure has a length at least equaling to a length between two guideposts at both ends of the extractable device and the inner rails of the guide rails connecting with the relay levers respectively so as to move with each other.