Mounting device for dishwasher insulation

• US 5,549,760 A
• Filed: 12/01/1994
• Issued: 08/27/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 12/01/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: White Consolidated Industries Incorporated (AB Electrolux)
• Original Assignee: White Consolidated Industries Incorporated (AB Electrolux)
• Inventors: Becker, Craig H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Stinson, Frankie L.
• Application Number:
  US08/348,371
• Time in Patent Office: 635 Days
• Field of Search: 411/904, 411/510, 411/474, 134/201, 134/560, 134/570, 134/580, 134/18, 134/25.2, 134/42
• US Class Current: 134/25.2
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 15/4209 Insulation arrangements, e.g. for sound damping or heat insulation
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 15/4246 Details of the tub A47L15/4272 takes precedence; insulation arrangements A47L15/4209

Abstract

A dishwasher tub is provided with insulation mounting bosses on opposite sides. Insulation is hooked over front mounting tabs and draped over the tub. Mounting clips are inserted through the insulation into the bosses. The clip has fingers that engage in apertures of the bosses and a retaining surface that holds the insulation on the tub.

Claims

1. A washer, comprising:

a tub having an external surface and defining an internal volume in which objects are washed, said tub having a tab disposed adjacent an Upper edge of a top wall of said tub;

an aperture disposed on the external surface;

a sheet of insulation disposed on the external surface, said insulation defining a perforation along an edge of said insulation, said tab extending through said perforation; and

a clip projecting through the insulation and engaging in the aperture to secure the insulation on the external surface.

2. A washer according to claim 1, further comprising a boss extending from the external surface and defining the aperture.

3. A washer according to claim 2, wherein the boss is integrally molded on the tub.

4. A washer according to claim 1, further comprising a second aperture disposed on a side of the external surface opposite the first aperture;

and a second clip projecting through the insulation and engaging in the second aperture to secure the insulation on the external surface.

5. A washer according to claim 4, wherein each aperture is located adjacent a lower edge of a vertical side wall of the tub.

6. A washer according to claim 1, wherein the clip has a plurality of opposed fingers engaging a wall of the aperture.

7. A washer according to claim 1, wherein the clip has a retaining surface engaging the insulation.

8. A washer, comprising:

a molded tub having an external surface and defining an internal volume in which objects are washed;

a boss molded on the external surface of the tub and defining an aperture therein;

a sheet of insulation disposed on the external surface; and

a clip projecting through the insulation into the aperture, said clip having a plurality of opposed fingers engaging the boss and a retaining surface engaging the insulation to secure the insulation on the external surface.

9. A washer according to claim 8, wherein the tub comprises a bottom wall, rear wall, opposing side walls, and top wall defining the external surface, said aperture being disposed on a side wall and said sheet of insulation being disposed on the top and side walls.

10. A washer according to claim 9, further comprising a second aperture disposed on the side wall opposite the first aperture;

and a second clip projecting through the insulation and engaging in the second aperture to secure the insulation on the external surface.

11. A washer, comprising:

a molded tub having a bottom wall, rear wall, opposing side walls, and top wall defining an external surface and further defining an internal volume in which objects are washed;

a boss molded on the side wall of the tub and defining a first aperture therein;

a second aperture disposed on the side wall opposite the first aperture;

a sheet of insulation disposed on the top and side walls;

a first clip projecting through the insulation into the aperture, said clip having a plurality of opposed fingers engaging the boss and a retaining surface engaging the insulation to secure the insulation on the external surface;

a second clip projecting through the insulation and engaging in the second aperture to secure the insulation on the external surface; and

a tab disposed along an edge of the top wall and a perforation at an edge of said sheet of insulation, said tab extending through the perforation.

12. A method of installing insulation defining at least one mounting hole on a washer tub having side walls and a top wall defining an external surface and an internal volume for washing objects, said side walls having at least one insulation mounting boss extending therefrom, said boss defining an aperture, said method comprising the steps of:

locating the insulation on the external surface of the tub;

inserting said at least one mounting boss through said at least one mounting hole; and

inserting a retainer clip through the insulation into said aperture defined in said boss on the external surface of the tub, said retainer clip engaging in the aperture to retain the insulation on the external surface.

13. A method according to claim 12, further comprising the step of inserting a second retainer clip through the insulation into a second aperture on a side of the external surface of the tub opposite the first aperture to retain the insulation on the external surface.

14. A method of installing insulation on a washer tub having side walls and a top wall defining an external surface and an internal volume for washing objects, comprising the steps of:

locating the insulation on the external surface of the tub;

inserting a retainer clip through the insulation into an aperture on the external surface of the tub, said retainer clip enraging in the aperture to retain the insulation on the external surface;

inserting a second retainer clip through the insulation into a second aperture on a side of the external surface of the tub opposite the first aperture to retain the insulation on the external surface; and

hooking a perforation in the sheet over a tab disposed on the top wall.