Leveling feet for household appliances

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9200745-B2
Application number	US-201013376475-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 10, 2010
Priority date	Jun 10, 2009
Publication date	Dec 1, 2015
Grant date	Dec 1, 2015

Abstract

Leveling feet have embedded castors ( 3 ) that allow the leveling of a household appliance with a plastic thread. The castors are positioned relative to the floor to allow for movement of the household appliance upon the castors. The leveling feet have a base, that is preferably metallic, and that is connected to an internal ring ( 6 ), which contains threads on an external surface thereof. An external ring is coupled to the internal ring and has internal threads for mating with the external threads of the internal ring. The external ring moves vertically on the threads of the internal ring to change the height of the appliance.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A leveling foot for a household appliance, comprising:
a castor configured to contact and roll on a surface;
a substantially tubular internal ring comprising external threads provided thereon and a rebound configured to interrupt the external threads at a lower end of the external threads, the castor being positioned inside the internal ring; and
an external ring positioned around and coupled to the internal ring, the external ring comprising inter…

Assignees

• Amaral Gustavo Gnoatto
• Davin Adriano
• Pagnozzi Rodrigo Marge
• Electrolux Do Brasil Sa

Inventors

• Amaral Gustavo Gnoatto
• Davin Adriano
• Pagnozzi Rodrigo Marge

Classifications

• D06F39/125

  Textiles & Paper · mapped topic

• F16M7/00 Primary

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

• F16M11/42

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

• F16M11/24

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

• F16M11/00 Primary

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic