CPC F16L 59/065 (2013.01) [F25D 23/062 (2013.01); F25D 23/087 (2013.01); F25D 23/006 (2013.01); F25D 2201/14 (2013.01); F25D 2323/021 (2013.01); F25D 2400/40 (2013.01)] | 18 Claims |
1. A structural cabinet for an appliance, the structural cabinet comprising:
a metallic outer wrapper having sidewalls, a wrapper backwall and a machine wall;
a metallic inner liner having liner walls and a liner backwall, wherein the metallic outer wrapper and the metallic inner liner are coupled together at a trim breaker to define an interior cavity defined between the trim breaker, the metallic outer wrapper and the metallic inner liner, the trim breaker defining a front face of the structural cabinet; and
a trim breaker conduit that extends through the wrapper backwall and the liner backwall wherein the trim breaker conduit defines a conduit through the interior cavity, wherein the interior cavity is sealed at the trim breaker conduit, wherein the trim breaker conduit includes a wrapper conduit channel that receives a wrapper edge proximate a wrapper aperture and a liner conduit channel that receives a liner edge proximate a liner aperture, wherein the wrapper edge at the wrapper conduit channel is perpendicular to the wrapper backwall and wherein the liner edge at the liner conduit channel is parallel with the wrapper edge at the wrapper conduit channel.
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