US 10,295,248 B2Granted

Refrigerator with glass door

AssigneeElectrolux Home Products, Inc.

InventorsOrin Miller, Ricky Burgan, Doug Burnett, Miranda Valentino, Joel Riddell, Varun Rajasekaran, Jose Macias, Terry Lynn Sexton, Josh Hanson, Ran Zhou, Cornel Comsa, Matthew Elexy Edge, Billy Seth Lon Campbell

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Abstract

A refrigeration appliance includes a cabinet that defines a storage compartment. A door is pivotably coupled to the cabinet and is movable between a closed position for closing the storage compartment and an open position for allowing access to the storage compartment. The door includes an inner surface and an outer surface. An opening extends between the inner surface and the outer surface. A window is disposed within the opening. The window optionally includes a lower portion that is non-transparent. A storage bin is attachable to a lower portion of the inner surface of the door wherein the non-transparent portion of the window obstructs viewing of the storage bin when the door is in the closed position.

Claims24

Dependent claims

A refrigeration appliance comprising:

a cabinet defining a storage compartment;
and
a door pivotably coupled to the cabinet and movable between a closed position for closing the storage compartment and an open position for allowing access to the storage compartment, the door including:
an inner surface;
an outer surface;
an opening extending between the inner surface and the outer surface;
a window covering the opening, the window including a lower portion that is non-transparent;
a storage bin on a lower portion of the door, wherein the lower portion of the window obstructs viewing of the storage bin through the window when the door is in the closed position;
a sensor for detecting a presence of an object at a predetermined location proximate the door, the sensor operable to provide a signal to a controller indicative of the presence of the object at the predetermined location;
and
a light for illuminating a position of the predetermined location on a floor proximate the door.

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A door for a refrigeration appliance, the door pivotably coupled to a cabinet of the refrigeration appliance and movable between a closed position for closing a storage compartment of the cabinet and an open position for allowing access to the storage compartment, the door comprising:

an inner surface;
an outer surface;
an opening extending between the inner surface and the outer surface;
a window covering the opening;
a frame assembly disposed between the inner surface and the outer surface, the frame assembly comprising:
a pair of vertical frame members each receiving a preformed insulating element, and
a lower support assembly attached to lower portion of each of the pair of vertical frame members, the lower support assembly including a first horizontal frame member having distal ends attachable to each of the pair of vertical frame members, the first horizontal frame member receiving a preformed insulating element,
an upper frame member having distal ends attachable to an upper end of the pair of vertical frame members, the upper frame member receiving a preformed insulating element;
and
a storage bin on a lower portion of the door wherein the lower portion of the window obstructs viewing of the storage bin when the door is in the closed position.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.