Laundry treating appliance door assembly comprising a plastic fishbowl
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsEthan Harbrecht, Douglas Mikkelsen, Christoph Miller, Joel Sells, Prasath M. Thirukonda
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Abstract
A laundry treating appliance door assembly comprises a plastic fishbowl. Typically, laundry treating appliances, such as dryers, have door assemblies comprising glass fishbowls. Utilizing plastic enables a fishbowl to have a sharper radius of curvature than that of a glass fishbowl due to manufacturing constraints of glass. A shaper radius of curvature allows for greater capacity in the treating chamber in a laundry treating appliance.
Claims18
A fishbowl for a door assembly of a laundry treating appliance, the fishbowl comprising:
- a peripheral wall defining at least a partial annulus with a central axis;
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- an inner wall located within the peripheral wall to close the at least a partial annulus, and defining a surface that intersects with the peripheral wall, with the surface having a vertical portion and an angled portion;
- wherein at least one of the vertical portion or the angled portion is planar.
A door assembly for a laundry treating appliance comprising:
- a frame defining an opening;
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- a plastic fishbowl closing the opening and comprising:
- a peripheral wall defining at least a partial annulus with a central axis, and
- an inner wall located within the peripheral wall to close the at least a partial annulus and defining a surface that intersects with the peripheral wall, with the surface having a vertical portion and an angled portion;
- wherein the intersection of the peripheral wall and the inner wall define a radius having a radius of curvature of less than 200 mm;
- and wherein at least one of the vertical portion or the angled portion is planar.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.