Food cooking oven
AssigneeWhirlpool EMEA S.p.A.
InventorFabio Gambardella
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Abstract
A food cooking oven having an enclosure, which defines a cooking compartment and a door, which is movable between an open position and a closed position, is disclosed. The door may include a first panel, a second panel, which in a closed configuration has a greater distance from the compartment than the first panel. Additionally, a first and a second body for supporting the first and second panels is included. A profile is included, which is movable between a first position retaining the first panel and a second position permitting removal of the first panel from the door. A push-push type connector is included to retain the profile to the door.
Claims14
An operable door for a cooking appliance, the operable door comprising:
- inner and outer panels;
- first and second bodies that include respective first and second brackets for retaining an edge of the inner panel against the first and second bodies;
- a profile selectively movable between a first position that retains the inner panel against the first and second bodies, and a second position that permits selective and slidable removal of the inner panel from the first and second bodies, wherein the profile in at least the first position extends preponderantly along a side of the inner panel and along a direction that is transverse to a preponderant longitudinal extension of the first and second bodies;
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- a connector of a push-push type having a latched position and an unlatched position, wherein the connector is configured to retain the profile to the first and second bodies when the connector is in the latched position and wherein the profile is movable to the second position when the connector is in the unlatched position, and wherein either the profile or the first body includes a first protrusion and the other includes a first groove in which the first protrusion is inserted and along which the first protrusion can slide.
A cooking appliance comprising:
- an enclosure that defines a cooking compartment;
- a door operable between open and closed positions with respect to the cooking compartment, the door comprising:
- an inner panel that partially defines the cooking compartment when the door is in the closed position;
- an outer panel that opposes the inner panel;
- first and second bodies that support the inner and outer panels, wherein the first and second bodies are hingedly coupled to the enclosure;
- first and second brackets that selectively retain an edge of the inner panel against the first and second bodies;
- a profile that is selectively operable between a first position that secures the edge of the inner panel with respect to the first and second bodies, and a second position that permits slidable removal of the inner panel from the first and second bodies;
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- a connector of a push-push type that defines latched and unlatched positions, wherein the connector in the latched position secures the profile in the first position, and wherein the profile is movable to the second position when the connector is in the unlatched position, wherein the inner panel is removable from the door by sliding the inner panel along the first and second bodies in a direction parrallel to a preponderant longitudinal extension of the first and second bodies when the profile is in the second position, and wherein at least in the first position of the profile, the profile extends preponderantly along a side of the inner panel and along a direction that is transverse to the preponderant longitudinal extension of the first and second bodies.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.