Bumper for a door of an oven appliance
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsJohn Adam Yantis, Joshua Mayne
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Abstract
An oven appliance includes a cabinet forming a cooking chamber; at least one heating element positioned within the cooking chamber; a door rotatably coupled to the cabinet between an open position and a closed position; and a bumper protruding along the transverse direction and positioned between the cabinet and the door, the bumper configured to provide dampening between the cabinet and the door in the closed position, wherein the bumper includes a first heat face and a second heat face to guide heated air along the lateral direction, and wherein each of the first heat face and the second heat face is linear.
Claims18
An oven appliance defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction, the oven appliance comprising:
- a cabinet forming a cooking chamber;
- at least one heating element positioned within the cooking chamber;
- a door rotatably coupled to the cabinet between an open position and a closed position;
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- a bumper protruding along the transverse direction and positioned between the cabinet and the door, the bumper configured to provide dampening between the cabinet and the door in the closed position, wherein the bumper comprises a first heat face and a second heat face, wherein the first heat face is configured to guide heated air along the lateral direction away from the second heat face, and wherein each of the first heat face and the second heat face is linear.
A domestic appliance defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction, the domestic appliance comprising:
- a cabinet forming a receiving chamber;
- a door rotatably coupled to the cabinet to provide selective access to the receiving chamber;
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- a resilient bumper protruding along the transverse direction and positioned between the cabinet and the door, the resilient bumper configured to provide dampening between the cabinet and the door when the door is moved to a closed position, wherein the resilient bumper is located laterally offset from a centerline of the receiving chamber, wherein the resilient bumper comprises a first face and a second face to guide air along the lateral direction, and wherein each of the first face and the second face is linear.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.