# US 2008/0184984 A1 · Oven door assembly having shield for drawing heat away from an oven door window

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- Number: US 2008/0184984 A1
- Document ID: US20080184984A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 11/703,558
- Filed: 2007-02-06
- Published: 2008-08-07
- Earliest claimed: 2007-02-06
- Assignees: BSH Home Appliances Corporation
- Inventors: Suad Elkasevic
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20080184984A1

## CPC

- F24C 15/04: with transparent panels
- F24C 15/006: {Arrangements for circulation of cooling air}
- F24C: DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES (exclusively for solid fuels F24B); DETAILS OF DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES, OF GENERAL APPLICATION

## Abstract

An oven door assembly is provided that selectively closes and permits access to an access opening of an oven cavity of the oven. The oven door assembly includes an outside door panel having a non-opaque pane, an inside door panel having a non-opaque pane, the inside door panel being located closer to the oven cavity of the oven than the outside door panel, and a middle non-opaque pane, and a shield fitted relative to the middle non-opaque pane for drawing heat away from the middle non-opaque pane.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An oven door assembly that selectively closes and permits access to an access opening of an oven cavity of the oven, the oven door assembly comprising:
a. an outside door panel having a non-opaque pane;
b. an inside door panel having a non-opaque pane, the inside door panel being located closer to the oven cavity of the oven than the outside door panel;
c. a middle non-opaque pane supported intermediate the non-opaque pane of the outside door panel and the non-opaque pane of the inside door panel outside door panel and the inside door panel, the non-opaque pane of the outside door panel, middle non-opaque pane, and the non-opaque pane of the inside door panel being oriented relative to one another such that the interior of the oven cavity of the oven can be viewed from outside of the oven; and
d. a shield fitted relative to the middle non-opaque pane for drawing heat away from the middle non-opaque pane.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The oven door assembly for an oven door according to claim 1, wherein the middle non-opaque pane has a perimeter and the shield is in contact with at least a portion of the perimeter of the middle non-opaque pane.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The oven door assembly for an oven door according to claim 2, wherein the middle non-opaque pane is secured to at least one of the outside door panel and inside door panel and the shield engages the least one of the outside door panel and inside door panel to support the middle non-opaque pane relative thereto.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The oven door assembly for an oven door according to claim 2, wherein the shield has a plurality of angular fin portions to space the middle non-opaque pane at a spacing from a wall of the least one of the outside door panel and inside door panel to which the middle non-opaque pane is secured.