Glass door
AssigneeElectrolux Home Products, Inc.
InventorsTommaso Raggi, Robert Craig Bontrager, Ronald Gene Brant
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Abstract
Provided is a cooking appliance that includes an oven cavity, at least one heating element for heating the oven cavity, and a door movable between an open position and a closed position for selectively providing access to the oven cavity. The door includes a first glass pane spaced from a second glass pane to define a space therebetween. The cooking appliance further includes a blower configured to move air through the space between the first glass pane and the second glass pane. The door includes a longitudinal axis that is substantially vertical when the door is in the closed position and the first glass pane and the second glass pane each form an acute angle with the longitudinal axis.
Claims20
A cooking appliance comprising:
- an oven cavity;
- at least one heating element for heating the oven cavity;
- a door movable between an open position and a closed position for selectively providing access to the oven cavity, wherein the door comprises a first glass pane spaced from a second glass pane to define a space therebetween;
- and
- a blower configured to move air through the space between the first glass pane and the second glass pane,
- wherein the door comprises a longitudinal axis that is substantially vertical when the door is in the closed position and the first glass pane and the second glass pane each form an acute angle with the longitudinal axis.
A cooking appliance comprising:
- an oven cavity;
- at least one heating element for heating the oven cavity;
- and
- a door movable between an open position and a closed position for selectively providing access to the oven cavity, wherein the door comprises:
- a first glass pane,
- a second glass pane,
- a space defined between the first glass pane and the second glass pane for air to pass through, wherein the space comprises an upper end portion and a lower end portion, and
- a regulating element configured to regulate air passing through the space, wherein the regulating element is positioned within the upper end portion,
- wherein the lower end portion is substantially unobstructed.
A cooking appliance comprising:
- an oven cavity;
- at least one heating element for heating the oven cavity;
- and
- a door movable between an open position and a closed position for selectively providing access to the oven cavity, wherein the door comprises:
- a first glass pane,
- a second glass forming an acute angle with the first glass pane,
- a space defined between the first glass pane and the second glass pane for air to pass through, wherein the space comprises an upper end portion and a lower end portion, and
- a regulating element configured to regulate air passing through the space, wherein the regulating element is positioned within the space adjacent the upper end portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.