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.
Claims20
A fishbowl for a door assembly of a laundry treating appliance, the fishbowl comprising:
- a peripheral wall defining an annulus with a central axis;
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- an inner wall located within the peripheral wall to close the annulus, and defining a surface that intersects with the peripheral wall to form a first radius of curvature, with the surface having a vertical portion transitioning to an angled portion, within the transition forming a second radius of curvature;
- wherein the first radius of curvature and the second radius of curvature are less than 200 mm.
A door assembly for a laundry treating appliance comprising:
- a frame defining an opening;
- a window closing the opening;
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- a plastic fishbowl adjacent the window and comprising:
- a peripheral wall defining an annulus with a central axis;
- and
- an inner wall located within the peripheral wall to close the annulus, and defining a surface that intersects with the peripheral wall to form a first radius of curvature, with the surface having a vertical portion transitioning to an angled portion, within the transition forming a second radius of curvature;
- wherein the first radius of curvature and the second radius of curvature are less than 200 mm.
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;
- 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 to form a first radius of curvature, with the surface having a vertical portion transitioning into an angled portion, with the transition forming a second radius of curvature, and the angled portion forming an included angle with the central axis that is less than 40 degrees;
- wherein the first radius of curvature and the second radius of curvature are less than 200 mm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.