Encapsulated oven window pack
AssigneeGemtron Corporoation
InventorsBrian Adams, Michael Schwall
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a glass assembly having a plastic frame and two glass panes in spaced parallel arrangement, wherein at least one of the glass panes is encapsulated within the plastic frame. The glass assembly is part of a door that is connected to an oven to allow selective access to the interior oven cavity. The encapsulated glass pane can face the interior oven cavity, or face away from the interior oven cavity, toward the environment outside the oven. Each glass pane can also be encapsulated within a frame half, and the two frame halves can be connected to one another. The disclosure also provides a method of making the glass assembly.
Claims19
An assembly comprising:
- a plastic frame;
- a first glass pane;
- and
- a second glass pane, wherein the first glass pane and the second glass pane are in substantially parallel, spaced arrangement,
- wherein the first glass pane is encapsulated by the frame;
- wherein the second glass pane is not encapsulated by the frame.
An assembly comprising:
- a plastic frame, wherein the plastic frame comprises a first frame half and a second frame half that are separately formed components;
- a first glass pane;
- and
- a second glass pane, wherein the first glass pane and the second glass pane are in substantially parallel, spaced arrangement,
- wherein the first glass pane is encapsulated by the first frame half, and
- wherein the first frame half and the second frame half are connected to one another.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.