Universal door frame for cooking appliance
AssigneesBSH Home Appliances Corporation, BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
InventorsBrendon Keeler, Steven Langenscheidt
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Abstract
A universal door frame is configured to aid in assembling a door for use with a cooking appliance. The door frame includes four corner components and variable-length rails to be connected therebetween. The corner components include hinge receivers and mounting brackets for panels of the door. In some examples, one or more of the rails have a vented construction for enabling air-cooling of the door. The door frame optionally includes vent covers for covering the vented rails.
Claims20
A door for use with a cooking appliance, the door comprising:
- a door frame including four corner components, each corner component having an opening configured to receive an end portion of a respective side rail;
- four side rails, each side rail coupled to two of the four corner components, wherein at least one of the side rails is configured to be insertable to different depths within the openings of the respective corner components.
A cooking appliance comprising:
- a housing defining an oven cavity therein;
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- a door configured to selectively close the oven cavity, the door comprising:
- a door frame including four corner components, each corner component having an opening configured to receive an end portion of a respective side rail;
- four side rails, each side rail coupled to two of the four corner components, wherein at least one of the side rails is configured to be insertable to different depths within the openings of the respective corner components.
A method of manufacturing a cooking appliance, the method comprising:
- coupling a first rail to a first and a second corner component using first telescoping connections;
- coupling a second rail to a third and a fourth corner component using second telescoping connections;
- adjusting an effective length of the combined first rail, first corner component, and second corner component by changing an insertion depth of one of the first telescoping connections;
- adjusting an effective length of the combined second rail, third corner component, and fourth corner component by changing an insertion depth of one of the second telescoping connections;
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- coupling a first vented rail to the first and third corner components, the first vented rail including at least one aperture configured to allow air to pass therethrough.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.