Oven door handle construction

A door construction for a high temperature oven comprising an outer door panel and a spaced inner door liner that is adapted to be exposed to the high temperatures within the oven, thermal insulating means within the door for retarding the flow of heat from the inner door liner to the outer door panel, and cooling air channel means behind the outer door panel to allow room ambient air to enter the bottom of the door and rise up through the door and exit adjacent the top edge of the door;

• the invention comprising an elongated door handle having attaching means fastened to the door adjacent the top edge thereof and elevated gripping means spaced away from the door and extending above the top edge of the door, said gripping means also serving as an upward deflector means for the hot air expelling from the door and as a shielding means to prevent ready access to the oven area immediately above the door, wherein the said door handle substantially extends from one side of the door to the other and the door gripping means is spaced away from the said attaching means by a plurality of spaced strut members thereby forming air passages up through the handle so that room air may pass up through the handle and mix with the hot air coming from the oven.