Oven door heat dissipation system

In an oven door having an outer door panel with an inner and an outer surface, an inner door panel coupled to the outer door panel and cooperating with the outer door panel to define an interior region, said outer door panel including openings for convection cooling air flow through the interior region, and transparent window means centrally located in the oven door and partially obstructing a localized area of the interior region from the convective cooling air flow, the improvement comprising,

• heat sink means coupled to the outer surface of the outer door panel,
• heat collector means attached to the inner surface of the outer door panel in the localized area of the interior region partially obstructed from convective cooling air flow, and
• means for transferring the heat from the heat collector means to the heat sink means.

A door for use with an oven, the door comprising:

• an outer panel having a local area susceptible to generation of an unacceptable temperature, and
• means for transferring heat from the local area of the outer panel to the environment outside the oven, including means inside of the outer panel adjacent the local area, for collecting and transferring heat from the local area of the outer panel, and means, outside of the outer panel, for dissipating heat to the atmosphere,
• said heat collecting and transferring means being in heat transfer relationship with said heat dissipating means.

In an oven door having a localized interior surface area exposed to high oven temperature and susceptible to excessive temperature at an adjacent outside surface area, the improvement comprising a heat collector plate fastened over the localized interior surface area with fastening means in heat transfer relationship with said heat collecting plate and with means, attached outside of the oven door remotely from said adjacent outside surface area, for dissipating heat to ambient atmosphere.