Handle assembly
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsJonathan M. Katz, Clifford J. Von Hoene, Jr.
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Abstract
A handle assembly includes a handle gripping portion and two handle end caps receiving the ends of the handle gripping portion. The handle gripping portion is a hollow bar of rolled steel having a non-rectangular, non-circular cross section, which is preferably D-shaped. The D-shaped cross section has its center of mass remote from a door, which has the handle end caps attached thereto. The handle gripping portion is bowed outwardly relative to the door with a radius of curvature between 150 inches and 250 inches and preferably 200 inches. The handle end caps are formed of a molded thermoplastic.
Claims11
In combination:
- an oven door;
- a hollow metal bar for gripping to form a handle gripping portion;
- a pair of end caps attached to said door;
- each of said end caps having receiving means for receiving an end of said metal hollow bar to support said hollow metal bar therebetween;
- said hollow metal bar having an outward bow relative to the plane of said door;
- and said hollow metal bar having an asymmetrical cross section with its center of mass closer to a surface of said hollow metal bar the farther from said door.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.