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US 7,726,295 B2Granted
Oven with oven door having an air deflection assembly
AssigneeBSH Home Appliances Corporation
InventorSuad Elkasevic
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Abstract
An oven door has an outer door panel, an inner door panel, and a viewing panel being disposed intermediate the outer and inner door panels. The oven door is provided with an air deflection assembly disposed intermediate the outer door panel and the viewing panel. The air deflection assembly deflects a first portion of an entry air stream of air from outside the oven into a first branch path extending vertically along a left hand side and deflects a second portion of the entry air stream into a second branch path extending vertically along a right hand side.
Claims11
An oven door for an oven, the oven door comprising:
- an outer door panel;
- a viewing panel configured to permit visual observation of an item being heated in the oven to which the oven door is secured;
- an inner door panel, the viewing panel being disposed intermediate the outer and inner door panels and the outer and inner door panels each having apertures compatibly configured relative to the viewing panel for permitting visual access through the respective outer and inner door panel;
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- an air deflection assembly disposed intermediate the outer door panel and the viewing panel, the air deflection assembly being operable to deflect a first portion of an entry air stream of air from outside the oven into a first branch path extending vertically along a left hand side and to deflect a second portion of the entry air stream into a second branch path extending vertically along a right hand side, the first branch path and the second branch path each including a door riser extent extending vertically and a branch path exit at an uppermost end of the door riser extent, whereby air from outside the oven on which the oven door is mounted flows into contact with the air deflection assembly and a first portion of the entry air stream is deflected into the first branch path to be guided thereby through the door riser extent thereof until exiting therefrom through the associated branch path exit and a second portion of the entry air stream is deflected into the second branch path to be guided thereby through the door riser extent thereof until exiting therefrom through the associated branch path exit,
- wherein the left hand side and right hand side are determined relative to the oven door as viewed from the front.
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An oven door assembly that selectively closes and permits access to an access opening of an oven cavity of the oven, the oven door assembly comprising:
- an outside door panel having a non-opaque pane;
- an inside door panel having a non-opaque pane, the inside door panel being located closer to the oven cavity of the oven than the outside door panel;
- a middle non-opaque pane supported intermediate the non-opaque pane of the outside door panel and the non-opaque pane of the inside door panel, the non-opaque pane of the outside door panel, middle non-opaque pane, and the non-opaque pane of the inside door panel being oriented relative to one another such that the interior of the oven cavity of the oven can be viewed from outside of the oven;
- a shield fitted relative to the middle non-opaque pane for drawing heat away from the middle non-opaque pane;
- an air deflection assembly disposed intermediate the outer door panel and the viewing panel, the air deflection assembly being operable to deflect a first portion of an entry air stream of air from outside the oven into a first branch path extending vertically along a left hand side and to deflect a second portion of the entry air stream into a second branch path extending vertically along a right hand side, the first branch path and the second branch path each including a door riser extent extending vertically and a branch path exit at an uppermost end of the door riser extent, whereby air from outside the oven on which the oven door is mounted flows into contact with the air deflection assembly and a first portion of the entry air stream is deflected into the first branch path to be guided thereby through the door riser extent thereof until exiting therefrom through the associated branch path exit and a second portion of the entry air stream is deflected into the second branch path to be guided thereby through the door riser extent thereof until exiting therefrom through the associated branch path exits,
- wherein the left hand side and right hand side are determined relative to the oven door as viewed from the front.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.