US 9,004,623 B2Granted

Door for a domestic appliance

AssigneeElectrolux Home Products, Inc.

InventorsErhardt Koitzsch, Gerhard Schaff, Dietmar Hildner, Branko Ivanovic

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Abstract

A door for a domestic appliance, in particular for a cooking oven. The door comprises two door columns on the left hand side and on the right hand side of the door, an outer door panel at the outer sides of the door columns, an inner door panel at the inner sides of the door columns, and a cover frame for covering the top sides of the door columns and the inner door panel. In a mounted state the cover frame is fastened on the door columns, and the inner door panel is clamped by the cover frame. In an intermediate state the cover frame is fastened at the door columns in another position as in the mounted state, so that the inner door panel is removable from the inner sides of the door columns. Further, a corresponding domestic appliance with at least one door.

Claims9

Dependent claims

A door for a cooking oven, wherein the door comprises:

two door columns (10) on the left hand side and on the right hand side of the door, an outer door panel (12) at the outer sides of the door columns (10), an inner door panel (14) at the inner sides of the door columns (10), and a cover frame (16) for covering the top sides of the inner door panel (14) and the door columns (10), wherein
in a mounted state the cover frame (16) is fastened on the door columns (10), and the inner door panel (14) is clamped by the cover frame (16),
in an intermediate state the cover frame (16) is fastened at the door columns (10) in another position as in the mounted state, so that the inner door panel (14) is removable from the inner sides of the door columns (10),
a first snap-in mechanism (24, 26) is provided between the cover frame (16) and the door columns (10) for fastening the cover frame (16) at the door columns (10) in the mounted state, and
the first snap-in mechanism (24, 26) comprises at least one hook element (24) and at least one lug element (26).

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.