# US 9,750,390 B2 · Dish treating appliance with window insert > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,750,390 B2 - Document ID: US9750390B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/953,523 - Filed: 2015-11-30 - Published: 2017-06-01 - Granted: 2017-09-05 - Earliest claimed: 2015-11-30 - Assignees: Whirlpool Corporation - Applicants: Whirlpool Corporation - Inventors: Juan F. Flores; Daniel W. Southworth; Anthony B. Welsh - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9750390B2 ## CPC - A47L 15/4257: {Details of the loading door} - A47B 81/00: Cabinets or racks specially adapted for other particular purposes, e.g. for storing guns or skis - A47L 15/4263: {Door sealing arrangements} - E06B 3/26: Compound frames, i.e. one frame within or behind another (E06B3/28 takes precedence; arrangements of movable frames E06B3/32) - E06B 3/5892: {Fixing of window panes in openings in door leaves} - E06B 3/663: Elements for spacing panes - A47L: DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING (brushes A46B; cleaning quantities of bottles or of other hollow articles of one kind B08B9/00; laundry D06F); SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL (cleaning in general B08) - A47B: TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE (furniture jointing F16B) - E06B: FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES (shades or blinds for greenhouses A01G9/22; curtains A47H; lids for car boots or bonnets B62D25/10; skylights E04B7/18; sunshades, awnings E04F10/00) ## Abstract A dish treating appliance for treating dishes according to an automatic cycle of operation includes a tub at least partially defining a treating chamber for receiving dishes for treatment according to the automatic cycle of operation, an access opening provided in the tub and through which is had access to the treating chamber, and a door movable relative to the tub to selectively open and close the access opening, the door having an inner surface confronting the access opening when the door closes the access opening, an outer surface, opposite the inner surface, and a window assembly provided in the door and having inner and outer panes. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A dish treating appliance for treating dishes according to an automatic cycle of operation, the dish treating appliance comprising: a tub at least partially defining a treating chamber receiving dishes for treatment according to the automatic cycle of operation; an access opening provided in the tub and through which is had access to the treating chamber; a door movable relative to the tub to selectively open and close the access opening, and the door having an inner surface confronting the access opening when the door closes the access opening and an outer surface, opposite the inner surface; and a window assembly provided in the door and having spaced and sealed inner and outer panes sandwiched between inner and outer frame elements connected by a waterproof weld joint, wherein the inner frame element comprises a second flange overlying the inner surface of the door. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The dish treating appliance of claim 1 further comprising an inner seal between the inner frame element and the inner pane. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The dish treating appliance of claim 2 wherein the inner seal is a foam-in-place seal. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The dish treating appliance of claim 2 wherein the inner frame element comprises an inner flange overlying the inner pane and the inner seal is positioned between the inner flange and the inner pane. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The dish treating appliance of claim 4 wherein the outer frame element comprises an outer flange overlying the outer pane. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The dish treating appliance of claim 5 wherein the inner flange and inner seal extend about the periphery of the inner pane and the outer flange extends about the periphery of the outer pane. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The dish treating appliance of claim 6 wherein the inner and outer flanges compressively retain the inner and outer panes. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The dish treating appliance of claim 7 wherein the waterproof weld joint comprises a channel on one of the inner or outer frame elements and a weld flange on the other of the inner or outer frame elements, with the weld flange received within the channel and welded together. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The dish treating appliance of claim 8 wherein the waterproof weld joint extends about the periphery of the panes. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The dish treating appliance of claim 9 wherein the waterproof weld joint is continuous. ### Claim 11 A dish treating appliance for treating dishes according to an automatic cycle of operation, the dish treating appliance comprising: a tub at least partially defining a treating chamber receiving dishes for treatment according to the automatic cycle of operation; an access opening provided in the tub and through which is had access to the treating chamber; a door movable relative to the tub to selectively open and close the access opening, and the door having an inner surface confronting the access opening when the door closes the access opening and an outer surface, opposite the inner surface; and a window assembly provided in the door and having spaced and sealed inner and outer panes sandwiched between inner and outer frame elements connected by a waterproof weld joint; wherein at least one of the inner and outer frame elements encapsulates at least one of the panes. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The dish treating appliance of claim 11 further comprising an inner seal between the inner frame element and the inner pane. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The dish treating appliance of claim 12 wherein the inner seal is a foam-in-place seal. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The dish treating appliance of claim 12 wherein the inner frame element comprises an inner flange overlying the inner pane and the inner seal is positioned between the inner flange and the inner pane. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The dish treating appliance of claim 14 wherein the outer frame element comprises an outer flange overlying the outer pane. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The dish treating appliance of claim 15 wherein the inner flange and inner seal extend about the periphery of the inner pane and the outer flange extends about the periphery of the outer pane. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The dish treating appliance of claim 16 wherein the inner and outer flanges compressively retain the inner and outer panes. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The dish treating appliance of claim 17 wherein the waterproof weld joint comprises a channel on one of the inner or outer frame elements and a weld flange on the other of the inner or outer frame elements, with the weld flange received within the channel and welded together. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The dish treating appliance of claim 18 wherein the waterproof weld joint extends about the periphery of the panes. ### Claim 20 (depends on 11) The dish treating appliance of claim 11 wherein the inner frame element further comprises a second flange overlying the inner surface of the door.