Household appliance having an oven door with an integral drip tray

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9372002-B2
Application number	US-201213484750-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 31, 2012
Priority date	May 31, 2012
Publication date	Jun 21, 2016
Grant date	Jun 21, 2016

Abstract

A household cooking appliance includes a housing having an oven chamber accessible through an opening, the opening having a seal surrounding a perimeter thereof. An oven door covering the opening and being moveable about a hinge between an open position and a closed position. The oven door includes an outer door skin having an outer glass panel, a full glass inner panel having an inner surface that abuts the seal when the oven door is in a closed position, the full glass inner panel closing an inner side of the outer door skin, and an integrated drip tray assembly that collects condensation from the full glass inner panel. The integrated drip tray assembly is sealed to the full glass inner panel.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A household cooking appliance comprising:
a housing having an oven chamber accessible through an opening, the opening having a seal surrounding a perimeter of the opening; and
an oven door covering the opening and moveable about a hinge between an open position and a closed position,
the oven door including:
an outer door skin having an outer glass panel;
a full glass inner panel having an inner surface that abuts the seal when the oven door is in a closed position, the full glass inner panel closing an inner side of the outer door skin; and
an integrated drip tray assembly that collects condensation from the full glass inner panel, the integrated drip tray assembly being sealed to the full glass inner panel,
wherein the drip tray assembly includes an integral drip guard sealed to the full glass inner panel, and
wherein the drip tray assembly further includes an integral hinge cover.

2. The household cooking appliance of claim 1 , wherein the integral drip guard is sealed to the bottom edge of the full glass inner panel.

3. The household cooking appliance of claim 2 , wherein the integral drip guard extends substantially across the bottom edge of the full glass inner panel.

4. The household cooking appliance of claim 3 , wherein the integral drip guard is sealed to the bottom edge of the full glass inner panel substantially across the bottom edge of the full glass inner panel.

5. The household cooking appliance of claim 1 , wherein the integral hinge cover includes one of a locating tab and a locating projection that controls a position of the drip tray assembly with respect to the full glass inner panel.

6. The household cooking appliance of claim 1 , wherein the integral hinge cover is disposed adjacent to the hinge of the oven door, the integral hinge cover retaining a corner area of the full glass inner panel.

7. The household cooking appliance of claim 6 , wherein a perimeter of the full glass inner panel includes a cutout corresponding to the hinge and the hinge cover, wherein the hinge cover engages an edge of the cutout to retain the full glass inner panel.

8. A household cooking appliance comprising:
a housing having an oven chamber accessible through an opening, the opening having a seal surrounding a perimeter of the opening; and
an oven door covering the opening and moveable about a hinge between an open position and a closed position,
the oven door including:
an outer door skin having an outer glass panel;
a full glass inner panel having an inner surface that abuts the seal when the oven door is in a closed position, the full glass inner panel closing an inner side of the outer door skin; and

an integrated drip tray assembly that collects condensation from the full glass inner panel, the integrated drip tray assembly being sealed to the full glass inner panel;
wherein the drip tray assembly includes an integral drip guard sealed to the full glass inner panel;
wherein the drip tray assembly further includes a pair of integral hinge covers on opposing ends of the full glass inner panel, and
wherein the integral drip guard is disposed between the pair of integral hinge covers.

9. The household cooking appliance of claim 1 , wherein the drip tray assembly further includes a reservoir that collects condensation from the full glass inner panel.

10. The household cooking appliance of claim 1 , wherein the integral drip guard cooperates with a surface of the full glass inner panel to form a reservoir that collects condensation from the full glass inner panel.

11. The household cooking appliance of claim 1 , wherein the drip tray assembly further includes a plate portion extending under the bottom edge of the full glass inner panel and on an opposite side of the full glass inner panel from the integral drip guard.

12. The household cooking appliance of claim 11 , wherein the plate portion is sealed to the bottom edge of the full glass inner panel substantially across the bottom edge of the full glass inner panel.

13. The household cooking appliance of claim 11 , wherein the plate portion is coupled to the outer door skin.

14. A household cooking appliance comprising:
a housing having an oven chamber accessible through an opening, the opening having a seal surrounding a perimeter of the opening; and
an oven door covering the opening and moveable about a hinge between an open position and a closed position,
the oven door including:
an outer door skin having an outer glass panel;
a full glass inner panel having an inner surface that abuts the seal when the oven door is in a closed position, the full glass inner panel closing an inner side of the outer door skin;
an integrated drip tray assembly that collects condensation from the full glass inner panel, the integrated drip tray assembly being sealed to the full glass inner panel; and
shock-absorbing means for absorbing and distributing shocks and impacts on the full glass inner panel.

15. The household cooking appliance of claim 14 , wherein the shock-absorbing means includes a support plate having a rope gasket resiliently and movably supporting the full glass inner panel.

16. The household cooking appliance of claim 15 , wherein the support plate is coupled to a top surface of the outer door skin and a bottom surface of the outer door skin.

17. The household cooking appliance of claim 15 , wherein the support plate includes a first opening for viewing through the support plate, the rope gasket extending around a perimeter of the first opening.

18. The household cooking appliance of claim 17 , wherein the support plate includes a plurality of second openings disposed around the perimeter of the first opening, the rope gasket engaging each of the plurality of second openings.

19. The household cooking appliance of claim 1 , wherein the oven door further comprises:
means for movably supporting the full glass inner panel without penetrating through the inner surface of the full glass inner panel.

20. The household cooking appliance of claim 6 , wherein the outer door skin includes a retaining lip extending across a top edge of the outer door skin, the retaining lip retaining a top edge of the full glass inner panel.

21. The household cooking appliance of claim 1 , wherein the outer door skin comprises:
an outer surface;
a first side surface and a second side surface opposed to the first side surface, the first side surface and the second side surface extending substantially perpendicular from side edges of the outer surface in a direction toward the inner glass panel; and
an upper surface extending substantially perpendicular from an upper edge of the outer surface in the direction toward the inner glass panel,
wherein the full glass inner panel forms the inner surface of the oven door, the full glass inner panel extending substantially from the first side surface to the second side surface.

22. The household cooking appliance of claim 1 , wherein the inner surface includes a first portion and a second portion, the first portion being adjacent to a first area within the perimeter of the seal surrounding the opening and directly exposed to heating of the oven chamber, and the second portion being adjacent to a second area outside of the perimeter of the seal and being insulated from the heating of the oven chamber by the seal.

23. The household cooking appliance of claim 22 , wherein the full glass inner panel extends substantially from edge-to-edg

Assignees

• Harward Samuel
• Hendricks Donald
• Parker Rose Marie
• Bsh Home Appliances Corp

Inventors

• Harward Samuel
• Hendricks Donald
• Parker Rose Marie

Classifications

• F24C15/14

  Spillage trays or grooves · CPC title

• F24C15/04 Primary

  with transparent panels · CPC title