Household appliance having a mounting system for door skin outer glass

摘要

A household cooking appliance include a housing having an oven chamber accessible through an opening, the opening having a seal surrounding a perimeter of the opening, and a door covering the opening and moveable about a hinge between an open position and a closed position. The door includes an outer door skin forming an outer surface of the door, the outer door skin including an outer glass panel, a full glass inner panel forming an inner surface of the door, the full glass inner panel abutting the seal when the door is in a closed position, a middle glass panel disposed between the outer glass panel and the inner glass panel, and outer glass support means for supporting the outer glass panel on the outer door skin.

主权项

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 a door covering the opening and moveable about a hinge between an open position and a closed position, wherein the door includes:
an outer door skin forming an outer surface of the door, the outer door skin including an opening with an outer glass panel at the opening;a full glass inner panel forming an inner surface of the door, the full glass inner panel abutting the seal when the door is in a closed position;a middle glass panel disposed between the outer glass panel and the inner glass panel; andouter glass support means for supporting the outer glass panel on the outer door skin and securing the outer glass panel between the outer glass support means and the outer door skin along a top, a bottom, a first side, and a second side of the opening in the outer door skin,wherein the outer glass support means includes a plurality of brackets disposed along the top, the bottom, the first side, and the second side of the opening in the outer door skin,wherein the plurality of brackets includes a first side bracket and a second side bracket disposed along the first side and the second side, respectively, of the opening in the outer door skin, andwherein each of the first side bracket and the second side bracket forms a part of a middle glass support system that supports the middle glass panel at a predetermined position between the outer glass panel and the full glass inner panel.