Structural door bowl for a household appliance door

摘要

A glass bowl for a door assembly of a washer, in which the glass bowl includes a bowl portion having an open end and a closed end; and a flange extending radially from a perimeter of the open end of the bowl portion and in a plane that corresponds to a plane of the door assembly for securing the glass bowl to the door assembly. The flange includes a plurality of stiffening features for fixedly engaging a portion of a door frame or an inner ring of the door assembly for increasing a stiffness of the door assembly. The door fame or the inner ring include a plurality of corresponding stiffening features for engaging the stiffening feature of the glass bowl.

主权项

1. A glass bowl for a door assembly of a washer, the glass bowl comprising:
a bowl portion having an open end and a closed end; and a flange extending radially from a perimeter of the open end of the bowl portion and in a plane that corresponds to a plane of the door assembly for securing the glass bowl to the door assembly, wherein the flange includes a plurality of groups of stiffening features for fixedly engaging a plurality of portions of one of a door frame and an inner ring of the door assembly for increasing a stiffness of the door assembly, wherein the plurality of groups of stiffening features includes:
a first stiffening feature, a second stiffening feature, and a third stiffening feature successively arranged in series in a first direction on a perimeter of the flange, the first stiffening feature and the second stiffening feature being part of a first group at a first position on the perimeter of the flange,wherein a first distance extending in the first direction between the first stiffening feature and the second stiffening feature is less than a second distance extending in the first direction between the second stiffening feature and the third stiffening feature.