STRUCTURAL DOOR BOWL FOR A HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE DOOR

摘要

A glass bowl for a door (100) assembly of a washer (10), in which the glass bowl (40) 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 (40) to the door assembly. The flange includes a plurality of stiffening features (50a- 50d) for fixedly engaging a portion of a door frame (20) 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.