Patent ID: 9395088
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: F24C,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. An oven appliance, the oven appliance defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction and a transverse direction, the vertical, lateral and transverse directions being mutually perpendicular, the oven appliance comprising: a top panel having an aluminum coating disposed on an outer surface of the top panel; a bottom panel spaced apart from the top panel along the vertical direction, the bottom panel includes a pair of side flanges extending upwardly along the vertical direction and spaced apart from each other along the lateral direction, the bottom panel also defining a sump positioned below the pair of side flanges along the vertical direction; a pair of side panels spaced apart from each other along the lateral direction, the pair of side panels extending between the top and bottom panels along the vertical direction, each side panel of the pair of side panels defining an outer surface and having a return flange spaced apart from the outer surface along the lateral direction, each side flange of the pair of side flanges positioned adjacent a respective return flange of the pair of side panels such that each side flange of the pair of side flanges and the respective return flange of the pair of side panels define a gap along the lateral direction therebetween; a back panel extending between the top and bottom panels along the vertical direction; and a plurality of fasteners, each fastener of the plurality of fasteners extending through the top panel or the bottom panel and a respective return flange of the pair of side panels in order to mount the pair of side panels to the top and bottom panels, wherein an enamel coating disposed on the outer surface of each side panel of the pair of side panels, an outer surface of the bottom panel and an outer surface of the back panel.