Patent ID: 9618211
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: E05D,E05Y,F24C

Claim:
1. A cooking oven, comprising: a housing defining an internal cooking cavity with an opening for enabling food items to be moved into and out of the cooking cavity; a door assembly including an inner panel framing an inner glass pane, an outer panel framing an outer glass pane that is spaced apart from the inner glass pane; a pivot arrangement that pivotably mounts the door assembly to the housing for permitting movement of the door assembly about a vertical pivot axis between a closed position and an open position relative to the cooking cavity, the pivot arrangement including at least one pivot part located on the door assembly and at least one pivot part located on the housing; wherein the pivot part of the door assembly is separable from the pivot part of the housing via vertically upward movement of the door assembly and upon separation of the pivot part of the door assembly from the pivot part of the housing the door becomes completely removed from the housing to enable the door assembly to be taken to a washing station for cleaning; wherein the door assembly includes a plurality of openings that permit fluid to enter a space between both the inner panel and the outer panel and the inner glass pane and the outer glass pane during cleaning of the door assembly such that the fluid can contact an inner surface of the inner glass pane and an inner surface of the outer glass pane for cleaning; wherein the door assembly includes an inner skin an outer skin; the inner skin comprises the inner panel and at least one flange, the flange having multiple openings therein; the outer skin comprises the outer panel and at least one flange, the flange of the outer skin having multiple openings therein; wherein the inner skin is assembled with the outer skin such that the flange of the inner skin overlaps with the flange of the outer skin, with the openings of the respective flanges aligned to provide fluid access to the space between both the inner panel and the outer panel and the inner glass pane and the outer glass pane; wherein the door assembly further includes a frame component extending along top, bottom and side portions of the door assembly, the frame component including a frame segment with a plurality of openings therein that align with the aligned openings of the respective flanges of the inner skin and the outer skin.