Patent ID: 8490616
Filing Date: 2013-07-23
Classification: F24C

Abstract:
1. An oven door for providing access to an oven cavity comprising: a frame including opposing vertical elements connected by a bottom element and an upper hollow element, with the upper hollow element having an upper portion and a lower portion, the upper portion of the upper hollow element being defined by a front edge member which is connected to but spaced from a rear section, the lower portion of the upper hollow element including a rear wall surface connected to the upper portion and spaced from the front edge member so as to define a hollow space within which fingers of a user can be inserted in order to engage the front edge member such that the front edge member establishes a handle for the oven door, the rear section of the upper portion including a plurality of apertures which are open to the hollow space and extend through the rear section to enable fluid communication with a ventilation system for cooling about an oven cavity; an external glass plate fixed to a front face of the frame, wherein the lower portion of the upper hollow element is provided with a plurality of comb-shaped elements, at least some of which are engaged by the external glass plate; and an internal glass plate fixed to a rear face of the frame, wherein the rear section of the upper hollow element projects rearward of the internal glass plate.