Patent ID: 8616030
Filing Date: 2013-12-31
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
1. A porthole door for a front-loading laundry appliance, the porthole door comprising: a door glass curved inward toward an inside of the appliance; a frame including an inner ring and a cover ring; a centering device disposed on the frame and including a plurality of first resilient elements, the first resilient elements configured such that the centering device bears resiliently against a peripheral edge of the door glass so as to provide a radial force acting on the door glass via the peripheral edge at various locations so as to bring the door glass into a substantially centered position within the frame; an observation window covering a curved portion of the door glass; and an additional centering device disposed on the frame and including a plurality of second resilient elements, the second resilient elements configured such that the additional centering device bears resiliently against a peripheral edge of the observation window so as to bring the observation window into a substantially centered position within the frame.