Patent ID: 8876228
Filing Date: 2014-11-04
Classification: A47L,F25D

Abstract:
1. A door for a household appliance, the door comprising: a.) a door body having an appliance-side plate; b.) an outer-side decorative panel, the outer-side decorative panel being spaced from the appliance-side plate by a gap such that the appliance-side plate is further toward the rear portion of the door than both the outer-side decorative panel and the gap with the gap intermediate the outer-side decorative panel and the appliance-side plate; c.) a profiled cover, the profiled cover extending at least between a portion of a side of the appliance-side plate to a portion of a side of the outer-side decorative panel such that the profiled cover closes off a side edge extent of the gap delimited between the side portion of the appliance-side plate and the side portion of the outer-side decorative panel, wherein the profiled cover includes a spring penetrating into the gap inward of an outer periphery of the outer-side decorative panel and inward of an outer periphery of the appliance-side plate; and d.) a rigid element extending from the appliance-side plate across the gap toward the outer-side decorative panel and having a portion at a spacing from the outer-side decorative panel such that a groove is delimited between the outer-side decorative panel and the portion of the rigid element with the groove receiving therein the spring of the profiled cover.