Patent ID: 8578925
Filing Date: 2013-11-12
Classification: F24C

Abstract:
1. An oven door assembly for selectively providing access to an oven cavity comprising: a main frame portion having top, bottom and opposing side members that collectively define an inner central opening; a glass panel secured to the main frame portion across the inner central opening; an overlay member including top, bottom and opposing side sections that collectively define an outer central opening, said overlay member being attached to the glass panel with a majority of the inner central opening being exposed through the outer central opening; and a plurality of elements extending between the overlay member and the glass panel at spaced locations, said plurality of elements establishing a plurality of airflow passages between the glass panel and the overlay member, wherein air passing through the plurality of air passages minimizes heat transferred from the oven cavity to the overlay member, wherein the plurality elements include at least two strips and each of the at least two strips extends laterally across both the overlay member and the glass panel a distance substantially greater than a distance each of the at least two strips extends from the bottom section to the top section of the overlay member, and the plurality elements further include at least two additional strips and each of the at least two additional strips extends from the top section to the bottom section of the overlay member a distance substantially greater than a distance each of the at least two additional strips extends between the opposing side sections of the overlay member.