Patent ID: 8661860

Claim:
A glass bowl for a door assembly of a washer, wherein the washer includes a housing having an opening for accessing an interior of the housing, a tub disposed inside the housing, the tub having a rotating drum therein for receiving laundry through the opening, the door assembly having a see-through portion for viewing into the tub, the see-through portion including the glass bowl, the door assembly being pivotably coupled to the housing and movable between an open position for accessing the opening of the housing and a closed position for closing the opening of the housing, the glass bowl comprising: a base portion for securing the glass bowl to the door assembly; and a bowl portion configured to extend into the interior of the housing, wherein the bowl portion includes: a sidewall extending from the base portion toward the interior of the housing; a first bowl face that faces toward the interior of the housing; an inclined second face that is inclined with respect to a plane of the first bowl face; and an indentation formed in an upper surface of the sidewall and extending circumferentially along the upper surface of the sidewall, the indentation including a pair of guides which bound the indentation on each side of the upper surface of the sidewall and that are disposed at an intersection between each side of the indentation and an adjacent surface of the sidewall, wherein a surface of the indentation merges with and extends along an upper portion of the inclined second face between the pair of guides, and wherein the indentation, the pair of guides, and the inclined second face cooperate to guide at least a portion of water or washing fluid flowing downward onto the bowl portion away from the adjacent surface of the sidewall and onto the first bowl face.