Maytag Corporation

Whirlpool Corporation

Steven M Haring

Norman B Davis

Chad Jonathan Rotter

Barry E Tuller

Lawrence J Ertz

Jon J Freesmeier

Kerry O Austin

Steven M Swayne

Perry A Bennett

Thu-Ha Duncan

Jeffrey K McLeod

Norman T McGuffey

Dean I Griffey

Donnie L Keith

Gary E Keller

Jason Lewallen

A kitchen appliance includes a door having an outer panel portion and an inner panel portion, with a plurality of mounting members being spaced about the outer panel portion of the door. A glass panel assembly, including a glass panel and a plurality of mounting elements, is detachably mounted to the door through the interengagement of the plurality of mounting elements with the plurality of mounting members. The mounting elements are adhesively secured to the glass panel. Neither the plurality of mounting members nor the plurality of mounting elements are readily visible normally when viewing the kitchen appliance such that the glass panel appears to float relative to the door.

Kitchen appliance having floating glass panel

Convection cover for cooking appliance

A cooking appliance includes an exhaust system that substantially eliminates potential smoke generating byproducts carried by oven gases. The cooking appliance includes an oven cavity having a top wall including a recessed portion within which is mounted a broil element. A plurality of openings are formed in the recessed portion that allow exhaust gases to pass into a smoke elimination chamber. Heat generated by the broil element and in the smoke elimination chamber removes substantially all combustion byproducts contained in the exhaust gases. To further remove combustion byproducts, the exhaust gases are passed through a ceramic catalyst prior to being directed into a vent duct. From the vent duct, the exhaust gasses are directed past a blower into an exhaust duct that, ultimately, guides the exhaust gases from the appliance.

Smokeless vent system for a cooking appliance

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Ooltewah, TN, United States of America

Steven M Haring