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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 1976
Filed:
Sep. 16, 1974
William F Gourdeau, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Ronald E Hahn, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A door construction arranged to permit interchangeable disposition of a selected panel face of any one of a plurality of different panels having different appearances. The door construction may include a fire wall panel forwardly of electrical control wiring therein and an interchangeable decorative panel assembly may be removably installed forwardly of the fire wall panel. The decorative panel assembly has a thickness similar to that of conventional wood paneling, thus permitting substitution of wood paneling in the door construction as desired. The door construction is arranged to permit facilitated changing of the exposed panel face at any time. The fire wall panel is electrically conductive and grounded and the decorative panel assembly is spaced forwardly of the fire wall panel. A control console at the top of the door construction is recessed to receive an upper edge portion of the decorative panel assembly for facilitated installation and removal.