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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 10, 1995
James Aaron White, Louisville, KY (US);
General Electric Company, Louisville, KY (US);
Abstract
A range has a housing with a cook top, including a plurality of surface cooking units and a backsplash assembly extending upward at the rear of the cooking top. The backsplash assembly includes end caps, with generally vertical front and rear walls extending therebetween and a top wall extending between the front and rear walls to define a control cavity. A display plate of light transparent material overlies the front wall and has an upper portion extending above the top wall. A lamp cover extends between the end caps and projects forward from the rear wall and overlaps the display plate to form a lamp cavity separate from the control cavity. A lamp is mounted in the lamp cavity and the upper portion of the display plate transmits light from the lamp outwardly to illuminate the surface cooking units. The top edge of the display plate is exposed to light from the lamp for edgewise illumination of the plate. The lamp cover is removable for servicing the lamp without exposing any controls in the control cavity.