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Patent No.:

US 7320186 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2008

Filed:

Sep. 02, 2005
Applicant:

Oliver Schöne, New Bern, NC (US);

Inventor:

Oliver Schöne, New Bern, NC (US);

Assignee:

BSH Home Appliances Corporation, Huntington Beach, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F26B 11/02 (2006.01); D06F 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A door for a household appliance comprising a door body having a cylindrical portal with a ridge extending radially inwardly from an end of the portal. The door body includes multiple receptacles disposed adjacent the portal and spaced around the portal. A rear glass piece is at least partially disposed within the portal and includes a flange extending around an outer edge of the rear glass. A view guide is at least partially disposed within the portal and includes a cylindrical portion having a lead edge and multiple hooks extending back from the lead edge with a barb disposed near an end of each hook. The hooks engage corresponding receptacles to connect the view guide to the door body and retain the rear glass within the door body. The flange of the rear glass is disposed between the ridge and the lead edge.


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