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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2012
Bsh Home Appliances Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Matthew Brantley, Maryville, TN (US);
Jason Campbell, Pioneer, TN (US);
Gary Hill, Jacksboro, TN (US);
James O'Neal Taylor, Jacksboro, TN (US);
BSH Home Appliances Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A home appliance and method including an appliance body having an oven access opening; an oven door for selectively covering the oven access opening; and a window in the oven door for viewing the oven contents, the window having a treated window portion for obscuring the view of the oven contents behind the treated window portion, the treated window portion being fabricated using a window treatment apparatus for supporting a window for treatment, the window treatment apparatus including a support stand defining a window support area, a blocking element mounted to the window stand for movement into and out of a covering relation with the window support area, the blocking element having a window cover plate having a window cover area smaller in area than the window support area, with the difference in the area of the window support area and the window cover area defining a window treatment area.