Full-view oven doors having locking mechanisms

Abstract

An oven door including a frame including a shroud and a pair of side rails for holding in place a glass pane; a hinge for securing the frame to an oven; and a mechanism for holding the oven door in a closed position relative to the oven, in which the glass pane provides a full view of the interior contents of the oven when the oven door is in the closed position.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An oven door comprising:
 one or more glass panes;   a frame including a shroud and a pair of side rails for holding in place the one or more glass panes;   a pair of hinges for securing the frame to an oven; and   a mechanism for holding the oven door in a closed position relative to the oven, wherein the one or more glass panes provide a full view of the interior contents of the oven when the oven door is in the closed position.   
     
     
         2 . The oven door of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more glass panes comprises a plurality of glass panes, and the oven door further comprises a plurality of spacer bars for receiving and spacing the plurality of glass panes. 
     
     
         3 . The oven door of  claim 1 , wherein the shroud is configured to engage an oven electronic device. 
     
     
         4 . The oven door of  claim 3 , wherein the oven electronic device is a light switch. 
     
     
         5 . The oven door of  claim 1 , wherein the shroud comprises at least one or more vent openings, the at least one or more vent openings providing fluid communication between ambient room air and spaces between the at least one or more glass panes. 
     
     
         6 . The oven door of  claim 2 , wherein the glass pane comprises:
 an outer glass pane;   an inner glass pane;   a third glass pane adjacent an interior of the oven; and   a fourth glass pane, wherein the third and fourth glass panes are positionable between said outer and inner glass panes.   
     
     
         7 . The oven door of  claim 6 , wherein the inner glass pane is a low-emissive glass pane. 
     
     
         8 . The oven door of  claim 6 , wherein the outer glass pane is a non-reflective decorative glass pane. 
     
     
         9 . The oven door of  claim 6 , wherein the third and fourth glass panes are low-emissive glass panes. 
     
     
         10 . The oven door of  claim 6 , wherein said inner glass pane has a first inner surface that is substantially planar to a second inner surface of said frame. 
     
     
         11 . The oven door of  claim 1 , wherein said pair of hinges are spring arm hinges or cam-arm hinges. 
     
     
         12 . The oven door of  claim 6 , wherein each one of said pair of side rails comprises:
 an inner u-shaped channel;   an outer u-shaped channel including a slot positioned and configured to receive a first one of said pair of hinges;   an L-shaped channel; and   a bottom bar.   
     
     
         13 . The oven door of  claim 12 , further comprising an adhesive tape for connecting the inner U-shaped channel, and the at least one of said plurality of spacer bars to the outer glass pane. 
     
     
         14 . The oven door of  claim 13 , wherein the adhesive tape connects the handle to the outer glass pane. 
     
     
         15 . The oven door of  claim 13 , wherein the adhesive tape is a double coated acrylic foam tape. 
     
     
         16 . The oven door of  claim 1 , further comprising a high temperature seal for sealing the oven door to the oven. 
     
     
         17 . A door for an oven, comprising:
 an outer glass pane adjacent an exterior of the oven;   an inner glass pane adjacent an interior of the oven;   a high temperature seal on the inner glass pane for sealing the oven door to the oven;   a third glass pane;   a fourth glass pane, the third glass pane being between the inner glass pane and the fourth glass pane, the fourth glass pane being between the outer glass pane and the third glass pane;   a frame including a shroud and a pair of side rails for holding the outer, inner, third, and fourth glass panes;   a plurality of spacer bars providing a space between the inner glass pane and the third glass pane, between the third and fourth glass panes, and between the fourth glass pane and the outer glass pane; and   one more vent openings defined in the shroud to provide fluid communication between ambient room air and the spaces.   
     
     
         18 . The oven door as in  claim 17 , wherein the inner glass pane, the third glass pane, and the fourth glass pane each comprising low-emissive glass, and the outer glass pane comprising non-reflective decorative glass. 
     
     
         19 . The oven door as in  claim 17 , wherein said inner glass pane and said exterior glass pane have a light transmission of approximately 78% to 85%. 
     
     
         20 . The oven door of  claim 17 , wherein the spaces and one or more vents are sufficient to ensure that a temperature of the exterior glass pane does not exceed 115 degrees Celsius during a self-cleaning cycle of the oven.