DOOR AND METHOD OF CONNECTING COMPONENTS OF A DOOR FOR A COOKING APPLIANCE

Abstract

A door assembly for a cooking appliance includes an inner door assembly disposed adjacent a cooking cavity of the cooking appliance when the door assembly is in a closed position. An outer door assembly is coupled with the inner door assembly. The outer door assembly includes a panel. A skin bonds with the panel via an insulation arrangement disposed between the panel and the skin. The insulation arrangement includes a first adhesive that adheres the skin with a first surface of the insulation arrangement and a second adhesive that adheres the panel with a second surface of the insulation arrangement. A bonding feature extends from the skin to the panel to permanently bond the skin with the panel.

Description

Claims

1. A door for a cooking appliance, comprising: an inner door assembly disposed adjacent a cooking cavity of the cooking appliance when the door is in a closed position; andan outer door assembly coupled with the inner door assembly, the outer door assembly comprising: a panel;a skin bonding with the panel via an insulation arrangement disposed between the panel and the skin, the insulation arrangement including a first adhesive adhering the skin with a first surface of the insulation arrangement and a second adhesive adhering the panel with a second surface of the insulation arrangement; anda bonding feature extending from the skin to the panel to permanently bond the skin with the panel.

2. The door of claim 1, wherein the skin is preliminarily bonded with the panel via the insulation arrangement.

3. The door of claim 1, wherein the insulation arrangement includes an insulation layer having an aluminum backing.

4. The door of claim 3, wherein the first surface is disposed on the insulation layer and the second surface is disposed on the aluminum backing.

5. The door of claim 1, further comprising: a backing plate coupled with the panel; andan insulating substrate disposed between the backing plate and the panel.

6. The door of claim 1, wherein the bonding feature is room-temperature vulcanizing glue.

7. The door of claim 6, wherein first and second adhesives bond the skin with the panel while the bonding feature cures.

8. The door of claim 7, wherein a curing time of the bonding feature is substantially greater than a curing time of the first and second adhesives.

9. The door of claim 1, wherein a first thickness of the bonding feature is at least a second thickness of the insulation arrangement.

10. The door of claim 1, wherein the bonding feature is adjacent at least a portion of an outer edge of the insulation arrangement.

11. An outer door assembly for an oven, comprising: a skin;a panel disposed between a cooking cavity of the oven and the skin; andan insulation arrangement disposed between the panel and the skin, the insulation arrangement including an adhesive disposed on a surface of the insulation arrangement operably coupling the skin with the panel.

12. The outer door assembly of claim 11, wherein the insulation arrangement includes an insulation layer having an aluminum backing.

13. The outer door assembly of claim 12, wherein the adhesive is disposed on the insulation layer and the aluminum backing.

14. The outer door assembly of claim 11, further comprising: a backing plate coupled with the panel; andan insulating substrate disposed between the backing plate and the panel.

15. The outer door assembly of claim 11, further comprising: a bonding feature separate from the adhesive that extends between the skin and the panel for permanently bonding the skin to the panel via a permanent bond formed after a curing time of the bonding feature.

16. The outer door assembly of claim 15, wherein the adhesive bonds the skin with the panel while the bonding feature cures.

17. The outer door assembly of claim 15, wherein the curing time of the bonding feature is substantially greater than a curing time of the first and second adhesives.

18. The outer door assembly of claim 15, wherein a first thickness of the bonding feature is equal to or greater than a second thickness of the insulation arrangement.

19. A method of assembling a door of an oven, comprising: coupling an insulation arrangement with a skin of the door via a first adhesive disposed on a first surface of the insulation arrangement;applying a bonding feature to the skin adjacent the insulation arrangement for forming a permanent bond between the skin and a panel of the door when the pane; engages the bonding feature; andcoupling the insulation arrangement with the panel via a second adhesive disposed on a second surface of the insulation arrangement, opposite the first surface, to bond the skin with the panel while the permanent bond cures.

20. The method of assembling a door of claim 19, wherein a curing time associated with the first and second adhesives is substantially less than the curing time corresponding to the permanent bond.