GLASS PANEL REFRIGERATOR DOOR

• US 3,673,735 A
• Filed: 12/31/1969
• Issued: 07/04/1972
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/1969
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Frederic A. Richter, Robert J. Winsler
• Original Assignee: Frederic A. Richter, Robert J. Winsler
• Inventors: Winsler, Robert J., Richter, Frederic A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Downey, Kenneth
• Application Number:
  US04/889,560
• Time in Patent Office: 916 Days
• Field of Search: 49/501,504,371,70,386,401,400,418,487 52/501
• US Class Current: 49/70
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 3/043 Doors, covers A47F3/0434 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 3/60 of clamping cleats of metal
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 7/12 Measures preventing the formation of condensed water double glazing E06B3/24 - E06B3/28 and E06B3/677 ; heating arrangements specially adapted for transparent or reflecting areas H05B3/84
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 21/04 Preventing the formation of frost or condensate

Abstract

A glass panel refrigerator door having a glass molding secured by screws to a flange on the door frame, a magnetic gasket mounted on the glass molding, and a gasket molding retaining the gasket on the glass molding and screwed to the glass molding while also clamping the glass molding under another flange on the door frame.

Claims

1. In a refrigerator door, the combination comprising a door frame, a transparent panel mounted in said frame, said frame comprising a plurality of rectangularly related frame members, each of said frame members being generally channel-shaped and having a front wall with inner and outer side walls projecting rearwardly from said front wall, each frame member having an open rear side, said frame members having panel supporting flanges projecting inwardly beyond said inner side walls and adjacent said front walls, said transparent panel being mounted against said panel supporting flanges, said inner side wall of each frame member having a first rear flange projecting from the rear portion thereof toward said outer side wall, said outer side wall of each frame member having a second rear flange projecting from the rear portion thereof toward said inner side wall, a plurality of rectangularly related panel molding strips mounted on said frame members and retaining said transparent panel in said frame and against said panel supporting flanges, said panel molding strips being mounted directly against said first rear flanges, a plurality of first remoVable fasteners for securing said panel molding strips to said first rear flanges, a gasket mounted against said panel molding strips, a plurality of gasket molding strips for clamping said gasket against said panel molding strips, each of said gasket molding strips having an inner edge portion engaging said gasket and an outer edge portion engaging the rear side of said second rear flange, each of said panel molding strips having an outwardly extending portion engaging the front side of said second rear flange to close the open rear side of the frame member, and a plurality of second removable fasteners for securing each gasket molding strip to said outwardly extending portion of the corresponding panel molding strip.

2. A combination according to claim 1, in which each panel molding strip comprises a lip for retaining said gasket thereon, said gasket having an inner edge portion retained under said lip.

3. A combination according to claim 1, in which said first fasteners comprise screws extending through openings in said panel molding strips and tapped into said first rear flanges.

4. A combination according to claim 1, in which said second fasteners comprise screws extending through openings in said gasket molding strips and tapped into said panel molding strips.

5. A combination according to claim 1, including electrical heating cables mounted within said channel shaped frame members adjacent said front walls thereof, said heating cables being accessible by removing said gasket molding strips and said panel molding strips.

6. In a refrigerator door, the combination comprising a door frame, a transparent panel mounted in said frame, said frame comprising a plurality of rectangularly related frame members, each of said frame members being generally channel-shaped and having a front wall with inner and outer side walls projecting rearwardly from said front wall, each frame member having an open rear side, said frame members having panel supporting flanges projecting inwardly beyond said inner side walls and adjacent said front walls, said transparent panel being mounted against said panel supporting flanges, a plurality of rectangularly related panel molding strips mounted on said frame members and retaining said transparent panel in said frame and against said panel supporting flanges, said panel molding strips being mounted directly against said inner side walls, a plurality of first removable fasteners for securing said panel molding strips to said inner side walls, said panel molding strips having outer portions closing the open rear sides of said frame members, a gasket mounted against said panel molding strips, a plurality of gasket molding strips for clamping said gasket against said panel molding strips, and a plurality of second removable fasteners for securing said gasket molding strips to said outer portions of said panel molding strips.

7. A combination according to claim 6, in which said first removable fasteners comprise screws tapped into said inner side walls.

8. A combination according to claim 6, in which said second removable fasteners comprise screws tapped into said panel molding strips.

9. A combination according to claim 6, in which each of said outer side walls is formed with a rear flange projecting toward the corresponding inner side wall, said panel molding strips and said gasket molding strips being engaged with opposite sides of said rear flanges.

10. A combination according to claim 9, in which said gasket molding strips and said rear flanges are formed with interengageable shoulders for locating said gasket molding strips.

11. A combination according to claim 6, in which said gasket molding strips and said panel molding strips are formed with interengageable shoulders for locating said gasket molding strips.

12. A combination according to claim 6, iN which said panel molding strips and said inner side walls are formed with interengageable shoulders for locating said panel molding strips.

13. A combination according to claim 6, in which said inner side walls are formed with outwardly projecting rear flanges for supporting said panel molding strips, said first removable fasteners comprising screws tapped into said outwardly projecting rear flanges.