Insulated refrigerator door assembly with substantially all glass front doors
First Claim
1. A refrigerator door assembly comprising a cabinet frame for mounting in an opening of a refrigerator cabinet, an insulated glass door mounted for movement relative to said cabinet frame, said glass door comprising an insulated glass unit having a plurality of glass panes disposed in side-by-side relation and including a forward pane and a pane disposed rearwardly of said forward pane, a spacer interposed between at least some of said panes for maintaining said panes in parallel relation with an air space therebetween, an outer door support frame about the periphery of said glass unit for supporting the weight of said glass unit, said forward glass pane being larger in size than said rearwardly disposed pane and extending outwardly substantially to the outer perimeter of said door, said support frame having at least a portion being disposed rearwardly of said forward glass pane and being without any portion extending in overlapping relation to a front side of said forward glass pane, and masking means on said forward glass pane about the periphery thereof for preventing viewing of said spacer through said forward glass pane from a front side thereof while permitting unobstructed viewing of the interior of the refrigerator cabinet within which said door is mounted.
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Abstract
A multi-pane insulated glass door assembly in which the forward pane of the glass unit extends outwardly a greater distance than the panes rearwardly thereof and is supported by an outer metal frame having a relatively narrow forwardly extending perimeter portion adjacent the peripheral edge of the forward glass pane so as to provide the door with a modernistic, substantially all glass front appearance. In the illustrated embodiment, the outer metal frame has a rear portion extending inwardly behind the forward glass pane and a moulding is interposed between the forwardly extending perimeter portion of the metal frame and the peripheral edge of the forward glass pane to provide a finished appearance. A dark ink is affixed to an inside peripheral face of the forward glass pane for masking the peripheral components of the door assembly from sight through the forward glass pane from the front side thereof.
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13 Claims
- 1. A refrigerator door assembly comprising a cabinet frame for mounting in an opening of a refrigerator cabinet, an insulated glass door mounted for movement relative to said cabinet frame, said glass door comprising an insulated glass unit having a plurality of glass panes disposed in side-by-side relation and including a forward pane and a pane disposed rearwardly of said forward pane, a spacer interposed between at least some of said panes for maintaining said panes in parallel relation with an air space therebetween, an outer door support frame about the periphery of said glass unit for supporting the weight of said glass unit, said forward glass pane being larger in size than said rearwardly disposed pane and extending outwardly substantially to the outer perimeter of said door, said support frame having at least a portion being disposed rearwardly of said forward glass pane and being without any portion extending in overlapping relation to a front side of said forward glass pane, and masking means on said forward glass pane about the periphery thereof for preventing viewing of said spacer through said forward glass pane from a front side thereof while permitting unobstructed viewing of the interior of the refrigerator cabinet within which said door is mounted.
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