Cover for an inspection glass of a washer and/or dryer door, washer and/or dryer door comprising a cover for an inspection glass, and washer and/or dryer comprising a door that has a cover for an inspection glass
View Patent ↗A door of a washer and/or a dryer, the door including a frame to hinge the door to a machine housing of the washer and/or dryer, an inspection glass, and a cover for the inspection glass, wherein the cover has two essentially opposite main sides and an outer circumferential zone. Smooth conical surfaces of the cover and of the frame are in contact with one another to hold the cover in the frame, and the circumferential zone tapers in an area of a contact surface towards the frame.
1. A door of at least one of a washer and a dryer, the door comprising:
a frame to hinge the door to a machine housing of the at least one of the washer and the dryer, the frame having a mounting ring and a diaphragm ring;
an inspection glass; and
a cover for the inspection glass, the cover having two opposing main sides and an outer circumferential zone;
wherein smooth conical surfaces of the cover and of the frame are in contact with one another to hold the cover in the frame;
wherein the outer circumferential zone is chamfered along a contact surface towards the frame; and
wherein the cover, diaphragm ring and inspection glass are in mutual contact at a common point.
2. The door of claim 1 , wherein an angle of less than 90° is formed between a plane of one of the two main sides of the cover and the outer circumferential zone of the cover.
3. The door of claim 2 , wherein the outer circumferential zone projects outwardly with respect to at least one of the two main sides.
4. The door of claim 2 , wherein the two main sides are one of circular and rectangular.
5. The door of claim 1 , wherein the cover is made of one of silicate glass and plastic.
6. The door of claim 5 , wherein the cover is one of clear, tinted and opaque.
7. The door of claim 1 , wherein the inspection glass is mounted between the diaphragm ring and the mounting ring.
8. The door of claim 7 , wherein the inspection glass includes a pot-shaped depression having a flange-shaped edge, and wherein the cover abuts the diaphragm ring and the inspection glass, and wherein the inspection glass is held with the flange-shaped edge extending between the mounting ring on one side of the flange-shaped edge, and the diaphragm ring and the cover on an opposing side of the flange-shaped edge, and wherein removal of the cover exposes a first portion of the flange-shaped edge for cleaning access, with the inspection glass remaining in place with a second portion of the flange-shaped edge being held between the mounting ring and the diaphragm ring.
9. An appliance, comprising:
a machine housing; and
a door, the door comprising:
a frame to hinge the door to the machine housing, the frame having a mounting ring and a diaphragm ring;
an inspection glass; and
a cover for the inspection glass, the cover having two opposing main sides and an outer circumferential zone;
wherein smooth conical surfaces of the cover and of the frame are in contact with one another in order to hold the cover in the frame;
wherein the outer circumferential zone is chamfered along a contact surface towards the frame;
wherein the cover, diaphragm ring and inspection glass are in mutual contact at a common point; and
wherein the appliance is at least one of a washer and a dryer.