Provided is a cooking appliance that includes an oven cavity, at least one heating element for heating the oven cavity, and a door movable between an open position and a closed position for selectively providing access to the oven cavity. The door includes a first glass pane spaced from a second glass pane to define a space therebetween. The cooking appliance further includes a blower configured to move air through the space between the first glass pane and the second glass pane. The door includes a longitudinal axis that is substantially vertical when the door is in the closed position and the first glass pane and the second glass pane each form an acute angle with the longitudinal axis.
1. A cooking appliance comprising:
an oven cavity;
at least one heating element for heating the oven cavity;
a door movable between an open position and a closed position for selectively providing access to the oven cavity, wherein the door comprises a first glass pane spaced from a second glass pane to define a space therebetween; and
a blower configured to move air through the space between the first glass pane and the second glass pane,
the door comprises a longitudinal axis that is substantially vertical when the door is in the closed position and the first glass pane and the second glass pane each form an acute angle with the longitudinal axis.
2. The cooking appliance according to claim 1 , wherein the door further comprises an outer glass pane, further wherein the first glass pane and the second glass pane each form an acute angle with the outer glass pane.
3. The cooking appliance according to claim 2 , wherein the outer glass pane extends substantially across an entire length and width of door.
4. The cooking appliance according to claim 2 , wherein the door further comprises an inner glass pane, further wherein the first glass pane and the second glass pane are provided between the inner glass pane and the outer glass pane and each form an acute angle with the inner glass pane.
5. The cooking appliance according to claim 4 , wherein the outer glass pane and the inner glass pane are substantially parallel with each other.
6. The cooking appliance according to claim 4 , wherein the outer glass pane and the inner glass pane are substantially parallel with the longitudinal axis.
7. The cooking appliance according to claim 1 , wherein the first glass pane and the second glass pane are substantially parallel with each other.
8. The cooking appliance according to claim 7 , wherein the space comprises an upper end portion and a lower end portion and the regulating element is positioned within the upper end portion.
9. The cooking appliance according to claim 7 , wherein the regulating element maintains a spacing between the first glass and the second glass.
10. The cooking appliance according to claim 1 , further comprising a regulating element configured to regulate the air passing through the space, wherein the regulating element is positioned within the space.
11. A cooking appliance comprising:
an oven cavity;
at least one heating element for heating the oven cavity; and
a door movable between an open position and a closed position for selectively providing access to the oven cavity, wherein the door comprises:
a first glass pane,
a second glass pane,
a space defined between the first glass pane and the second glass pane for air to pass through, wherein the space comprises an upper end portion and a lower end portion,
a regulating element configured to regulate air passing through the space, wherein the regulating element is positioned within the upper end portion, wherein the lower end portion is substantially unobstructed, and
wherein the door comprises a longitudinal axis that is substantially vertical when the door is in the closed position and the first glass pane and the second glass pane each form an acute angle with the longitudinal axis.
12. The cooking appliance according to claim 11 , wherein the space is substantially unobstructed between the lower end portion and the regulating element.
13. The cooking appliance according to claim 11 , wherein the regulating element comprises one or more apertures for the air to pass through.
14. The cooking appliance according to claim 11 , wherein the regulating element comprises a first aperture having a first cross-sectional area and a second aperture having a second cross-sectional area that is different than the first cross-sectional area.
15. The cooking appliance according to claim 11 , wherein the regulating element maintains a spacing between the first glass and the second glass.
16. The cooking appliance according to claim 11 , wherein the regulating element extends across an entire width of the first glass pane.
17. The cooking appliance according to claim 11 , wherein the regulating element extends partially across a width of the first glass pane.
18. The cooking appliance according to claim 11 , wherein the door further comprises an outer glass pane and an inner glass pane, further wherein the first glass pane and the second glass pane each form an acute angle with the outer glass pane and the inner glass pane.
19. The cooking appliance according to claim 11 , wherein
the second glass pane forms an acute angle with the first glass pane.