Laundry treating appliance door assembly comprising a plastic fishbowl
A laundry treating appliance door assembly comprises a plastic fishbowl. Typically, laundry treating appliances, such as dryers, have door assemblies comprising glass fishbowls. Utilizing plastic enables a fishbowl to have a sharper radius of curvature than that of a glass fishbowl due to manufacturing constraints of glass. A shaper radius of curvature allows for greater capacity in the treating chamber in a laundry treating appliance.
1. A fishbowl for a door assembly of a laundry treating appliance, the fishbowl comprising:
a peripheral wall defining at least a partial annulus with a central axis; and
an inner wall located within the peripheral wall to close the at least a partial annulus, and defining a surface that intersects with the peripheral wall, with the surface having a vertical portion and an angled portion;
wherein at least one of the vertical portion or the angled portion is planar.
2. The fishbowl of claim 1 wherein the intersection of the peripheral wall and the inner wall define a radius having a radius of curvature of less than 200 mm.
3. The fishbowl of claim 1 wherein the peripheral wall defines a complete annulus bounding an interior.
4. The fishbowl of claim 1 wherein the angled portion of the inner wall defines an included angle relative to the central axis that is greater than 30 degrees.
5. The fishbowl of claim 4 wherein the included angle is greater than 45 degrees.
6. The fishbowl of claim 5 wherein the included angle is greater than 55 degrees.
7. The fishbowl of claim 1 wherein the peripheral wall has a dual-wall structure comprising first and second walls.
8. The fishbowl of claim 7 wherein the first and second walls intersect to define a junction forming an apex of the peripheral wall.
9. The fishbowl of claim 1 wherein the fishbowl is plastic.
10. The fishbowl of claim 1 wherein the fishbowl is at least one of transparent or translucent.
11. A door assembly for a laundry treating appliance comprising:
a frame defining an opening; and
a plastic fishbowl closing the opening and comprising:
a peripheral wall defining at least a partial annulus with a central axis, and
an inner wall located within the peripheral wall to close the at least a partial annulus and defining a surface that intersects with the peripheral wall, with the surface having a vertical portion and an angled portion;
wherein the intersection of the peripheral wall and the inner wall define a radius having a radius of curvature of less than 200 mm; and wherein at least one of the vertical portion or the angled portion is planar.
12. The door assembly of claim 11 wherein the peripheral wall defines a complete annulus bounding an interior.
13. The door assembly of claim 12 wherein the angled portion of the inner wall defines an included angle relative to the central axis that is greater than 30 degrees.
14. The door assembly of claim 13 wherein the included angle is greater than 42 degrees.
15. The door assembly of claim 11 wherein the peripheral wall has a dual-wall structure comprising first and second walls.
16. The door assembly of claim 15 wherein the first and second walls intersect to define a junction forming an apex of the peripheral wall.
17. The door assembly of claim 16 wherein the first and second walls form a V-shaped cross section.
18. The door assembly of claim 11 wherein the plastic fishbowl is at least one of transparent or translucent.