DOOR FOR SELF CLEAN COOKING APPLIANCE

Abstract

A door for a self-clean cooking appliance, such as an oven, is constructed to maintain a low external surface temperature during high temperature operations within the appliance. The door includes three glass panes in spaced apart relation where the spacing between an outermost glass pane and a central glass pane is greater than the spacing between an innermost glass pane and the central glass pane.

Description

BACKGROUND

1. Field of the Invention

The following description relates generally to a door for a cooking appliance and, more specifically, to a door construction for use in a self-clean cooking appliance.

2. Description of Related Art

During a cooking process, the interior of the appliance, such as an oven, may become soiled in various ways. Residues from cooked food and condensation of vapor components stick to the walls of the cooking cavity, especially towards the bottom. Thus, many cooking appliances include a self-clean feature. For example, in an oven with a self-clean feature, the interior of the oven is subjected to high temperatures. This is known as pyrolytic cleaning. During pyrolytic cleaning, a broil burner or heating element located near the top of the oven cavity and a bake burner or heating element is turned on to raise and hold the temperature within the cavity to the self-clean temperature. This heating process is conducted from about two to four hours. This long-lasting, high-temperature heating subject the soil and residue sticking to the oven cavity to a thermal cracking process. The soil and residue are then converted into decomposition products, such as water, short-chained hydrocarbons, aromatics, and ashes. Gaseous products can be carried out of the oven by a ventilation system during the self-clean operation, and once the self-clean operation has completed, the remaining residue can be easily removed from the cavity in the form of ashes.

Standards agencies, such as Underwriters Laboratories (UL) and Canadian Standards Association (CSA), have regulations in place regarding allowable surface temperatures present on the oven exterior, including the oven door, during high temperature events, such as during a self-clean operation. The outer surface of the door must be kept at a sufficiently low temperature. And, as users prefer lighter and thinner oven doors, it becomes increasingly challenging to keep the doors cool enough to meet such agency specifications.

SUMMARY

The following presents a simplified summary in order to provide a basic understanding of the embodiments described herein. This summary is not an extensive overview nor is it intended to identify key or critical elements. Its sole purpose is to present some concepts in a simplified form as a prelude to the more detailed description that is presented later.

According to one embodiment, a door for a self-clean cooking appliance includes a glass pack comprising a first glass pane and a second glass pane; and a third glass pane positioned in a spaced apart relationship from the glass pack, wherein the third glass pane is a decorative glass pane, wherein at least one of the first glass pane and the second glass pane is a low-emissive glass pane, and wherein a first open space is provided between the second glass pane and the third glass pane and a second open space is provided between the first glass pane and the second glass pane, a thickness of the first open space being greater than a thickness of the second open space.

According to another embodiment, a door for a self-clean cooking appliance includes: an outer door panel; an inner door panel spaced from the outer door panel; a wool shield positioned between the outer door panel and the inner door panel; and no more than three glass panes positioned between the outer door panel and the inner door panel, wherein the three glass panes include an outermost glass pane, a central glass pane, and an innermost glass pane, and wherein a distance between the outermost glass pane and the central glass pane is greater that a distance between the innermost glass pane and the central glass pane.

According to another embodiment, a door for a self-clean oven includes: a decorative glass pane; a glass pack having at least one low-emissive glass pane, the glass pack being spaced from the decorative glass pane; and a wool shield positioned around a periphery of the glass pack, the wool shield being spaced from the decorative glass pane, wherein a bottom portion of wool shield is sloped to facilitate high velocity air flow from a bottom of the door into a space behind the decorative glass pane.

Other features and aspects may be apparent from the following detailed description, the drawings, and the claims.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Throughout the drawings and the detailed description, unless otherwise described, the same drawing reference numerals can be understood to refer to the same elements, features, and structures. The relative size and depiction of these elements may be exaggerated for clarity, illustration, and convenience.

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of an oven in accordance with an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a door for a self-clean oven in accordance with an embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a cutaway view of a top portion of an assembled door for a self-clean oven in accordance with an embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a cutaway view of a bottom portion of an assembled door for a self-clean oven in accordance with an embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of a door for a self-clean oven with a velocity map in accordance with an embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of a door for a self-clean oven with a temperature map in accordance with an embodiment.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Example embodiments are described and illustrated herein. These illustrated examples are not intended to be a limitation on the present embodiments. For example, one or more aspects of the system can be utilized in other embodiments and other types of appliances. Example embodiments of a self-clean door for a cooking appliance will be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings. Such doors used for insulation from high temperatures may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these example embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of a door constructed for use in a self-clean cooking appliance to those of ordinary skill in the art. Like, but not necessarily the same, elements (also sometimes called modules) in the various figures are denoted by like reference numerals for consistency. Terms such as “first,” “second,” “outer,” and “inner” are used merely to distinguish one component (or part of a component or state of a component) from another. Such terms are not intended to denote a preference or a particular orientation.

FIG. 1 shows an illustrative embodiment of a cooking appliance, such as an oven range 10. The oven range 10 can be built-in, wall-mounted or freestanding, although other configurations could also be used. The oven range 10 includes at least a housing 20, a cooking cavity 30 enclosed by the housing 20 with front opening 40, a heating element 50, and a door 60 for closing the housing 20. The cooking appliance can include both an oven range 10 and a cooktop 70. However, alternate embodiments of the cooking appliance can include only an oven range 10, without the cooktop 70, and can be used in a variety of different configurations such as built-in gas ovens, etc. In addition, the oven range 10 may include more than one cooking cavity 30. For example, the oven range 10 may include two oven cavities (a “double-cavity” configuration). A double-cavity configuration may be used in a built-in wall oven range, freestanding range, or other configurations. However, configurations are not limited thereto and more than two oven cavities may be included in other embodiments. For the sake of brevity, however, the embodiment of the cooking appliance shown in FIG. 1 will be used as an example to describe the oven door below.

As shown on FIG. 1, the oven door 60 is used to close the front of the cooking cavity 30 from an outside area external to the oven range 10. The oven door 60 is pivotally mounted to the housing 20, e.g., to a lower frame 80 of the cooking cavity 30. The door 60 can be pivoted around a horizontal pivot point (not shown on FIG. 1) between a horizontal position in which the front opening 40 is open for access by the user of the appliance, and a vertical position in which the front opening 40 is closed by the door 60. Alternatively, the oven door 60 may be mounted to a left side frame or a right side frame of a front panel 90 of the housing 20. In this configuration, the oven door 60 can be tilted around a vertical pivot point adjacent to a side section of the cooking cavity 30.

The door 60 includes a transparent section 65, such as a glass window in order for a user to see into the oven cavity 30 during operation of the oven without opening the door 60. In order to pass agency requirements, oven doors must maintain a sufficiently low exterior temperature during the highest temperature operations of the oven. As noted above, in ovens that include self-clean features, the temperature within the oven cavity can reach up to 850-degrees Fahrenheit. Accordingly, an oven door construction for a self-clean oven must be capable of blocking the extreme heat within the oven cavity 30 from reaching an outer surface of the door 60. Conventionally, this was accomplished by constructing the oven door to include at least three heat reflective glass panes, with at least one of these glass panes acting as an air wash (i.e., having convective air flow on both surfaces of the glass pane), and a decorative glass pane, totaling at least four separate glass components in the door for cooling a door of a certain thickness, for instance 45 mm, to agency standards.

Turning now to FIG. 2, an exploded view of a door assembly 100 that can be used in a self-clean cooking appliance is illustrated. The door assembly 100 comprises an inner assembly 115 and an outer assembly 185. The inner assembly 115 includes an inner door panel 110, also sometimes referred to as a door liner. The inner door panel 110 is the innermost surface of the door assembly 100 facing the cavity of the cooking appliance and can be constructed from an enameled steel or other suitable material. The inner assembly 115 further includes a wood shield 160 coupled to the inner door panel 110. The wool shield 160 is configured to hold insulation 150 in place within the door assembly 100. In addition to the insulation 150, a glass pack 125 is secured between the wool shield 160 and the inner door panel 110.

The insulation 150 is positioned around a periphery of the glass pack 125 so as to substantially frame the glass pack 125 and fill remaining space between the wool shield 160 and the inner door panel 110. The insulation 150 is preferably made from glass wool material. Glass wool is constructed from fibers of glass arranged into a texture similar to wool. This manufacturing process traps small pockets of air between the glass fibers, which results in high thermal insulation properties. Dimensions of the glass wool insulation 150 correspond with dimensions of inner door panel 110 and wool shield 160 such that the glass wool insulates the outer assembly 185 from heat absorbed by the inner door panel 110. Additionally, as will be shown and described in greater detail below, at least one outer portion of the wool shield 160 is sloped or angled in order to direct air flowing from an exterior portion of the door assembly 100 into and through an interior region of the door assembly 110. More specifically, the slope of the outer portion creates an increased space or opening for cool air to enter the door assembly 100. Further, the wool shield 160 has a substantially smooth profile to facilitate smooth airflow over the wool shield 160. Thus, cool air entering a bottom opening of the door assembly 100 can flow past the wool shield 160 and exit from a top opening of the door assembly 100, such as through slots formed in the inner door panel 110. This airflow assists in removing heat from the door assembly 100 and acts an additional insulation layer between the inner door panel 110 and the outer assembly 185.

The glass pack 125 positioned between the inner door panel 110 and the wool shield 160 includes a first glass pane 120, a frame 130, and a second glass pane 140. The frame 130 is positioned between and around outer edges of the first glass pane 120 and the second glass pane 140 in order to maintain the glass panes 120, 140 in a spaced-apart and parallel relationship within the door assembly 100. In the present embodiment, the frame 130 holds the first and second glass panes 120, 140 approximately 8-10 mm apart, as better seen in FIGS. 3 and 4. The first and second glass panes 120, 140 can be made from a soda lime, borosilicate, or ceramic glass and at least one of the first and second glass panes 120, 140 can coated on one or both faces with a substantially transparent, low-emissivity, heat reflective coating. This coating results in the first and/or second glass panes 120, 140 being a low-emissive glass pane. According to one example, both the first and second glass panes 120, 140 each have an emissivity of less than 0.27 and preferably 0.21 or less. Thus, the glass panes 120, 140 can effectively block heat from the oven cavity, which reduces a temperature of the outer assembly 185 and also facilitates greater efficiency within the cavity. According to another example, the first glass pane 120 is coated with the low-emissivity, heat reflective coating and the second glass pane 140 is not coated. Therefore, in this example, only one glass pane—the one closest to the cooking cavity—in the door assembly 100 includes a heat reflective coating.

Turning now to the outer assembly 185 of the door assembly 100, the outer assembly 185 is coupled to the inner assembly 115 in a parallel, spaced-apart relationship. More specifically, the outer assembly 185 includes an outer door panel 190 that can be secured directly to the inner door panel 110 at their respective edges to form an interior region therebetween. The outer door panel 190 can be made of a stainless steel, an enameled steel, or any other suitable material. A handle 200 is secured to a front portion of the outer door panel 190, which allows a user to easily open and close the door assembly 100. The handle 200 can be secured in any desired manner, such as via fasteners. Coupled to a back portion of the outer door panel 190 is a third glass pane, or an outer glass pane, 180. The outer glass pane 180 can be secured to the outer door panel 190 via any suitable manner, such as with an adhesive suitable to withstand high oven temperatures. The outer glass pane 180 is a decorative glass pane that can be coated with a non-reflective coating over at least a portion of its outer face, the side intended to face the user. For example, the outer face of the outer glass pane 180 can be tinted to facilitate the direction of thermal energy back into the oven cavity and away from an exterior surface of the door assembly 100. This minimizes heat loss inside the cooking cavity and also reduces the temperature of the outer face of the outer glass pane 180. Alternatively, or in addition, reflective insulation paint can be applied to an inner face of the outer glass pane 180.

The oven door assembly 100 is thus constructed with no more than three glass panes: a decorative outer glass pane 180 and two low-emissive, or heat reflective, glass panes 120, 140; or a decorative outer glass pane 180, a low-emissive, or heat reflective, glass pane 120 and a plain, uncoated glass pane 140. The decorative glass pane 180 is the outermost glass pane with respect to the cooking cavity; the heat reflective glass pane 120 is the innermost glass pane; and the central glass pane 140 can be either a heat reflective glass pane or an uncoated glass pane. Traditional oven door designs for self-clean ovens require at least two glass panes, typically three, each of which have a heat reflective coating and/or at least one air wash glass pane in addition to an outermost, decorative glass pane—at least four glass panes in total. Thus, due to having fewer components, i.e., no fourth glass pane or any hardware required to hold a fourth glass pane in place, the door assembly of FIG. 2 results in a lighter oven door design with significant cost savings and reduced assembly time.

Turning now to FIGS. 3 and 4, cutaway sectional views of the self-clean oven door assembly are illustrated. In FIG. 3, an upper section of the door assembly 100 is depicted in an assembled state; and in FIG. 4, a lower section of the door assembly 100 is depicted in an assembled state. As shown, the glass pack 125 is sandwiched between the wool shield 160 and the inner door panel 110. The wool shield 160 includes: an outer periphery portion 210 coupled to a corresponding outer periphery portion 220 of the inner door panel 110; and an inner periphery portion 230 coupled to a first flange 240 of frame 130. A second flange 250 of the frame 130 is coupled to an inner periphery portion 260 of the inner door panel 110. Between first and second flanges 240, 250, the frame 130 includes a U-shaped central portion 270 that maintains the first and second glass panes 120, 140 at a predetermined distance D1. D1 is determined by the thickness of the U-shaped central portion 270 and is less than 10 mm and preferably about 8 mm. Minimizing the distance D1 between the first and second glass panes 120, 140 allows for a thinner oven door design. The second glass pane 140 is retained between the inner periphery portion 230 of the wool shield 160 and the first flange 240 and central portion 270 of the frame 130. The first glass pane 120 is secured between an inner periphery 260 of the inner door panel 110 and the second flange 260 and the central portion 270 of the frame 130. Thus, the inner door panel 110, frame 130, and wool shield 160 are coupled together to maintain the first and second glass panes 120, 140 in a parallel, spaced-apart relation. Moreover, there is no significant air flow between the first and second glass panes 120, 140. When assembled, the frame 130 surrounds the entire periphery of the first and second glass panes 120, 140 and does not include any vents or openings, which creates an open space that is sealed, or airtight, between the first and second glass panes 120, 140. Thus, the first glass pane 120 provides a barrier that protects the second glass pane 140 from moving hot air in the cooking cavity.

Airflow is, however, desired between the third or outer glass pane 180 and the second glass pane 140. As shown in FIG. 4, one or more openings 280 are provided at a bottom portion of the door assembly 100. The openings 280 allow cool ambient air from outside the door assembly 100 to enter an open space between the outer glass pane 180 and the glass pack 125. The wool shield 160 includes a sloped or angled surface 290 at its lower edge portion in order to facilitate guidance of the cool air into this space behind the outer glass pane 180 and to provide a large space or opening for the entry of cool air. Moreover, the thin profile and smooth outer surface 300 of the wool shield 160 further facilitates increased air flow. In order to provide as much cool airflow as possible, distance D2 between the outer glass pane 130 and the glass pack 125 is significantly increased as compared to conventional self-clean oven door designs. For example, D2 can be at least 15 mm and preferably more than 20 mm, or about 22 mm. Thus, D2 can be at least twice D1. Because the example embodiment mitigates the need for an additional glass pane between the decorative outer glass pane 180 and the glass pack 125, the open space behind the decorative, outer glass pane 180 can be significantly increased while maintaining a thin oven door design, the oven door having an overall thickness of about 40-45 mm. For example, in conventional self-clean oven door designs, the space between the decorative pane and an adjacent glass pane is about 4 mm; whereas in the present embodiment, the space between decorative glass pane 130 and adjacent, second glass pane 160 is greater than 15 mm and preferably, up to 22 mm. Thus, the spacing between decorative glass pane 180 and adjacent, second glass pane 140 is greater than the spacing between second glass pane 140 and adjacent, first glass pane 120. Preferably, the spacing between the second and third glass panes 140, 180 is about one and one-half to three times the distance between the first and second glass panes 120, 140, where there are no intervening glass panes or other structures between the second and third glass panes 140, 180 or between the first and second glass panes 120, 140.

As shown in FIG. 3, a top or outer periphery portion of the outer door panel 190 can include a plurality of vents or openings 300 provided therethrough. If cool air is provided over a top portion of the door assembly 100, the cool air could enter the space behind the outer glass 180 similar to bottom openings 280. However, if the design of the oven is such that heated exhaust air exits the oven by flowing past the top portion of the door assembly 100, the vents 300 can be blocked or not present at all. As shown in FIG. 5, the inner door panel 110 may include one or more openings 310 through which air within the door assembly 100 exhausts into an inlet of an oven cooling fan. If vents, such as vents 300 shown in FIG. 3, are provided through a top of the door assembly 100, an eddy effect can be created within a top inner portion of the door assembly 100. This eddy effect acts to pull heated exhaust air further into the door assembly 100. Accordingly, blocking the vents 300 or not providing vents at all, as shown in FIG. 5, can mitigate heated exhaust air flowing into the door assembly 100.

FIG. 5 illustrates a velocity map showing air flow through and around a self-clean oven door in accordance with the example embodiment. The door assembly 100 is shown in cross section with the front of the door 100 facing to the right. Zone 320, to the right of the outer glass pane 180, includes cool, ambient airflow from the environment outside the oven. Zone 330, to the left of the first glass pane 120, is the cooking cavity and includes heated airflow circulating therein. Circulation is generally accomplished through use of a convection fan (not shown) positioned at a rear portion of the cooking cavity. The arrows shown are for example purposes only. Movement of the airflow within the oven can vary depending upon the number, speed, and/or location of fans within the oven, etc. The first glass pane 120 blocks the convection airflow in zone 330 from entering space within the door assembly 100. Additionally, as discussed above, this first glass pane 120 is coated with a heat reflective coating to facilitate the reflection of heated airflow back into the cooking cavity and to minimize absorption of the heat in the first glass pane 120. Due to solid frame 130, which extends around a periphery of the first and second glass panes 120, 140 to seal the space therebetween, there is minimal to no airflow within zone 340. The second glass pane 140 can be coated with a heat reflective coating or uncoated.

The cool, ambient air from outside of the oven, or zone 320, flows through openings 280 at a bottom of the door assembly 100 to enter zone 350, which is an open space between the glass pack 125 and the outer, or decorative, glass pane 180. Aside from airflow, zone 350 is substantially empty, that is, it is free from any glass pane or other structure that could restrict, hinder, or otherwise slow the flow of air therethrough. Thus, a velocity of air flow through zone 350 is high. This high velocity is further aided by the smooth configuration of the wool shield 160, over which air flows when entering zone 350. In some conventional door assemblies, this space or distance between the decorative glass and the glass pack is small, i.e., less than 4-10 mm, and thus, leads to significantly lower velocity, and thus, less airflow behind the decorative glass 180. In other conventional door assemblies, an additional coated or uncoated glass pane is provided between the glass pack and the decorative glass pane. The presence of this additional, or fourth, glass pane restricts air flow between the glass pack and the decorative glass pane as air has to flow around the additional structure. Accordingly, air flow is slower and is thus, less efficient at cooling the decorative glass pane 180.

Heated exhaust air can exit the door assembly in various ways. In the present example, a portion of exhaust air enters into an inlet of an oven cooling system, while another portion is drawn into a main oven exhaust, which leaves the oven along with the main exhaust at 360. As shown, the oven exhaust 360 flows over a top portion of the door assembly 100 to exit the oven into the cool, ambient zone 320. Thus, in the present embodiment, the door assembly 100 is free from (i.e., does not include) top vents or openings 300. By not having any vents or openings in a top surface of the door assembly, hot air is prevented from entering the door and the eddy effect present in conventional door assemblies is eliminated.

FIG. 6 illustrates a temperature map of the example embodiment. During the self-clean process, a first temperature inside the oven, in zone 330, will be high. Due to the construction of the door assembly 100 as described herein, the glass pack 125, or first and second glass panes 120, 140, block the heat from the cooking cavity and partially due to the low emissive coating(s), a second temperature in zone 340, between the first and second glass panes 120, 140 is lower, or cooler, than the first temperature. And due to the spacing between the glass pack 125 and the outer assembly 185 and the resulting velocity of cool air flowing therethrough, zone 350 located between the second glass pane 140 and the decorative glass pane 180 includes a third temperature that is cooler than the second temperature. Thus, the outer or decorative glass pane 180 and the outer door panel 190 remain sufficiently cool and well within the required agency temperature standards.

The example embodiments described herein facilitate a reduced number of glass panes, including heat-reflective glass panes, and increased spacing behind the decorative glass pane, while maintaining a thin oven door construction, thereby improving or at least maintaining the temperature-insulation features as compared to conventional self-clean oven door designs. Reducing the number of glass panes present in the door assembly reduces both the component cost and the weight of the oven door design. Moreover, an overall oven door thickness of about 40-45 mm, preferably about 42 mm, can be maintained while increasing the open airflow space behind the outer, decorative glass pane to be about 20-24 mm, preferably about 22 mm, which is approximately half of the thickness of the overall oven door assembly.

Although embodiments described herein are made with reference to example embodiments, it should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that various modifications are well within the scope and spirit of this disclosure. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the example embodiments described herein are not limited to any specifically discussed application and that the embodiments described herein are illustrative and not restrictive. From the description of the example embodiments, equivalents of the elements shown therein will suggest themselves to those skilled in the art, and ways of constructing other embodiments using the present disclosure will suggest themselves to practitioners of the art. Therefore, the scope of the example embodiments is not limited herein. The disclosure is intended to include all such modifications and alterations disclosed herein or ascertainable herefrom by persons of ordinary skill in the art without undue experimentation.

Claims

1. A door for a self-clean cooking appliance comprising:

a glass pack comprising a first glass pane and a second glass pane; and

a third glass pane positioned in a spaced apart relationship from the glass pack,

wherein the third glass pane is a decorative glass pane,

wherein at least one of the first glass pane and the second glass pane is a low-emissive glass pane, and

wherein a first open space is provided between the second glass pane and the third glass pane and a second open space is provided between the first glass pane and the second glass pane, a thickness of the first open space being greater than a thickness of the second open space.

2. The door of claim 1, wherein the first glass pane is positioned closest to a cooking cavity and has an emissivity of less than 0.21.

3. The door of claim 1, wherein the glass pack includes a frame positioned around a periphery of the first glass pane and the second glass pane such that the second open space is substantially air-tight.

4. The door of claim 1, wherein the thickness of the first space is greater than 15 mm and the thickness of the second open space is less than 10 mm.

5. The door of claim 1, wherein the thickness of the first open space is at least 20 mm and the thickness of the second open space is less than 10 mm.

6. The door of claim 1, further comprising an inner door panel and a wool shield, the glass pack being secured between the inner door panel and the wool shield.

7. The door of claim 6, further comprising an outer door panel secured to the third glass pane, wherein the outer door panel has a top surface that does not include any vent openings.

8. The door of claim 1, wherein an overall thickness of the door is between 40 mm and 45 mm.

9. The door of claim 8, wherein a distance between the first glass pane and the second glass pane is less than 10 mm and a distance between the second glass pane and the third glass pane is at least 20 mm.

10. A door for a self-clean cooking appliance comprising:

an outer door panel;

an inner door panel spaced from the outer door panel;

a wool shield positioned between the outer door panel and the inner door panel; and

no more than three glass panes positioned between the outer door panel and the inner door panel,

wherein the three glass panes include an outermost glass pane, a central glass pane, and an innermost glass pane, and

wherein a distance between the outermost glass pane and the central glass pane is greater that a distance between the innermost glass pane and the central glass pane.

11. The door of claim 10, wherein the distance between the outermost glass pane and the central glass pane is at least one and one-half times the distance between the innermost glass pane and the central glass pane.

12. The door of claim 10, wherein the distance between the inner door panel and the outer door panel is less than 45 mm.

13. The door of claim 12, wherein a distance between the outermost glass pane and the central glass pane is greater than 15 mm.

14. The door of claim 13, wherein a distance between the innermost glass pane and the central glass pane is less than 10 mm.

15. The door of claim 10, wherein the wool shield is positioned between the central glass pane and the outermost glass pane.

16. The door of claim 10, wherein air flow is permitted between the outermost glass pane and the central glass pane and blocked between the innermost glass pane and the central glass pane.

17. A door for a self-clean cooking appliance comprising:

a decorative glass pane;

a glass pack having at least one low-emissive glass pane, the glass pack being spaced from the decorative glass pane; and

a wool shield positioned around a periphery of the glass pack, the wool shield being spaced from the decorative glass pane,

wherein a bottom portion of wool shield is sloped to facilitate high velocity air flow from a bottom of the door into a space behind the decorative glass pane.

18. The door of claim 17, wherein the glass pack includes a low-emissive glass pane adjacent a cooking cavity of the cooking appliance and an uncoated glass pane spaced from the low-emissive glass pane, wherein a space between the uncoated glass pane and the low-emissive glass pane is substantially airtight.

19. The door of claim 18, wherein a distance between the uncoated glass pane and the low-emissive glass pane is less than 10 mm, and wherein a distance between the decorative glass pane and the low-emissive glass pane is greater than 20 mm.

20. The door of claim 17, wherein the glass pack includes two low-emissive glass panes in a parallel and spaced apart relationship and wherein a space between the uncoated glass pane and the low-emissive glass pane is substantially airtight.