A handle for a door of a household appliance includes an elongated front strip configured as a plate having at least one region which is transparent. A handle bracket is connected to the front strip for positioning the handle on the door. Arranged in the handle is a light source which includes a light-guiding element with which light from the light source can radiate from the front strip. The front strip covers a front side of the light-guiding element, with light radiated from the light-guiding element radiating at least through a light-permeable material region of the front strip.

A method for data communication with a domestic appliance by a mobile computer device. The domestic appliance and the mobile computer device are interconnected or interconnectable via a wireless data connection. The wireless data connection is adapted for transferring signals between the domestic appliance and the mobile computer device. Further, the present invention relates to application software for the mobile computer device. Moreover, the present invention relates to a domestic appliance. Additionally, the present invention relates to a mobile computer device including a display or touch screen.

An oven appliance includes a cabinet defining a cooking chamber to receive items to be cooked. The oven appliance includes a door that rotates between an open and closed position. The oven appliance further includes a door handle including two ends, each end of the door handle including two locator pin. The door handle attaches to a door trim, wherein the outer locator pin on one end of the door handle sets the horizontal and vertical alignment of the door trim and the outer locator pin on the opposite end of the door handle sets the angular alignment of the door trim. The door handle also attaches to a first handle bracket and a second handle bracket. The outer and inner locating pins on one end of the door handle set the vertical and horizontal alignment and the angular alignment of the first handle bracket, respectively. The outer and inner locating pins on the opposite end of the door handle set the vertical and horizontal alignment and the angular alignment of the second handle bracket, respectively.

An appliance door includes an inner door panel with a plurality of emboss locators and an outer door panel with a plurality of emboss locators. The outer door panel mounts to the inner door panel, and a plurality of handle brackets mount to the outer door panel. Additionally, each of the plurality of emboss locators of the inner door panel is engaged with a respective one of the plurality of emboss locators of the outer door panel.

A door body structure and a cooking device are provided. The cooking device has a housing that includes a limiting portion. The door body structure has a door body, an engagement member, a switching member, and a handle. The door body is arranged on the housing. The engagement member is arranged on the door body and has a hook. The hook is configured to be engaged with or disengaged from the limiting portion. The switching member is configured to cooperate with the engagement member to drive the engagement member to move between a first position and a second position. The switching member has a connecting segment connected to the engagement member and an operating member slidingly engaged with the connecting segment. The handle is provided on the door body and has a locking groove defined therein.

A metal member for a household appliance includes a first surface and a second surface connected to each other. The second surface is inclined with respect to the first surface, and the second surface has a reflectivity higher than that of the first surface. A household appliance having the metal member is also provided.

A handle assembly for a grill hood for covering a firebox includes an extended grill handle having a face portion and an extended portion. The face portion is positioned to be parallel or perpendicular to a front edge of the grill hood and across a portion of a face or side of the grill hood. The grill hood may be any shape and the face is considered the opposite side from the hinge point. The extended portion extends beyond an outer boundary of the firebox.

A combined handle and light source for a cooking appliance such as a grill which is provided with a rotation joint such that the handle can be placed in a stored position to allow for articulation of a lid which covers a cooking surface and such that the handle can be moved relative to the joint to put the handle in a use position to allow the light to illuminate the cooking surface when the lid is in an open position.

A method of cooling an oven door assembly having an inner frame and an outer frame together forming a portion of an oven door for an oven, the method comprising sealing an inner glass panel against the inner frame of the oven door and spacing an outer glass panel from the inner glass panel to define an air gap between the inner glass panel and the outer glass panel.

An appliance may include a cabinet defining an opening, a door attached to the cabinet that allows selective access to the opening, a handle attached to the door, and a handle endcap that may removably connect the handle to the door. The handle endcap may include a slide lock receiver frame and a slide lock base removably attached to the slide lock receiver frame. The slide lock receiver frame may include a locking tab wall and an outer case. The slide lock base may include a base body, a resilient locking tab and a tab protrusion. The resilient locking tab may be joined to the base body to selectively deflect in an inward direction, the tab protrusion extending in an outward direction to motivate the resilient locking tab inward in response to slidable movement of the tab protrusion along the locking tab wall.