Seal for glass oven door

Claim 1

IN AN OVEN DOOR THE COMBINATION COMPRISING A PAIR OF PANELS ASSEMBLED TO FORM RESPECTIVE INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL DOOR WALLS, SAID WALLS SUPPORTED IN SPACED APART RELATIONSHIP AND HAVING THEREIN ALIGNED OPENINGS; AN INWARDLY PROJECTING FLANGE CARRIED BY ONE OF SAID INTERNAL PANEL; A SUPPORT BRACKET CARRIED BY ONE OF SAID PANELS AND EXTENDING ACROSS THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID PANELS, SAID BRACKET SPACED OUTBOARD OF THE PERIMETER OF SAID INTERNAL DOOR PANEL OPENING TO FORM A CHANNEL WITH SAID FLANGE; A FLEXIBLE HEAT RESISTANT SEALING MEMBER POSITIONED IN SAID CHANNEL; AN INTERNAL GLASS PANEL POSITIONED IN JUXTAPOSED RELATIONSHIP WITH RESPECT TO SAID INTERNAL DOOR PANEL AND HAVING A PERIPHERAL PORTION IN PRESSING ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID SEALING MEMBER; AN EXTERNAL GLASS PANEL POSITIONED SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL AND IN SPACED RELATIONSHIP WITH RESPECT TO SAID INTERNAL GLASS PANEL; A SPACER POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID GLASS PANELS AND EXERTING AN OUTWARD SPRING FORCE THEREON TO MAINTAIN SAID PANELS IN SPACED APART RELATIONSHIP; MEANS CARRIED BY SAID EXTERNAL DOOR PANEL ENGAGING SAID EXTERNAL GLASS PANEL; AND MEAND FOR HOLDING SAID INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL DOOR PANELS TOGETHER WHEREBY PRESSURE IS APPLIED BY SAID INTERNAL GLASS PANEL PERIPHERY TO SAID SEALING MEMBER, DISTORTING THE LATTER AND EFFECTUATING AN AIR-TIGHT SEAL BETWEEN SAID INTERNAL GLASS PANEL AND SAID INTERNAL DOOR PANEL.