An oven appliance includes a hinge assembly. The hinge assembly couples a door to slide assemblies such that the door is pivotable. The hinge assembly includes a hinge arm that extends through an opening of the door. The hinge arm has a plurality of rounded edges at the opening of the door. A gasket
An oven appliance includes a hinge assembly. The hinge assembly couples a door to slide assemblies such that the door is pivotable. The hinge assembly includes a hinge arm that extends through an opening of the door. The hinge arm has a plurality of rounded edges at the opening of the door. A gasket is mounted to the door at the opening of the door. The gasket extends around the hinge arm and contacts the hinge arm at the rounded edges of the hinge arm.
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1. An oven appliance defining a lateral direction and a transverse direction, the lateral and transverse directions being perpendicular to each other, the oven appliance comprising: a cabinet defining a cooking chamber and an opening for accessing the cooking chamber of the cabinet, the cabinet exte
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An oven appliance defining a lateral direction and a transverse direction, the lateral and transverse directions being perpendicular to each other, the oven appliance comprising: a cabinet defining a cooking chamber and an opening for accessing the cooking chamber of the cabinet, the cabinet extending between a first side portion and a second side portion along the lateral direction;a heating element positioned at the cooking chamber of the cabinet;a first slide assembly mounted to the cabinet at the first side portion of the cabinet;a second slide assembly mounted to the cabinet at the second side portion of the cabinet;a door positioned adjacent the opening of the cabinet, the first and second slide assemblies coupling the door to the cabinet such that the door is movable along the transverse direction relative to the cabinet, the door defining an opening that extends along the transverse direction within the door;a hinge assembly coupling the door to at least one of the first and second slide assemblies such that the door is pivotable between a vertical position and a peak position, the hinge assembly comprising a hinge arm extending from within the door through the opening of the door along the transverse direction, the hinge arm mounted to one of the first and second slide assemblies, the hinge arm having a plurality of rounded edges at the opening of the door; anda gasket mounted to the door at the opening of the door, the gasket extending around the hinge arm, the gasket contacting the hinge arm at the entire perimeter of the hinge arm when the door is in the vertical position and in the peak position. 2. The oven appliance of claim 1, wherein the gasket comprises a stainless steel weave coated with graphite. 3. The oven appliance of claim 1, wherein the gasket comprises a stainless steel brush. 4. The oven appliance of claim 1, wherein the hinge arm comprises a pair of top edges and a pair of bottom edges, each edge of the pair of top edges and the pair of bottom edges being rounded. 5. The oven appliance of claim 1, wherein each slide assembly of the first and second slide assemblies comprise a plurality of slide rails and a plurality of bearings coated with a graphite lubricant. 6. The oven appliance of claim 5, wherein the slide rails of the plurality of slide rails are stainless steel slide rails or chrome plated slide rails. 7. The oven appliance of claim 5, wherein the bearings of the plurality of bearings are stainless steel bearings or chrome plated bearings. 8. The oven appliance of claim 1, wherein the gasket extends around the hinge arm in a plane that is perpendicular to the transverse direction. 9. A double oven range appliance defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction and a transverse direction, the vertical, lateral and transverse directions being mutually perpendicular, the double oven range appliance comprising: a cabinet extending between a first side portion and a second side portion along the lateral direction, the cabinet also extending between a top portion and a bottom portion along the vertical direction, the cabinet defining an upper cooking chamber positioned adjacent the top portion of the cabinet and a lower cooking chamber positioned adjacent the lower portion of the cabinet, the cabinet also defining an opening for accessing the upper cooking chamber of the cabinet;a heating element positioned at the upper cooking chamber of the cabinet;a pair of slide assemblies mounted to the cabinet at the upper cooking chamber, each slide assembly of the pair of slide assemblies positioned at a respective one of the first and second side portions of the cabinet;a door positioned adjacent the opening of the cabinet, the pair of slide assemblies coupling the door to the cabinet such that the door is movable along the transverse direction relative to the cabinet, the door defining an opening that extends along the transverse direction within the door;a hinge assembly coupling the door to one of the pair of slide assemblies such that the door is pivotable between a vertical position and a peak position, the hinge assembly comprising a hinge arm extending from within the door through the opening of the door along the transverse direction, the hinge arm mounted to the one of pair of slide assemblies, the hinge arm having a plurality of rounded edges at the opening of the door; anda gasket mounted to the door at the opening of the door, the gasket extending around the hinge arm, the gasket contacting the hinge arm at the entire perimeter of the hinge arm when the door is in the vertical position and in the peak position. 10. The double oven range appliance of claim 9, wherein the gasket comprises a stainless steel weave coated with graphite. 11. The double oven range appliance of claim 9, wherein the gasket comprises a stainless steel brush. 12. The double oven range appliance of claim 9, wherein the hinge arm comprises a pair of top edges and a pair of bottom edges, each edge of the pair of top edges and the pair of bottom edges being rounded. 13. The double oven range appliance of claim 9, wherein each slide assembly of the pair of slide assemblies comprise a plurality of slide rails and a plurality of bearings coated with a graphite lubricant. 14. The double oven range appliance of claim 13, wherein the slide rails of the plurality of slide rails are stainless steel slide rails or chrome plated slide rails. 15. The double oven range appliance of claim 13, wherein the bearings of the plurality of bearings are stainless steel bearings or chrome plated bearings. 16. The double oven range appliance of claim 9, wherein the gasket extends around the hinge arm in a plane that is perpendicular to the transverse direction.
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Crittenden, Jerry G., Hinge apparatus and method of making a hinge recess.
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