Cooker with gasket

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10376098-B2
Application number	US-201615254028-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 1, 2016
Priority date	Sep 2, 2015
Publication date	Aug 13, 2019
Grant date	Aug 13, 2019

Abstract

A cooker with a gasket may include a top plate on which a plurality of burners may be placed; a manifold panel provided in front of the top plate and including thereon a plurality of knobs to control output powers of the plurality of burners; and a gasket that extends along a front end of the top plate and is compressed between the top plate and the manifold panel to hermetically seal the top plate and the manifold panel.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cooker with a gasket, comprising:
a top plate under which a plurality of burners are located;
a manifold panel provided in front of the top plate and including a plurality of knobs to control output powers of the plurality of burners; and
a gasket that extends along a front end of the top plate and is compressed between the top plate and the manifold panel to hermetically seal the top plate and the manifold panel, wherein the gasket includes:
a support plate having a plate shape and formed of a metal material; and
a close-contact member formed along a top end and first and second side ends of the support plate, wherein the close-contact member is formed of an elastic material, wherein the close-contact member includes:
a close-contact portion provided on the support plate and formed to be thicker than the support plate, the close-contact portion being closely adhered to a front surface of the top plate; and
an adhesive portion that extends downwards from a bottom end of the close-contact portion and is adhered to a front surface of the support plate.

2. The cooker according to claim 1 , wherein the close-contact member is molded using an insert-injection method to be coupled to the support plate.

3. The cooker according to claim 1 , wherein at least one evacuation device is formed in the support plate, and wherein the at least one evacuation device is cut to expose a coupling member configured to couple a case forming an exterior of the cooker and the top plate to each other.

4. The cooker according to claim 1 , further including:
an oven formed under the top plate such that a cooking space therein is opened or closed by an oven door; and
a drain-pan bracket provided between the support plate and the manifold panel, wherein the drain-pan bracket extends to below the gasket and is then bent at least once, such that the drain-pan bracket guides water passing through the gasket to both of sides of the gasket.

5. The cooker according to claim 4 , wherein a contact portion is formed on the drain-pan bracket to be closely adhered to the gasket and to extend to below the gasket, and wherein the drain-pan bracket and the gasket are fixed via screws engaged with the top plate while passing through the contact portion and the gasket.

6. The cooker according to claim 4 , wherein a barrier is provided at a rear surface of the manifold panel to shield the rear surface of the manifold panel, and wherein a placement device having a step is formed on the barrier, such that the drain-pan bracket and the gasket are placed thereon in a state in which the drain-pan bracket and the gasket are coupled to each other.

7. The cooker according to claim 6 , wherein a plurality of engagement holes is formed in the placement device, through which screws pass to fix the barrier, the drain-pan bracket, and the gasket on the front surface of the top plate.

8. The cooker according to claim 7 , wherein a plurality of coupling holes is formed in the front surface of the top plate to couple the top plate to the barrier and the drain-pan bracket using the screws.

9. The cooker according to claim 4 , wherein an exhaust is provided at a rear end of the top plate and configured to discharge an exhaust gas generated by the plurality of burners and the oven to an outside.

10. The cooker according to claim 4 , further including a case that forms an exterior of the oven.

11. The cooker according to claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of fixing devices formed on one surface of the gasket in a lengthwise direction of the gasket to pass through insertion holes of the top plate.

12. The cooker according to claim 11 , wherein each of the plurality of fixing devices includes:
a protrusion that extends from one surface of the gasket and configured to pass through one of the insertion holes;
a confinement portion that extends from an end portion of the protrusion and formed to be larger than a diameter of each of the insertion holes; and
an extension that extends from an end portion of the confinement portion and formed to be smaller than the diameter of each of the insertion holes.

13. The cooker according to claim 12 , wherein the confinement portion is formed on the end portion of the protrusion to be larger than the diameter of each of the insertion holes, and an inclined surface is formed along a circumference of the confinement portion, such that a diameter thereof tapers toward the extension.

14. The cooker according to claim 1 , wherein the manifold panel is formed of a metal material, and wherein a portion of a top surface of the manifold panel is tilted.

15. The cooker according to claim 1 , wherein the support plate includes a plurality of fixing holes formed in a lengthwise direction of the support plate, and wherein a plurality of fixing protrusions formed on the front surface of the top plate to be inserted into the plurality of fixing holes.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Chun Young
• Jung Euisu
• Lee Jeonghoon
• Lee Sangkyun

Classifications

• F24C15/00

  Details · CPC title

• F24C15/14

  Spillage trays or grooves · CPC title

• A47J37/0629 Primary

  with electric heating elements · CPC title

• F24C11/00

  Combinations of two or more stoves or ranges, e.g. each having a different kind of energy supply · CPC title

• F24C15/10

  Tops, e.g. hot plates; Rings (cover lids or splash guards F24C15/12; spillage trays or grooves F24C15/14) · CPC title