Cooking appliance

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11466865-B2
Application number	US-201816652195-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 4, 2018
Priority date	Sep 29, 2017
Publication date	Oct 11, 2022
Grant date	Oct 11, 2022

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a cooking appliance disposed above a household appliance to simultaneously perform a hood function and an oven function. The cooking appliance includes a housing, a base plate configured to be coupled to the housing, a cooking chamber disposed inside the housing, a door coupled to the housing to open and close the cooking chamber, and a deflector spaced apart from a lower end of the door and coupled to a front edge of the base plate to cover the lower end of the door from hot air generated and transferred from a household appliance installed below the base plate.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A cooking appliance comprising:
a housing;
a base plate configured to be coupled to the housing;
a cooking chamber disposed inside the housing;
a door coupled to the housing to open and close the cooking chamber; and
a deflector spaced apart from a lower end of the door and coupled to a front edge of the base plate to cover the lower end of the door from hot air generated and transferred from a household appliance installed below the base plate,
wherein the deflector comprises:
a coupling portion including a coupling surface in contact with the base plate;
an inclined portion bent from the coupling portion and extending downward; and
a step portion bent and extending from the inclined portion and located below the base plate.

2. The cooking appliance according to claim 1 , wherein
the step portion is located in front of the coupling portion in parallel with the coupling portion.

3. The cooking appliance according to claim 1 , wherein
the inclined portion is inclined such that one end thereof extending from the step portion is located in front of the other end thereof extending from the coupling portion.

4. The cooking appliance according to claim 1 , wherein
the coupling portion comprises a locking portion configured to be locked to the base plate, and a fastening portion configured to allow the deflector to be fixed to the base plate.

5. The cooking appliance according to claim 4 , wherein
the locking portion extends from the inclined portion and is spaced apart from the coupling surface upwardly such that the base plate is inserted between the coupling surface and the locking portion.

6. The cooking appliance according to claim 4 , wherein
the fastening portion is fastened by a fastener passing through a first fastening hole of the base plate and a second fastening hole of the housing configured to allow the base plate to be fastened to the housing.

7. The cooking appliance according to claim 1 , wherein
the step portion comprises a body portion facing the lower end of the door, and a reinforcing portion formed by folding an edge of the body portion to reinforce the strength of the step portion.

8. The cooking appliance according to claim 1 , wherein
a front surface of the door is located in front of a front edge of the step portion.

9. The cooking appliance according to claim 1 , wherein
a thickness of the inclined portion is thicker than a thickness of the front edge of the base plate.

10. The cooking appliance according to claim 1 , wherein
the deflector is made of a metal material.

11. The cooking appliance according to claim 1 , wherein
the deflector further comprises a cover portion bent from the step portion and extending downward.

12. The cooking appliance according to claim 1 , wherein the deflector further comprises a reinforcing member made of a plastic material coupled to an edge of the step portion to reinforce the strength of the step portion.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Chul Woo
• Ko Won Woo
• Kim Sun Ki
• Kim Eon Joong
• Kim Ju Hee

Classifications

• F24C15/2042

  Devices for removing cooking fumes structurally associated with a cooking range e.g. downdraft (F24C15/2007 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F24C15/02

  Doors specially adapted for stoves or ranges · CPC title

• H05B6/64

  Heating using microwaves {(containers, packaging elements or packages specially adapted to be heated by microwaves B65D81/3446)} · CPC title

• F24C15/2071 Primary

  mounting of cooking hood · CPC title

• F24C15/025 Primary

  with air curtain closures · CPC title