Cooking appliance

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016334113-A1
Application number	US-201615151702-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 11, 2016
Priority date	May 12, 2015
Publication date	Nov 17, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A cooking appliance may include a cabinet with a cavity that defines a cooking space, an upper panel disposed above the cavity and that is configured to define an upper appearance of the cooking appliance, a front panel disposed in front of the cavity and that is configured to define a front appearance of the cooking appliance, a door that is configured to open and close the cavity, a side panel that is disposed on a side of the cavity and that is configured to define a side appearance of the cooking appliance, a rear panel that is disposed behind the cavity and that is configured to define a rear appearance of the cooking appliance, and a frame bracket that is mounted to a front upper portion of the cabinet and that is configured to secure the upper and front panels to the cabinet.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A cooking appliance comprising:
a cabinet with a cavity that defines a cooking space; an upper panel that is disposed above the cavity and that is configured to define an upper appearance of the cooking appliance; a front panel that is disposed in front of the cavity and that is configured to define a front appearance of the cooking appliance; a door that is configured to open and close the cavity, that is disposed below the front panel and that is configured to define, in conjunction with the front panel, the front appearance of the cooking appliance; a side panel that is disposed on a side of the cavity and that is configured to define a side appearance of the cooking appliance; a rear panel that is disposed behind the cavity and that is configured to define a rear appearance of the cooking appliance; and a frame bracket that is mounted to a front upper portion of the cabinet and that is configured to secure the upper and front panels to the cabinet.

2 . The cooking appliance according to claim 1 , wherein the frame bracket is coupled to the side panel and is configured to secure the upper panel, the front panel and the side panel to the cabinet.

3 . The cooking appliance according to claim 2 , further comprising a link support, wherein a first end of the link support is coupled to the frame bracket, and a second end of the link support is coupled to the rear panel.

4 . The cooking appliance according to claim 1 , wherein the frame bracket includes a pair of frame brackets each respectively provided on the lateral sides of the cavity.

5 . The cooking appliance according to claim 1 , wherein the frame bracket is a single body.

6 . The cooking appliance according to claim 5 , wherein the frame bracket includes a cabinet coupling portion that is configured to couple to the cabinet from outside the cabinet.

7 . The cooking appliance according to claim 6 , wherein the cavity coupling portion is configured to be in surface contact with a side flange located at a front portion of the cavity.

8 . The cooking appliance according to claim 7 , wherein the side flange includes a through hole, and the cabinet coupling portion includes a fitting rib that is configured to fit into the through hole.

9 . The cooking appliance according to claim 8 , wherein the cabinet coupling portion includes a coupling hole above the fitting rib, and the side flange includes a coupling hole that is configured to correspond the coupling hole of the cabinet coupling portion.

10 . The cooking appliance according to claim 7 , wherein the side flange is configured to bent in a rearward direction from an outer edge of a front flange located at a front surface of the cavity, and the cabinet coupling portion includes a spacer rib configured to contact a rear surface of the front flange.

11 . The cooking appliance according to claim 5 , wherein the frame bracket includes a side panel coupling portion located at an upper portion of the cabinet coupling portion and is configured to couple to the side panel.

12 . The cooking appliance according to claim 11 , wherein the side panel coupling portion includes a horizontal coupling surface and a coupling hole located at the horizontal coupling surface.

13 . The cooking appliance according to claim 1 , wherein the frame bracket includes a front panel coupling portion disposed in front of the side panel coupling portion and coupled to the front panel.

14 . The cooking appliance according to claim 13 , wherein the front panel coupling portion includes a vertical coupling surface that is configured to face the side panel and a coupling hole located at the coupling surface.

15 . The cooking appliance according to claim 13 , wherein the frame bracket includes an upper panel coupling portion, which is disposed behind the front panel coupling portion and configured to couple to the upper panel.

16 . The cooking appliance according to claim 15 , wherein the upper panel coupling portion includes a vertical coupling surface that is configured to face the rear panel and a coupling hole located at the coupling surface.

17 . A cooking appliance comprising:
a cabinet with a cavity that defines a cooking space; an upper panel that is disposed above the cavity and that is configured to define an upper appearance of the cooking appliance; a front panel that is disposed in front of and above the cavity and that is configured to define a front appearance of the cooking appliance; a door that is configured to open and close the cavity, that is disposed below the front panel and that is configured to define, in conjunction with the front panel, a front appearance of the cooking appliance; a side panel that is disposed to the side of the cavity and that is configured to define a side appearance of the cooking appliance; a rear panel that is disposed to the back side of the cavity and that is configured to define a rear appearance of the cooking appliance; a frame bracket mounted to a front upper portion of the cabinet; and a link support that is disposed between the frame bracket and the rear panel, wherein the frame bracket includes a cavity coupling portion, an upper panel coupling portion, a front panel coupling portion and a side panel coupling portion, which are each respectively coupled to the cabinet, the upper panel, the front panel and the side panel.

18 . The cooking appliance according to claim 16 , wherein the frame bracket includes a link support coupling portion that is configured to couple to the link support to secure the rear panel to the cabinet via the link support.

19 . The cooking appliance according to claim 16 , wherein the coupling portions are configured to have different heights.

20 . The cooking appliance according to claim 16 , wherein the cavity coupling portion and the front panel coupling portion each include coupling surfaces that are parallel to the side panel.

21 . The cooking appliance according to claim 16 , wherein the upper panel coupling portion includes a coupling surface that is parallel to the rear panel.

22 . The cooking appliance according to claim 16 , wherein the side panel coupling portion and the link support coupling portion each have coupling surfaces that are parallel to the upper panel.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Lee Sangkyun
• Jang Jaebong

Classifications

• F24C15/007

  Removable panels · CPC title

• F24C15/08 Primary

  Foundations or supports plates; Legs or pillars; Casings; Wheels (tops, e.g. hot plates F24C15/10) · CPC title