Home appliance with recessed water vessel housing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9872581-B2
Application number	US-201213472527-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 16, 2012
Priority date	May 16, 2012
Publication date	Jan 23, 2018
Grant date	Jan 23, 2018

Abstract

A home appliance having a water-fed steaming apparatus, the home appliance including an appliance body housing the steaming apparatus; a water supply vessel for supplying water to the steaming apparatus; a vessel housing within the appliance body for holding the water supply vessel; and a mounting assembly for mounting the vessel housing to the appliance body, the mounting assembly including a bezel having a locking element; a bracket engaged with the vessel housing and the locking element; and a spacer element extending between the appliance body and the bracket to define an air gap between the vessel housing and the appliance body for air flow between the vessel housing and the appliance body for cooling the vessel housing.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A home appliance having a water-fed steaming apparatus, the home appliance comprising:
an appliance body housing the steaming apparatus;
a water supply vessel for supplying water to the steaming apparatus;
a vessel housing within the appliance body for holding the water supply vessel; and
a mounting assembly for mounting the vessel housing to the appliance body, the mounting assembly including:
a bracket engaged with the vessel housing and the locking element; and
a bezel positioned exterior to the appliance body having a locking element extending through a portion of the appliance body, the locking element including a threaded member projecting from the bezel toward an interior of the appliance body and a nut engaged with the threaded member, wherein the bracket is between the nut and the appliance body;
a spacer element extending between the appliance body and the bracket to define an air gap between the vessel housing and the appliance body for air flow between the vessel housing and the appliance body and around the spacer element for cooling the vessel housing, spacer element projecting outwardly from the bracket toward the appliance body;
wherein the bezel includes an arrangement for blocking the view from outside of the appliance body of a portion of the air gap.

2. A home appliance according to claim 1 wherein the appliance body defines an access opening into the vessel housing and the bezel is mounted to the appliance body in a surrounding relationship with the access opening, the arrangement for blocking the view including a flange on the bezel extending into the vessel housing to block the view of a portion of the air gap from viewing from outside the appliance body, wherein the air gap extends between the flange and the vessel housing.

3. A home appliance according to claim 1 wherein the locking element includes a threaded member projecting from the bezel toward an interior of the appliance body and a nut engaged with the threaded member, wherein the bracket is between the nut and the appliance body.

4. A home appliance according to claim 3 wherein the spacer element is a nut engaged with the threaded member between the bracket and the appliance body abutting the bracket to define the air gap.

5. A home appliance according to claim 1 wherein the vessel housing defines a cavity and an access opening and includes a vessel housing flange projecting laterally away from the access opening and wherein the bracket is operatively engaged with the vessel housing flange to facilitate securing the vessel housing in the appliance body.

6. A range having a water-fed steaming apparatus, the range comprising:
a range body housing the steaming apparatus;
a water supply vessel for supplying water to the steaming apparatus;
a vessel housing within the range body for holding the water supply vessel; and
a mounting assembly for mounting the vessel housing to the range body, the mounting assembly including:
a bezel positioned exterior to the appliance body having a locking element extending through a portion of the appliance body, the locking element including a threaded member projecting from the bezel toward an interior of the range body and a nut engaged with the threaded member;
a bracket engaged with the vessel housing and the locking element wherein the bracket is between the nut and the range body; and
a spacer element extending between the range body and the bracket to define an air gap between the vessel housing and the range body for air flow between the vessel housing and the range body and around the spacer element for cooling the vessel housing, the spacer element projecting outwardly from the bracket toward the appliance body;
wherein the bezel includes an arrangement for blocking the view from outside of the range body of a portion of the air gap.

7. A range according to claim 6 wherein the range body defines an access opening into the vessel housing and the bezel is mounted to the range body in a surrounding relationship with the access opening, the arrangement for blocking a view includes a flange extending into the vessel housing to block the view of a portion of the air gap from viewing from outside the range body, wherein the air gap extends between the flange and the vessel housing.

8. A range according to claim 6 wherein the locking element includes a threaded member projecting from the bezel toward an interior of the range body and a nut engaged with the threaded member, wherein the bracket is between the nut and the range body.

9. A range according to claim 8 wherein the spacer element is a nut engaged with the threaded member between the bracket and the range body abutting the bracket to define the air gap.

10. A range according to claim 6 wherein the vessel housing defines a cavity and an access opening and includes a vessel housing flange projecting laterally away from the access opening and wherein the bracket is operatively engaged with the vessel housing flange to facilitate securing the vessel housing in the range body.

Assignees

• Braden Ben
• Dorsten Russell
• Nash Jeremy
• Russell Timothy
• Rutherford Michael
• Bsh Home Appliances Corp

Inventors

• Braden Ben
• Dorsten Russell
• Nash Jeremy
• Russell Timothy
• Rutherford Michael

Classifications

• A47J27/04 Primary

  for cooking food in steam; Devices for extracting fruit juice by means of steam {; Vacuum cooking vessels (steam-heated vessels for hotels, restaurants or canteens A47J27/16)} · CPC title

• A47J2027/043

  for cooking food in steam · CPC title