Oven appliance

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9970655-B2
Application number	US-201514800825-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 16, 2015
Priority date	Jul 16, 2015
Publication date	May 15, 2018
Grant date	May 15, 2018

Abstract

An oven appliance with a cabinet having a cooking chamber is provided. A floor panel is positioned within the cabinet at the cooking chamber. A gas burner includes a tube. The tube is bent such that a first elongated portion of the tube is positioned below the floor panel at a first side portion of the floor panel and a second elongated portion of the tube is positioned below the floor panel at a front portion of the floor panel.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An oven appliance defining a lateral direction and a transverse direction that are perpendicular to each other, the oven appliance comprising:
a cabinet having a cooking chamber, the cabinet defining an opening for accessing the cooking chamber of the cabinet;
a pair of side walls positioned within the cabinet at the cooking chamber, the side walls of the pair of side walls positioned opposite each other about the cooking chamber;
a floor panel positioned within the cabinet at the cooking chamber, the floor panel extending between a front portion and a back portion along the transverse direction, the front portion of the floor panel positioned adjacent the opening of the cabinet, the floor panel also extending between a first side portion and a second side portion along the lateral direction, the first and second side portions of the floor panel each positioned adjacent a respective one of the walls of the pair of side walls;
a gas burner comprising a tube, the tube bent such that a first elongated portion of the tube is positioned below the floor panel at the first side portion of the floor panel and a second elongated portion of the tube is positioned below the floor panel at the front portion of the floor panel;
wherein the tube is bent such that the tube is U-shaped; and
wherein the floor panel has an outer surface that faces the cooking chamber, the outer surface of the floor panel having a first planar portion; and a second planar portion, the first planar portion is positioned against the pair of side walls, the tube of the gas burner positioned below the first planar portion of the outer surface of the floor panel, the second planar portion of the outer surface of the floor panel positioned below the first planar portion of the outer surface of the floor panel.

2. The oven appliance of claim 1 , wherein a third elongated portion of the tube is positioned below the floor panel at the second side portion of the floor panel.

3. The oven appliance of claim 1 , wherein the tube is a single, continuous piece of metal.

4. The oven appliance of claim 1 , wherein the tube extends between a first end portion and a second end portion, the first end portion of the tube defining a gas inlet, the first end portion of the tube positioned below the floor panel at the back portion of the floor panel and adjacent the first side portion of the floor panel.

5. The oven appliance of claim 4 , wherein the second end portion of the tube is crimped closed.

6. The oven appliance of claim 1 , wherein the first and second planar portions of the outer surface of the floor panel are spaced apart from each other along a vertical direction by no less than two inches.

7. The oven appliance of claim 1 , wherein the first planar portion of the outer surface of the floor panel defines a plurality of vents, each vent of the plurality of vents extending between the outer surface of the floor panel and an inner surface of the floor panel.

8. The oven appliance of claim 1 , wherein the floor panel comprises a sidewall that extends between and connects the first and second planar portions of the outer surface of the floor panel.

9. The oven appliance of claim 8 , wherein the sidewall of the floor panel defines a plurality of vents that extends through the sidewall of the floor panel.

10. An oven appliance, comprising:
a cabinet having a cooking chamber, the cabinet defining an opening for accessing the cooking chamber;
a door mounted to the cabinet at the opening of the cabinet;
a pair of side walls positioned within the cabinet at the cooking chamber, the side walls of the pair of side walls positioned opposite each other about the cooking chamber;
a floor panel positioned within the cabinet at the cooking chamber;
a gas burner comprising a tube, the tube bent such that the tube is U-shaped and such that a first elongated portion of the tube is positioned below the floor panel adjacent a first wall one of the pair of side walls, a second elongated portion of the tube is positioned below the floor panel adjacent the opening of the cabinet, and a third elongated portion of the tube is positioned below the floor panel adjacent a second wall of the pair of side walls;
wherein the floor panel has an outer surface that faces the cooking chamber, the outer surface of the floor panel having a first planar portion and a second planar portion, the first planar portion is positioned against the pair of side walls, the tube of the gas burner positioned below the first, planar portion of the outer surface of the floor panel, the second planar portion of the outer surface of the floor panel positioned below the first planar portion of the outer surface of the floor panel.

11. The oven appliance of claim 10 , wherein the tube extends between a first end portion and a second end portion, the first end portion of the tube defining a gas inlet, the first end portion of the tube positioned below the floor panel adjacent a back portion of the cooking chamber and the first one of the pair of side walls.

12. The oven appliance of claim 11 , wherein the second end portion of the tube is crimped closed.

13. The oven appliance of claim 8 , wherein the first and second planar portions of the outer surface of the floor panel are spaced apart from each other along a vertical direction by no less than two inches.

14. The oven appliance of claim 13 , wherein the first planar portion of the outer surface of the floor panel defines a plurality of vents, each vent of the plurality of vents extending between the outer surface of the floor panel and an inner surface of the floor panel.

15. The oven appliance of claim 13 , wherein the floor panel comprises a sidewall that extends between and connects the first and second planar portions of the outer surface of the floor panel, the sidewall of the floor panel defining a plurality of vents that extends through the sidewall of the floor panel.

16. An oven appliance defining a lateral direction and a transverse direction that are perpendicular to each other, the oven appliance comprising:
a cabinet having a cooking chamber, the cabinet defining an opening for accessing the cooking chamber of the cabinet;
a pair of side walls positioned within the cabinet at the cooking chamber, the side walls of the pair of side walls positioned opposite each other about the cooking chamber;
a floor panel positioned within the cabinet at the cooking chamber, the floor panel extending between a front portion and a back portion along the transverse direction, the front portion of the floor panel positioned adjacent the opening of the cabinet, the floor panel also extending between a first side portion and a second side portion along the lateral direction, the first and second side portions of the floor panel each positioned adjacent a respective one of the walls of the pair of side walls;
a gas burner comprising a tube, the tube bent such that a first elongated portion of the tube is positioned below the floor panel at the first side portion of the floor panel and a second elongated portion of the tube is positioned below the floor panel at the front portion of the floor panel;
wherein the tube is bent such that the tube is U-shaped; and
wherein the floor panel has an outer surface that faces the cooking chamber, the outer surface of the floor panel having a first planar portion and a second planar portion, the first planar portion is positioned against the pair of side walls such that first planar portion is U-shaped, the tube of the gas burner positioned below the first planar portion of the outer surface

Assignees

• Gen Electric
• Haier Us Appliance Solutions Inc

Inventors

• Paller Hans Juergen
• Todd Justin Patrick

Classifications

• F24C3/087

  in baking ovens · CPC title

• F23D14/10 Primary

  with elongated tubular burner head · CPC title