F24C15/023

Portable Baking Oven
20230225335 · 2023-07-20 · ·

A portable baking oven having an upper portion and a lower portion that define a baking chamber are disclosed. A baking chamber opening may be defined entirely by the oven upper portion. The upper portion may pivot away from the lower portion to allow access to the interior of the oven for cleaning. The oven may include a gas-powered infrared bottom burner and a gas-powered curved back burner.

COOKING APPLIANCE HAVING A FOLDING DOOR WITH OFFSET HINGES
20230212899 · 2023-07-06 ·

A cooking appliance includes a housing having a cooking chamber closeable by a door. The door is a folding door including a first door segment and a separate second door segment. A first hinge apparatus directly interconnects pivotably the first and second door segments. A guide apparatus is arranged on the housing, with the first door segment connected at a door segment end to the guide apparatus via a second hinge apparatus. The second door segment is connected at a door segment end to the housing via a third hinge apparatus. When the folding door is closed, a pivot axis of the first hinge apparatus is arranged closer to the cooking chamber than a pivot axis of the second hinge apparatus and is arranged closer to the cooking chamber than a pivot axis of the third hinge apparatus, with respect to a depth direction of the cooking appliance.

Household appliance

A household appliance includes a housing, a door pivotably connected to the housing, a cable connected to the door, a roller in contact with the cable, and a motor configured to drive the roller to move the cable such as to effect a pivoting movement of the door.

COOKING APPLIANCE
20230213211 · 2023-07-06 ·

A cooking appliance includes a main body defining a cooking chamber, a food-treatment material chamber open to outside the main body at an opening of the main body, and an outer surface having a stepped portion at the opening, a food-treatment container accommodated in the food-treatment material chamber and accessible from outside of the food-treatment material chamber, via the opening, a food-treatment material supplier supplying a food-treatment material from the food-treatment material chamber to the cooking chamber, a door coupled to main body and opening and closing the food-treatment material chamber, at the opening, and a door adjuster connected to the door, extended along the outer surface of the main body at the opening, and adjusting a planar position of the door at the opening to compensate the stepped portion of the outer surface of the main body.

Hinge assembly with slow close and/or slow open characteristics

A hinge assembly for an associated appliance door includes an arm and a lever pivotally connected to the arm. The lever and arm are adapted to pivot relative to each other about a main pivot axis between a first position that corresponds to a closed position of the associated appliance door and a second position that corresponds to an opened position of the associated appliance door. A slide link is located adjacent the lever. A damper engagement structure is connected to the slide link. A biasing system urges the arm and lever toward the first position. A damper system includes a damper that damps pivoting movement between the arm and the lever for at least part of the movement between the arm and the lever when the arm and lever pivot relative to each other from the first position toward the second position.

Latch module and an appliance using the same

A latch module incorporated with an automatic opening function and a secure lock function includes a latch, a spring that applies a force to move the latch in a first direction, a drive to move the latch in a second direction, a cam that transmits power of the drive to the latch, and first and second switches that are turned on and off by the cam. The first and second switches are in a first mode in which the two switches are turned on and the latch is disposed at a manual lock position, a second mode in which the first switch is turned on and the second switch is turned off and the latch is disposed at an opening position, a third mode in which the first switch is turned off and the second switch is turned on and the latch is in a secure lock position.

Appliance with an adjustable door hinge

An appliance includes a cabinet and an inner door. The inner door is configured such that an outer door panel is mountable on the inner door. An adjustable hinge rotatably couples the inner door to the cabinet. The adjustable hinge includes a movable door balance adjuster. A visual scale graphic is positioned proximate the adjustable hinge. The visual scale graphic includes a plurality of outer door panel weight indicia and a plurality of door balance adjuster position indicia. Each of the plurality of door balance adjuster position indicia corresponds to a respective one of the plurality of outer door panel weight indicia.

HOUSING ASSEMBLY FOR AN APPLIANCE
20220404033 · 2022-12-22 ·

An appliance housing assembly is configured for improved load distribution. The assembly includes first and second side panels, each including a pair of vertical support columns configured to carry the loads of the appliance to the appliance support surface. The assembly further includes common components that can be use across various different assembly configurations.

COOKING APPLIANCE
20220397279 · 2022-12-15 ·

The present disclosure relates to a cooking appliance. In the cooking appliance, a hinge coupling part being fixed to a door and coupled to a hinge part is provided with a position adjustment guide part that guides a front-to-rear coupling position between a fastening part and the hinge coupling part, and the fastening part is coupled to the position adjustment guide part in a way that can move in the front-rear direction and is coupled to the hinge coupling part.

COOKING APPLIANCE
20220397280 · 2022-12-15 ·

The present disclosure relates to a cooking appliance. In the cooking appliance, a portion of a fastening bracket is coupled to a cabinet, the remaining portion of the fastening bracket contacts the bottom surface of a housing in parallel, and as a fastening member couples the fastening bracket to the bottom surface of the housing, the cabinet is coupled to the housing while the front surface of the cabinet contacts the housing closely.