1260results about "Doors for stoves/ranges" patented technology

An oven latch includes a base, a pivot, and a latch arm with a slot that engages the pivot and allows the latch arm to slide and rotate relative to the pivot. A motor mounted on the base rotates a cam, and a rod connected between the cam and the latch arm closes the latch when the cam turns, thereby pivoting the latch arm closed to engage the oven door and sliding the latch arm inwards along the latch arm slot to pull in the door. The pivoting and sliding motion of the latch arm is controlled by a guide slot formed in the base having a normal guide portion and a repair guide portion. During normal operation, an end of the rod moves along the normal guide portion of the guide slot. If the motor fails, the end of the rod may be manipulated into the repair guide portion of the guide slot to open the latch when the motor and cam are in the closed position.

The food warmer oven includes a cabinet 12 having opposing side walls 16, 18, a top wall 20, a bottom wall 22, a back wall 24, and a front wall 26 defining a heating cavity 28, the front wall 26 defining an opening 30 into the heating cavity 28; a heating source 32 disposed within the heating cavity 28; a drawer frame 38 having a pair of opposing side rails 44, 46, each of the side rails having a front end 48 and a terminal end 50, the side rails being functionally connected with the side walls 16, 18 of the cabinet in a manner such that the drawer frame 38 can be moved between an open position wherein the drawer frame 38 extends substantially exterior of the heating cavity 28 through the opening 30 and a closed position wherein the drawer frame 38 is positioned substantially within the heating cavity 28, the front end 48 of the side rails 44, 46 being positioned proximate the front wall 26 and the terminal end 50 being positioned proximate the back wall 24 when the drawer frame 38 is in the closed position; a food tray 42 removably held by the drawer frame 38; a door 40 is moveably connected to the side rails 44, 46 of the drawer frame, the door 40 moveable between an open position and a closed position; and a locking mechanism in connection between the door 40 and the side rails 44, 46 of the drawer frame 38 for selectively maintaining the door 40 in the closed position.

A cooking appliance having first and second oven doors that combine to extend across and close off a frontal opening of a cooking chamber includes a latching mechanism for locking the first and second oven doors in a closed position. The latching mechanism includes a fixed support plate and a motor having an output shaft to which is rotatably mounted an eccentric drive member. Preferably, the motor is fixedly mounted to the support plate. The latching mechanism further includes first and second latch members each having a first end portion pivotally attached to the eccentric drive member extending to a second end portion defining a hook element. When the motor is activated, a guide mechanism directs the second end portions of the first and second latch members to a locking position leading the hook members into engagement with the first and second doors.

Described herein is an oven appliance having a top surface with a window extending there-through, and a handle having a display that is oriented at an oblique angle to the window.

A refrigerator equipped with a door that becomes transparent as necessary to make the interior thereof visible is disclosed. The refrigerator includes a cabinet having a storage compartment defined therein, a lighting device for illuminating the interior of the storage compartment, a door, which is hingedly coupled to the cabinet to open and close the storage compartment, and has an opening and a panel assembly including a front panel disposed on the front surface thereof, a sensor for detecting sound waves, which are generated by a knock input applied to the door and are transmitted through the front panel, and a controller for controlling the lighting device to allow light to be transmitted through the panel assembly, thus making the storage compartment visible from outside the door through the opening when a predetermined knock input is detected.

Enclosed rotisserie with added convenience, including a countertop resting box-like enclosure housing a safety rear mounted heating element and a power rotated dual rod spit assembly. The gear driven spit assembly may be easily inserted and removed straight into and out of the enclosure without need for angling or coupling the assembly to a power drive socket. The spit assembly may also be mounted at various distances from the heating element to decrease cooking times. The open front of the enclosure is from time to time covered by an inclined glass panel door which may be opened in various ways to facilitate food insertion into and removal from the enclosure, and which may be easily removed for cleaning or other purposes. The embodiment's design makes efficient use of valuable counter space by recessing back and raising off the countertop its controls. A contained light as well as room light emitted through the inclined glass door illuminate the enclosure's interior to make the rotisserie cooking into a taste tempting show. Two countertop supported sizes for the embodiment are suggested, one for larger families and entertaining, and the other for small families and singles.

An oven includes a body portion and a door engageable with the body portion, the body portion being generally cylindrical in shape having two lateral sides each formed with a circular groove, each of the lateral sides having two vertical slots extending upwardly from the circular groove, the door having two flanges at two ends thereof each provided with two protuberances at an inner side thereof, the protuberances being configured to be slidable within the circular groove and the vertical slots, whereby the door can be dismantled from the body portion for removing the grease and other drippings extracted from food during the roasting process.

The invention is a cooking grill comprising a housing defining a cooking chamber and having a door therein hinged at a bottom thereof, a heating element disposed in the cooking chamber, a cooking surface slidably disposed to slide in and out of the housing through the door.

An appliance is provided with an electric current conduction system. The appliance includes a main body portion including an interior cavity, and a door mounted for movement between an open position and a closed position. A driven component is coupled to the door and disposed at least partially exterior of an outer face thereof. In one example, the driven component is a light. An electric current conduction system includes a first conductor connected to the main body a second conductor connected to the door and configured to selectively engage the first conductor based upon the position of the door. Electric current is conducted between the first and second conductors when the first conductor is enaged with the second conductor. The driven component is operatively connected to the second conductor, such that electric current is conducted between the main body portion and the driven component for driving the driven component.

A cooking oven includes a heatable oven chamber (6) that can be loaded with product from the outside area (A) through a loading port (8). An oven door (10) serves to close off the loading port (8) of the oven chamber (6) from the outside area (A). An inner pane (50) faces the oven chamber (6), an outer pane (48) faces the outside area (A), and one or several intermediate panes (52) are positioned between the inner pane (50) and the outer pane (48). An outer cavity (54) is between the outer pane (48) and the neighboring intermediate pane (52) and an inner cavity space (56) is between the inner pane (50) and the neighboring intermediate pane (52). A cooling system moves cooling air (K1) through the outer cavity (54) while thermally insulating air (I) can be held stationary in the inner cavity (56).

Integration of a tablet computer and / or flat panel display with an oven brings numerous added functionalities to an oven that is not currently possible with current stand alone oven. It creates a new kitchen appliance that can be used for cooking, entertainment, shopping and provides a platform for displaying information and advertisement to the user. Since most kitchens have limited kitchen counter space, integration of the tablet computer / display with an oven can save counter space and provide the ability to watch TV or streaming videos on the oven. This combination can become the central entertainment and communication, as well as control hub in a kitchen for interfacing with other smart appliances as part of Internet of Things (IOTs). This new appliance can be a portal to present information and advertisement to the user with a more user friendly interface for programming the oven, automatically entering cooking instructions, or downloading applications / recipes for using the oven.

An oven, which both satisfies heat insulating and cooling of a door by adjusting an air flow in channels formed in the door. The oven includes a plurality of channels provided in a door, into which external air flows, accompanied with air discharged by a discharge duct, such that the air flows in the plurality of the channels, and a flow conversion part formed above at least one of the plurality of the channels for stagnating the flow of air. Since the door insulates a cooking chamber from heat and is cooled using a difference of pressures between upper and lower portions of the door, the oven concurrently satisfies conflicting two requirements, such as heat insulating and cooling of the door.

An electric oven with a door cooling structure includes a cavity formed in the case to provide a high temperature environment, a door for selectively opening and closing the cavity, inner, intermediate and outer panels provided in the door; an airflow shielding panel for blocking a space formed below the intermediate panel to guide introduced air upward; a door cover for blocking a top of the door, which is defined between the inner and outer panels, and a fan for applying negative pressure to gaps defined between the inner, intermediate and outer panels so that the panels can be cooled by the air flowing upward and downward in the gaps.

A rotisserie oven is provided having a radiating heating system in combination with a convection heating system to prepare raw meat and poultry food product inside of a cooking chamber. A spit assembly carries the food product, and includes components that are detachable to assist in cleaning. The oven further includes a steam cleaning assembly that is integrated with the convection heating system that assists in grease removal from the components inside the cooking chamber. A humidity removal system regulates the moisture level inside of the cooking chamber during food preparation. A rotisserie oven is provided of the type that includes a cooking chamber having at least one open end closed by a movable door assembly. A radiating heating system is disposed in the cooking chamber and receives electricity to produce radiating heat to cook food carried by a rotating spit assembly. A hood assembly is supported by the cooking chamber, and defines a filtration chamber that receives incoming grease-laden air from the cooking chamber and houses at least one filtration member drawing the incoming air therethrough towards a hood outlet. The hood assembly and cooking chamber move together as the rotisserie oven travels from one location to another.

A cooking appliance includes an oven door having a transparent zone and a passage for permitting an air flow to pass through the door and into a cooling duct extending about an oven cavity. The door includes a panel having a front surface and a central opening in which is arranged an outer transparent pane. The passage separates the outer transparent pane from an inner window pack. The inner window pack includes first and second, substantially parallel window panes spaced one from the other to establish an inner dead air space. Preferably, the door includes an inner transparent pane that forms, with an outer transparent pane, an outer window pack which establishes an outer dead air space. The outer dead air space is positioned between upper and lower portions of the oven door that establish additional dead air spaces that form an overall uniform insulating layer for the door.

A structural panel, such as an appliance door, includes first and second frame members each having inner and outer peripheral edges with the inner peripheral edges each defining an opening. At least one of the frames is constructed from synthetic polymeric / copolymeric material. A glass panel has an outer peripheral edge in sandwiched relationship with at least one annular member inner peripheral edge thereby closing the opening thereof, and the two frames are secured together. A second glass panel can be associated with the other frame to close the opening therein, and the glass panels can be in spaced parallel relationship to each other. Alternatively, one of the glass panels can be of a concavo / convex relationship, particularly when the structural panel is a washing machine door.

Methods for forming electrically conductive heated dielectric panels are provided. The panels are utilized for warming objects and / or insuring unobstructed viewing through the panels by removing moisture. The methods include depositing electrically conductive metal bus bars onto the dielectric panel, onto which panel a conductive coating has previously been disposed. The conductive metal bus bars are deposited onto the coated dielectric panel through the use of a circularly rotating or an inline heating head and mask apparatus, in combination with an oxyacetylene or a plasma device. A metallic tab, which extends from the panel peripheral edge, is brought into electrical contact with each conductive metal bus bar for external electrical connectivity.

The invention provides a microwave oven capable of reducing the electromagnetic noises in the 2.45 GHz band generated during operation of the microwave oven. A microwave oven 1 including a microwave oven main body 2 having a heating chamber 3, and a door attached thereto. A ferrite sheet 14 disposed to cover the gap formed between the microwave oven main body 2 and the door 5 reduces the electric waves leaking through a choke groove 6 formed to a door panel 7. A punching metal plate 11 disposed on an outer side of a rear window film 10 and a wire mesh sheet 19 disposed on an inner side of a front window glass 13 shields the electric waves leaking through the window of the door 5, and the shielded electric waves are flown via a copper tape 20, an aluminum tape 17 and an EMI gasket 18 to a door case 8. Ferrite sheets 21 and 24 reduce the electric waves leaking through the gap of the door 5.

A door assembly for a home appliance includes a door that opens and closes a heating chamber. The door may include a first plate and a second plate, the first and second plates forming a first air gap in the door for insulating heat in the heating chamber. Additionally, a valve may be provided in the door, the valve may selectively allow air outside the first air gap to communicate with the first air gap.

The invention provides a single electrified intelligent kitchen, belonging to the filed of home appliance. The main component and structure consist of a casing, a machine cover, a chamber liner, a working chamber, a mechanical room, a liner heat-insulating layer, a chamber door, a refrigerating unit, a heating component, a food box, a food box support, an air intake pipeline, an air outtake pipeline, a cooling fan, an exhaust fan, an electromagnetic air valve, a water supply unit, a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, a control unit and a control panel. The invention is classified into a fundamental type and a comprehensive type; wherein, a comprehensive type can be formed by a plurality of fundamental types. The structures of the food box and the food box support cooperate with each other, and the food box is internally provided with a seasoning storing structure; the seasoning and / or water can be automatically added. The invention organically combines the refrigerator and the microwave oven, and realizes remote control; the food refrigeration storage and automatic cooking can be switched at the same physical space according to the preset parameters or the will of the user; furthermore, the invention can be configured as a general microwave oven or a general refrigerator. Besides, the comprehensive type can store and cook one meal or multiple meals at the same time.

A hinge mechanism for the lids of barbeque grills and smokers, especially for use with ceramic grills and smokers that have very heavy lids. A barbeque grill / smoker includes a base tub and a lid. The invention pivotally couples the base tub to the lid using a four pivot axis linkage. The pivotal coupling allows reciprocal movement from a lid closed position to a lid open position. The hinge mechanism may include a spring assist feature.

A cooking oven includes a heatable oven chamber that can be loaded with product from the outside area through a loading port. An oven door serves to close off the loading port of the oven chamber from the outside area. An inner pane faces the oven chamber, an outer pane faces the outside area, and one or several intermediate panes are positioned between the inner pane and the outer pane. An outer cavity is between the outer pane and the neighboring intermediate pane and an inner cavity space is between the inner pane and the neighboring intermediate pane. A cooling system moves cooling air through the outer cavity while thermally insulating air can be held stationary in the inner cavity.

The present invention places an electronic controller and / or a triac in a frame, a cover, a chase, or a mounting member of a heated glass panel assembly, where the panel has a conductive coating dispose on it. By placing the controller in the panel frame, the cover, the chase, or the mounting member, field wiring of the panel assembly is greatly reduced, wire lengths are standardized, production glazing, wiring, and pre-testing are facilitated, and installation time and complexity are minimized. By placing the triac in thermal contact with the panel frame, the cover, the chase, or the mounting member, the heat from the triac may be used to complement the heat supplied by the assembly.

A method and device for opening and closing a door of a drawer-type cooking device, enabling to reduce an operation force by at least causing a drive mechanism not to put a load during an initial period when the door is opened or closed is provided. When a drawer body 2 is driven by a drive mechanism 30 including an electric motor 31 to reach a stroke end such as a fully closed (opened) position, the drive mechanism 30 is reversely driven only for a distance corresponding to a backlash existing in a transmission mechanism 32 (between a pinion 34 and a rack 35) and is stopped. When the drawer body 2 is then manually operated in the direction away from the stroke end, the drawer body 2 can be moved without driving the drive mechanism 30 against the inertia or load only for the distance corresponding to the backlash. As a result, the drawer body can start to be manually moved with a light burden.

A cooking appliance is provided that has a structure which efficiently cools an electric element chamber. The cooking appliance includes an appliance body that has a cooking chamber to cook food, a door that opens and closes the cooking chamber, and cooling flow passages that absorb heat transferred from the cooking chamber. Additionally, an intake air duct may be provided proximate a top side of the cooking chamber to communicate with the cooling flow passages. Further, an exhaust duct may be provided proximate the intake air duct to communicate with the intake air duct. Further, a fan-motor assembly may be provided in a space formed by the intake air duct and the exhaust duct such that the fan-motor assembly forms a portion of a connecting passage that connects the intake air duct and the exhaust duct.

Certain example embodiments relate to sputter-deposited transparent conductive coatings (TCCs) for use in, for example, refrigeration and / or freezer units (e.g., as doors, windows, etc.). The TCC may include a silver-based conductive layer, at least partially protected by a zirconium oxide overcoat. Such TCCs may be provided in connection with monolithic or multi-substrate arrangements in different example embodiments. Certain example embodiments may involve “active” modes, where a silver-based layer in the TCC may receive a voltage, e.g., to reduce the likelihood of frosting, freezing, fogging, condensation, and / or the like, on the glass substrate that supports the TCC.

A user interface arranged at least to display, on a display unit or on a display panel, information relative to the operation of a household electrical appliance with which the interface is associated, the appliance presenting functional members controlled in their operation by a control unit, and an external housing provided with an aperture with its own closure door; the interface is positionable on and fastenable to the exterior of the housing of the electrical appliance, remote wire-less data communication and transmission means being associated with the control unit and with the interface to enable the data to be transmitted from the interior of the electrical appliance to the interface through the housing. A household electrical appliance with this interface is also claimed.