Door-operated Patents (Class 126/340)
  • Patent number: 11395497
    Abstract: A device includes a carriage and an oven including a baking chamber, a plurality of stacked baking soles and elements for heating the soles. The device includes a plurality of nets made of a heat-resistant flexible material and at least one cell for receiving the food products. The carriage is arranged for inserting the nets into the oven, for withdrawing same and for positioning same opposite a sole. The device includes elements for vertically moving the soles and/or the nets relative to each other to place the soles and nets in an active position in which the bottom of the cells of a net is in contact with the baking sole located opposite and is capable of deformation upon contact with the sole so as to bake the products by induction, and in a passive position, in which the bottom of the cells is separated from the sole located opposite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Inventor: Philippe Pelle
  • Patent number: 11346561
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an oven having a guide member capable of automatically withdrawing an oven rack from the inside of a cooking chamber when a door is opened and a rail detachably coupled to the cooking chamber and the oven rack to move the oven rack in the front-rear direction. The oven includes a main body, a cooking chamber provided inside the main body and having an open front side, a door rotatably coupled to the main body to open and close the cooking chamber, an oven rack provided inside the cooking chamber to be movable in the front-rear direction and supporting a plurality of shelves, and a guide member connected to the oven rack according to opening and closing of the door to guide the oven rack to be moved in the front-rear direction, and separated from the oven rack when the door is completely opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Won Ryu, Jea Won Lee, Wan-Ku Kang, Young Mi Kim, Hyun Uk Park
  • Patent number: 10712018
    Abstract: A drawer assembly for an oven appliance is provided. The drawer assembly includes two slide assemblies mounted within a cooking chamber of the oven appliance for supporting a door and a rack assembly. The rack assembly includes a wire support frame for supporting a cooking tray and two support brackets for mounting the wire support frame to the slide assemblies. In this manner, a user may slide the rack assembly and cooking tray out of the cooking chamber by pulling on the door. The wire support frame may be formed from metal using computer numerically controlled machining and may be welded to the support brackets. In this manner, the rack assembly provides a simple, rigid construction that requires a minimal number of parts and is easy to manufacture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher James Adelmann, Stephen Bernard Froelicher
  • Patent number: 10634326
    Abstract: Present invention provides for a lighting system constructed and arranged to be positioned within a container having a lid and light mounted thereon wherein said container is constructed and arranged to be buried in the ground in a position such that the lid is substantially congruent with the planar surface of the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Inventors: John Kasmeier, Charles Kasmeier
  • Patent number: 10588407
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wall-mounted cabinet having a block-shaped cabinet carcass, the open front side of which can be closed with at least one cabinet door that is hinged to the cabinet carcass and is flush with the outer sides of the vertical side walls and of the horizontal top wall of the cabinet carcass in the closed position of the cabinet door, in particular a wall-mounted kitchen cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: FORM ORANGE PRODUKTENTWICKLUNG
    Inventor: Wolfgang Held
  • Patent number: 10557663
    Abstract: A refrigerator comprises: a cabinet having a storage chamber; a door to open and close the storage chamber; a drawer assembly connected to the door and having a drawer; a rail assembly to connect the drawer assembly to the cabinet; and a weight balance positioned in the drawer assembly and opposite the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kihyun Park, Seongjin Na, Daehyun Yoo, Kiyoung Lim
  • Patent number: 10508858
    Abstract: A refrigerator of the present invention may have a drawer which is provided in a storage compartment formed on a cabinet and which accommodates stored goods, the drawer being movably supported by a drawer guide disposed in the storage compartment. In the storage compartment, a frame which is supported to be movable in the front/back directions by a frame guide may be provided, and a door opening and closing the storage compartment may be connected with the frame by a link. The frame may have a base part which is disposed on the lower side of the drawer and is connected with the link, and the frame may comprise a side plate which extends from the base part and reaches a height corresponding to the drawer. The side plate may comprise a vertical part which is vertical with respect to the base part. A cross section formed by horizontally cutting the vertical part may be formed so as to be elongated along the moving direction of the drawer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seonil Yu, Hongsik Kwon, Junyi Heo
  • Patent number: 10281199
    Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator. The refrigerator includes: a cabinet including an outer case, an inner case disposed inside the outer case and defining a storage space, and an insulating material filled between the outer case and the inner case; a door pivotably connected to a front surface of the cabinet and selectively opening/closing a storage compartment; a shelf assembly including a shelf supporting arm fixed to a real surface of the inner case and a shelf connected to the shelf supporting arm so as to be slidably movable; and a withdrawal device connected to the door and withdrawing the shelf forward in accordance with pivoting of the door for opening the storage space. Here, the withdrawal device includes: a slide member held in a space between the outer case and the inner case; a link member including a front end portion connected to the door and a rear end portion connected to the slide member; and a connection member connecting the slide member and the shelf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Changwoan Yang, Seungjin Choi, Hanhyo Kim, Yoomin Park
  • Patent number: 10247424
    Abstract: An oven appliance includes a hinge assembly. The hinge assembly couples a door to slide assemblies such that the door is pivotable. The hinge assembly includes a hinge arm that extends through an opening of the door. The hinge arm has a plurality of rounded edges at the opening of the door. A gasket is mounted to the door at the opening of the door. The gasket extends around the hinge arm and contacts the hinge arm at the rounded edges of the hinge arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher James Adelmann, Stephen Bernard Froelicher, Christopher Nils Naber
  • Patent number: 10240857
    Abstract: A refrigerator of the present invention may have a drawer which is provided in a storage compartment formed on a cabinet and which accommodates stored goods, the drawer being movably supported by a drawer guide disposed in the storage compartment. In the storage compartment, a frame which is supported to be movable in the front/back directions by a frame guide may be provided, and a door opening and closing the storage compartment may be connected with the frame by a link. The frame may have a base part which is disposed on the lower side of the drawer and is connected with the link, and the frame may comprise a side plate which extends from the base part and reaches a height corresponding to the drawer. The side plate may comprise a vertical part which is vertical with respect to the base part. A cross section formed by horizontally cutting the vertical part may be formed so as to be elongated along the moving direction of the drawer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seonil Yu, Hongsik Kwon, Junyi Heo
  • Patent number: 10228186
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet defining a storage compartment, a door, a drawer, a roller at a side of the drawer, and a withdrawal frame in the storage compartment configured to support the drawer and move in a forward-rearward direction, and a link rotatably that is connected to the door and a connection shaft, that is configured to move the withdrawal frame forward based on the door being opened and to move the withdrawal frame rearward based on the door being closed, and that defines, along a longitudinal direction of the link, a connection hole that is configured to receive the connection shaft, the link being located at the withdrawal frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Changwoan Yang, Hyeongil Kim, Heonjae Jang, Booyoun Lee
  • Patent number: 10113789
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention, a refrigerator includes: a cabinet forming a storage space; a first door rotatably coupled to a front surface of the cabinet to open or close the storage space, and having an open portion formed therein; a second door rotatably connected to the first door at a front surface of the first door; a shelf rotatably mounted in the open portion; and a connection module provided in the first door and connected to a rotary shaft of the shelf to enable the shelf to be unfolded forward when the second door is opened and to stand to be folded when the second door is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seonil Yu, Hongsik Kwon
  • Patent number: 9974203
    Abstract: A rack system for supporting a computing device includes an adaptor. The adaptor includes a first support portion defining an opening that is aligned with a rack opening of a rack support post. The first support portion and the rack support post receive a fastener through the opening and the rack opening to attach the adaptor to the rack support post. A second support portion is attached to an end of the first support portion. The second support portion includes a first wall and a second wall that are spaced apart to define a flange opening. A support arm includes a flange having a body portion and an attachment portion. The attachment portion is received within the flange opening to attach the support arm to the adaptor. A rail is attached to the body portion of the flange. The support arm is attached to the rack support post, via the adaptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: NETAPP INC.
    Inventors: Dan Chau Ho, Hoa Van Pham
  • Patent number: 9944232
    Abstract: An apparatus for selectively latching a drawer for storing objects and movable in a travel direction from beneath an automotive seat. The apparatus comprises one or more latches movable transverse to the travel direction from a latched position retaining the drawer closed and an unlatched position, the latch including a follower. A vertically movable handle including a cam cooperating with the follower for moving the latch to the unlatched position for releasing the drawer for opening. The latches and handle may be securely supported for sliding movement by vertical and lateral guides on a front wall of the drawer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Jose Alfredo Peregrina Loera, Omar Antonio Ramirez Pavon
  • Patent number: 9939192
    Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator. The refrigerator includes: a cabinet including an outer case, an inner case disposed inside the outer case and defining a storage space, and an insulating material filled between the outer case and the inner case; a door pivotably connected to a front surface of the cabinet and selectively opening/closing a storage compartment; a shelf assembly including a shelf supporting arm fixed to a real surface of the inner case and a shelf connected to the shelf supporting arm so as to be slidably movable; and a withdrawal device connected to the door and withdrawing the shelf forward in accordance with pivoting of the door for opening the storage space. Here, the withdrawal device includes: a slide member held in a space between the outer case and the inner case; a link member including a front end portion connected to the door and a rear end portion connected to the slide member; and a connection member connecting the slide member and the shelf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Changwoan Yang, Seungjin Choi, Hanhyo Kim, Yoomin Park
  • Patent number: 9897371
    Abstract: A refrigerator that includes: a cabinet; a door that is coupled to the cabinet and that is configured to open or close an opening of the cabinet; a first drawer; a plurality of rollers, each of the plurality of rollers being coupled to a first side of the first drawer or a second side of the first drawer; a plurality of first support rails, each of the plurality of first support rails (i) being coupled to a first side of the storage compartment or a second side of the storage compartment and (ii) being configured to guide one or more of the plurality of rollers; a base that is located at a third side of the first drawer in the storage compartment and that is configured to move; and a withdrawal unit that is configured to move the base based on movement of the door is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Changwoan Yang, Hyeongil Kim, Heonjae Jang, Booyoun Lee
  • Patent number: 9869506
    Abstract: A drawer system includes a drawer and a drawer cover. The drawer can include an open top and be configured to be supported at a supporting structure, such as a refrigerator fresh food compartment for example, for selective sliding movement outwardly from the supporting structure and sliding movement inwardly toward the supporting structure. The drawer cover can be configured to be mounted at the supporting structure in engagement with the drawer at the open top of the drawer for movement directly vertically upwardly at the supporting structure away from the open top of the drawer when the drawer is moved outwardly from the supporting structure and for movement directly vertically downwardly at the supporting structure toward the open top of the drawer when the drawer is moved inwardly toward the supporting structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Hanson, Benjamin Paul Shrader, Saba Rizzi, Nathan Cho
  • Patent number: 9803916
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a rear shelf that is located in a case that defines a storage compartment with an open front. The refrigerator further includes a front shelf that is located closer to the open front of the storage compartment than the rear shelf. The refrigerator further includes a guard that is rotatably connected to the front shelf. The refrigerator further includes a front shelf lifting device that is configured to rotate the front shelf down about an axis at the rear shelf based on the guard moving up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Junsoo Park, Jiyeong Ku, Jiyoon Lee, Jiyoung Yoon
  • Patent number: 9518418
    Abstract: An assembly for opening/closing doors including at least a first wing, a second wing and a mechanism adapted to move the wings from a closing position wherein they lie in a vertical plane, to an opening position wherein they are arranged facing each other and lying onto parallel and substantially horizontal planes, and vice versa. The passage from the closing position to the opening position and vice versa occurs through a synchronized and simultaneous rotary-translating motion of the wings. The mechanism includes first and second kinematic arrangements respectively adapted to move the first and second wings, the kinematic arrangements being separate and distinct, kinematically connected through a mechanism for synchronizing and changing the transmission ratio to impart a differential trajectory to the synchronized motion of the first wing with respect to the second wing during closing and opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Grass GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Leandro Cappellotto
  • Patent number: 9513048
    Abstract: A refrigerator may include guide members mounted to a storage chamber, with each guide member including a vertical guide hole and a vertical guide groove. A shelf may be mounted to the guide members, to be vertically movable, and switch members mounted to the shelf, to be movable forwards and rearwards. Each switch member may include a body, and a protrusion protruding from the body, to be guided along the guide groove of the corresponding guide member. A rotating shaft may be mounted beneath the shelf, to be guided along the guide holes. Pinions may be provided at the rotating shaft. Rack gears may be vertically mounted to the guide members, to be coupled to the pinions. A connecting device may transmit a force to vertically move a front half portion of the shelf to a rear half portion of the shelf such that the shelf is vertically movable while being maintained in a horizontal state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Ayoung Choo, Jaeyoul Lee
  • Patent number: 9395089
    Abstract: An oven appliance is provided. The oven appliance includes a door and a hinge assembly for rotatably mounting the door to a cabinet. The hinge assembly includes features for adjusting a position of the door. At least one of a vertical position and a lateral position of the door can be adjusted with the hinge assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Nathan Ernell Nelson, John Adam Yantis, Scott Thomas Kershner, Darren Allen Turner, Srisurya Prakash Pilli
  • Patent number: 9074404
    Abstract: A household appliance including a non-adjustable first door, an adjustable second door, and an adjustable third door. The non-adjustable first door provides a reference point for adjusting each of the second door and the third door. A first adjustment device adjusts the second door in a vertical direction until one of a handle and a top edge of the non-adjustable first door and the second door are aligned at a same height. A second adjustment device adjusts the third door in a horizontal direction such that a first gap between the third door and the second door is equal to a second gap between the non-adjustable first door and the second door, and adjusts the third door in the first direction such that the third door is level and a bottom edge of the third door is aligned with a bottom edge of the second door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: BSH Home Applicances Corporation
    Inventors: Ryan DeLozier, Samuel Harward, Rose Marie Parker
  • Patent number: 9044975
    Abstract: A supporting mechanism applied to a printer is disclosed in the present invention. The supporting mechanism includes a base, a holder slidably disposed on the base for holding a web, a door pivotably disposed on the casing, and a linkage set for moving the holder relative to the base. The linkage set includes a first rod connected between the holder and the door for moving the holder relative to the base when the door rotates, an arm rod pivoted to the casing, and a second rod pivoted to the door and the arm rod for driving the arm rod to press the holder, so as to move the holder relative to the base when the door rotates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: HiTi Digital, Inc.
    Inventor: Kai-Chieh Yen
  • Patent number: 9038623
    Abstract: A pull-out guide for a baking oven. The pull-out guide includes a guide rail fixed in a position and configured as a hollow profile. The pull-out guide further includes a running rail movably mounted on the guide rail, and a bar inserted is into the guide rail, at least in sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: PAUL HETTICH GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Peter Jährling, Daniel Rehage, Daniel Reidt, Timo Kaps
  • Patent number: 9022018
    Abstract: A combination oven and cutting board has a front opening door and a metal upper surface with features that cooperate with the cutting board. The oven may have an internal heating cavity and a front opening door that incorporates a magnet that is used to pull a rack out of the oven.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Breville Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Keith James Hensel
  • Publication number: 20150101590
    Abstract: A shelf assembly is provided with a spring-assisted shelf for an oven appliance. A spring is placed into tension as the oven door is closed and the oven shelf is slid towards the rear of the oven cavity. As the door is opened, the spring retracts so as to cause the oven shelf to slide forward at least partially out of the oven cavity. The shelf assembly is vertically adjustable and can be removed from the oven cavity for repositioning at another height therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: General Electronic Company
    Inventors: James Lee Armstrong, Joshua Stephen Wiseman
  • Patent number: 8820311
    Abstract: Provided is an oven range. A communication opening which is formed at a front end of a bottom surface of an oven chamber is selectively opened or closed by an opening/closing member linked to the rotation of an oven door for opening or closing the oven chamber. Accordingly, the oven range is advantageous as it uniformly cooks a food and simultaneously prevents a burner from being contaminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jung Wan Ryu, Dae Bong Yang, Jea Hyuk Wie, Yong Ki Jeong, Jae Bum Lim, Young Soo Kim, Yang Ho Kim, Dae Rae Lee
  • Publication number: 20140202446
    Abstract: Traction bearing and rod joint to anchor a sliding shelf set to an oven door, the bearing (1) being made of engineering plastic, stainless steel or another compatible material, and is designed to be installed on the internal glass or surface of the counter door (P) of the stove (F1) by fitting into an orifice. The locking of the bearing (1) in this orifice is held by the provision of a beveled skirt (7) and a collar (6), both applied on the outer surface of the bearing (1). The tensile bearing has a longitudinal slot (2) and a channel (4) that communicate with each other to allow docking and rotation of the end (E) of a rod (H) of the set of shelves (PD) when the door (P) of the oven (F1) is opened or closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Inventor: Orlando H. T. Sprenger Lobo
  • Patent number: 8752915
    Abstract: An articulation mechanism for a sliding shelf stem of a household appliance is disclosed. The articulation mechanism may operate without the use of an additional piece and may be made only with a stamping on the counter-door itself of the household appliance. The configuration of the articulation mechanism may simplify its fabrication and assembly, and may reduce or eliminate the need for use of accessories and tools for the assembly processes, simplifying construction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Electrolux do Brasil SA
    Inventor: Gilberto Martins Alves
  • Publication number: 20130255662
    Abstract: An oven having a drawer mechanism includes: a housing having an interior and a front opening; a drawer mechanism disposed in the housing; an oven drawer slidably coupled with the drawer mechanism and operable to slide out of the interior of the housing; and an oven door fixedly attached to the oven drawer to cover the front opening of the housing. A galley work area for heating food includes a corner work deck and a galley insert disposed on the corner work deck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: B/E AEROSPACE, INC.
    Inventors: Siebe Schootstra, Nicolaas Johannes van Zwieten, Martijn Klok, Marcus Michael Cornelis Jaspers
  • Publication number: 20130167830
    Abstract: A grill moving mechanism for an oven is provided. The grill moving mechanism is disposed on an inner side of the oven and has a rear end provided with a push rod. The push rod has an active portion configured for driving a grill and connected with at least one resilient clamp. The grill, when put into the oven, can be securely clamped by one of the at least one clamp such that, once the door is pulled outward or shut, the grill is moved outward or inward synchronously with the door in a linked manner. The grill moving mechanism thus has a significant positioning effect on the grill.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: Uni-Splendor Corp.
    Inventor: Yu-Yuan Lin
  • Publication number: 20130167829
    Abstract: A grill moving mechanism for an oven is provided. The grill moving mechanism is disposed on an inner side of the oven for grilling various foods to enable a grill to be moved outward or inward synchronously with a door being pulled outward or shut, such that food can be put into or taken from the oven conveniently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Inventor: Yu-Yuan Lin
  • Publication number: 20130042854
    Abstract: Systems of sliding shelves for ovens are provided. The system includes a lower shelf and an upper shelf. The lower shelf includes a vertical rod; and the upper shelf includes an engagement element, and a stop horizontally distant from said engagement element. The vertical rod of the lower shelf mechanically interacts with the engagement element and with the stop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: ELECTROLUX DO BRASIL S. A.
    Inventors: Eramis Braz Padilha, Allexandre Cesar Abib Brites
  • Patent number: 8308250
    Abstract: A rack system for an appliance is provided. The rack system includes a door link, a first coupler link, a first rack, a bracket, a second coupler link, and a second rack. The door link is attached to an appliance door. The first coupler link is attached to the door link and connected to the first rack. The bracket is attached to either the first rack or the second rack. The second coupler link is attached to the bracket at one of the sites for attachment and connected to whichever one of either the first or second racks to which the bracket is not attached. The linear movement of the first and second racks can be non-staggered or staggered depending on the attachment site of the bracket to which the second coupler link is attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Edwin Koehler
  • Patent number: 7994457
    Abstract: A cooking device with a heating chamber therein. A drawer with a body portion having a heating container and a door that closes the heating chamber when the heating container is inserted into the heating chamber. A moving mechanism operable to engage the door in a manner to support the drawer while moving it from a closed position in which the door closes the heating chamber with the heating container inserted into the heating chamber to an open position with the heating container outside of the open heating chamber to permit objects to be placed in and removed from the exposed heating container. In order to facilitate easy access to the heating container when the drawer is in the open position, the moving mechanism is positioned below the heating container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Akihiro Yoshidome
  • Patent number: 7244916
    Abstract: A heating and cooking apparatus includes a cooking apparatus main body having a heating chamber, a drawer body including a base for carrying a heated target and formed such that the base moves from inside of the heating chamber to outside, a door drive motor moving the drawer body, and a control unit controlling the door drive motor for varying a moving speed of the door. The control unit is formed to control the door drive motor such that a moving speed of the drawer body at at least one stage selected from a group consisting of a draw-out initial stage, a draw-out final stage, a push-in initial stage, and a push-in final stage is relatively slower than a moving speed of the drawer body in an intermediate stage of a draw-out and push-in operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masayuki Iwamoto
  • Patent number: 7188619
    Abstract: A household food warmer includes a housing and a drawer. The drawer, which can be inserted into the interior chamber of the housing, has a drawer bottom and a front wall with a first opening. The front wall is provided with a sliding device that has a handle, and that engages in a guide formed at the front wall with a guide means, and with which the first opening can be closed in a substantially airtight manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: Miele & Cie. KG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Bollmers, Michael Empting, Johannes Renne, Peter Stemig, Hartmut Wemhoener
  • Patent number: 7173217
    Abstract: An oven has a housing defining a cooking chamber. Guides in the chamber carrying a slidable rack. A door hinged on the housing and pivotal between an open position and a closed position. A linkage between a side wall of the cooking chamber and the housing for automatically ejecting the frame on movement of the door into the open position. The linkage is oriented in a vertical plane and has a lever pivoted in the housing outside the chamber, a link connecting the lever to the door such that the lever pivots when the door is moved between its positions, and a thruster element pivoted between the housing and the chamber and having a first outer part outside the cooking chamber and slidably engaged in a slot of the lever and a second inner part inside the cooking chamber and slidably engaged in an opening of the rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: DeLonghi S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giuseppe De'Longhi
  • Patent number: 6469285
    Abstract: An automatic temperature control device comprises a reaction chamber for housing a vessel, a tray for supporting the vessel, a temperature control part for controlling at least the temperature in the reaction chamber, a transfer means for slidably moving the tray such that the tray may freely enter or withdraw from the reaction chamber, a first cover part for closing up the reaction chamber tightly when the tray is made to enter the reaction chamber by the transfer means, a second cover part for closing up the reaction chamber tightly when the tray is made to withdraw from the reaction chamber by the transfer means, and first and second magnets for holding the second cover part in a tightly closed-up state, wherein the tray for supporting the vessel is allowed to move slidably in linkage with the pivotal motion of the cover for pivoting the cover and also making the vessel to enter or withdraw from the reaction chamber in one operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventor: Atsushi Inami
  • Patent number: 6220239
    Abstract: A cooking appliance door has a door base. A front panel is secured at the front side and an inner panel is secured at the rear side of the door base. Cooking-product support brackets are fastened to the rear side of the cooking appliance door. In order to ensure a stable fastening of the cooking-product support brackets, they are fastened to the door base with fastening elements that extend through openings in the inner panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Kieslinger, Klemens Roch
  • Patent number: 6148813
    Abstract: A telescoping rack assembly for an oven cavity includes a rack extendable upon a primary rack frame which, in turn, is mounted for sliding movement relative to the oven cavity. Therefore, with this arrangement, multiple extensions for the rack is available. The rack is preferably supported upon guides carried by the rack frame, along with multiple sets of rollers. A secondary rack frame can be provided to slidably support the primary rack frame such that a further extension is available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Assignee: Maytag Corporation
    Inventors: Shelton T. Barnes, Perry A. Bennett, Earl T. Rhinehart
  • Patent number: 6073624
    Abstract: A swing-out supporting arrangement (7) primarily intended for a wall-mounted oven (1) of domestic type comprises a bottom plate (6) supported by link arms (9, 10), said bottom plate (6) and an insert (8), possibly associated with said bottom plate, being retractable from the oven (1) by a swing-out movement without the use of any front door. The bottom plate (6) with the insert (8) can be moved between a first position inside the oven and a second swing-out position below and in front of the over front wall (2). Preferably, the swing-out movement is performed by means of an electric motor which is rotatable between two end positions. The principle of invention can also be used for a ceiling plate (4) supported by link arms, said plate being swingingly displaced in a corresponding lifting movement from an oven positioned at a low level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2000
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget Electrolux
    Inventor: Ulf Laurent
  • Patent number: 5990452
    Abstract: An oven includes a front door, a pivotable product support platform, and a back opening. There is a ramp connected to the back of the oven at the back opening, so that, when the platform pivots downwardly to eject product from the oven, the product slides down the platform and onto the ramp. The oven includes a control system, including a timer, which controls a solenoid that causes the platform to drop down when it is time to remove the product from the oven.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Carton Drive Enterprises LLC
    Inventor: Winston L. Shelton
  • Patent number: 5801363
    Abstract: A microwave oven with built-in food covering mechanism, the microwave having a body defined by a top, bottom, sides and rear. A door is hingedly connected to the body and is opened to reveal an open interior of the body. A covering member is suspended within the oven interior and is operably connected to an electric motor built into the microwave body. The motor includes a rotating gear head which rotates in one of two directions to either wind or unwind the cord to either elevate or lower the covering member within the interior. A microprocessor energizes and deenergizes the motor and is operated by any of a selection of spring loaded, pressure actuated or sensing switch assemblies within the microwave interior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Inventor: Mitchell Michaluk, III
  • Patent number: 5660755
    Abstract: A microwave oven with built-in food covering mechanism, the microwave having a body defined by a top, bottom, sides and rear. A door is hingedly connected to the body and is opened to reveal an open interior of the body. A covering member is suspended within the oven interior by a length of cord which extends through the top of the oven and is connected to an electric motor built into the microwave body. The motor includes a rotating gear head which rotates in one of two directions to either wind or unwind the cord to either elevate or lower the covering member within the interior. A microprocessor energizes and deenergizes the motor and is operated by either a key entry and a program memory or by a lever arm switch and limit switch assembly within the microwave interior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 26, 1997
    Inventor: Mitchell Michaluk, III
  • Patent number: 5550356
    Abstract: A food covering device for use with a microwave oven. The microwave oven has a door hingedly attached thereto and an interior which is defined by a top, sides and a bottom. The device includes a cover having a top and side wall which defines an open interior. The cover is suspended within the oven enclosure by a cord which attaches to the cover at one end and to the door of the oven at the other end. The cover is actuated from a first suspended position within the oven enclosure to a second position overlaying the bottom of the oven enclosure when the door is closed. A height adjuster is provided for adjusting the extent which the cover is actuated from the first to the second position. The cover overlays an item of food placed upon the bottom of the microwave interior when it is desirable to heat the item. The cover may also be adjusted solely at the height adjuster without the opening and closing motion of the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1996
    Inventors: Gregory A. Tripp, Mitchell W. Michaluk, III
  • Patent number: 5338922
    Abstract: A microwave oven includes a cooking chamber having a door. A tray is mounted in the chamber by a roller/guide track arrangement such that gravitational force acting on the tray is converted into a force which slides the tray forwardly when the door is opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1994
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young D. Kim, Sung H. Hong
  • Patent number: 5144105
    Abstract: A microwave heating chamber (10) has a rectangular opening (12) into which a food support (14) is slidable, the support including a handle (20) and a wall (18) which serves to close and seal the chamber when inserted. The wall (18) may have thermal break (22) with the support to prevent heat being conducted to the wall and handle. The support (14) may have several superposed platforms each to support an item of food, and each may have a rotatable dish.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1992
    Inventors: David H. Briggs, Richard F. Freeman
  • Patent number: 4892085
    Abstract: An oven includes a plurality of walls defining an inner chamber. One of the walls is provided with an opening through which access may be had to the inner chamber. The opening includes a vertical axis extending along one side thereof, and a door is pivotally supported along the first vertical axis and is movable between a first door position closing the inner chamber and a second door position opening the inner chamber. The door has an inner door surface exposed to the inner chamber when the door is in the first door position. An inner plate is pivotally supported along a second vertical axis that is parallel to the first vertical axis and located within the inner chamber. The inner plate is movable between a first inner plate position adjacent one of the walls of the oven and a second inner plate position adjacent the opening. The inner plate includes a front surface facing the inner chamber when the inner plate is in the first inner plate position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 9, 1990
    Inventor: Francisco J. Salvi
  • Patent number: 4862869
    Abstract: A wood burning stove incorporates a catalytic cell for reducing exhaust emissions from the stove. A pair of heat shields are spaced from opposing surfaces of a combustor to exchange thermal radiation with the combustor. The combustor is oriented at an acute angle to enhance the combustor life. One of the heat shields also functions as a deflector for deflecting exhaust toward the combustor. A secondary air unit supplies secondary air to the vicinity of the combustor. A dynamic grate assembly is employed to prevent under firing of the firebox.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1989
    Assignee: N.H.C., Inc.
    Inventor: Gary M. Hazard