Cooking appliance
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsSangkyun Lee, Jaebong Jang
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Abstract
A cooking appliance may include a cabinet with a cavity that defines a cooking space, an upper panel disposed above the cavity and that is configured to define an upper appearance of the cooking appliance, a front panel disposed in front of the cavity and that is configured to define a front appearance of the cooking appliance, a door that is configured to open and close the cavity, a side panel that is disposed on a side of the cavity and that is configured to define a side appearance of the cooking appliance, a rear panel that is disposed behind the cavity and that is configured to define a rear appearance of the cooking appliance, and a frame bracket that is mounted to a front upper portion of the cabinet and that is configured to secure the upper and front panels to the cabinet.
Claims22
A cooking appliance comprising:
- a cabinet with a cavity that defines a cooking space;
- an upper panel that is disposed above the cavity and that is configured to define an upper appearance of the cooking appliance;
- a front panel that is disposed in front of the cavity and that is configured to define a front appearance of the cooking appliance;
- a door that is configured to open and close the cavity, that is disposed below the front panel and that is configured to define, in conjunction with the front panel, the front appearance of the cooking appliance;
- a side panel that is disposed on a side of the cavity and that is configured to define a side appearance of the cooking appliance;
- a rear panel that is disposed behind the cavity and that is configured to define a rear appearance of the cooking appliance;
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- a frame bracket that is mounted to a front upper portion of the cabinet and that is configured to secure the upper and front panels to the cabinet.
A cooking appliance comprising:
- a cabinet with a cavity that defines a cooking space;
- an upper panel that is disposed above the cavity and that is configured to define an upper appearance of the cooking appliance;
- a front panel that is disposed in front of and above the cavity and that is configured to define a front appearance of the cooking appliance;
- a door that is configured to open and close the cavity, that is disposed below the front panel and that is configured to define, in conjunction with the front panel, a front appearance of the cooking appliance;
- a side panel that is disposed to the side of the cavity and that is configured to define a side appearance of the cooking appliance;
- a rear panel that is disposed to the back side of the cavity and that is configured to define a rear appearance of the cooking appliance;
- a frame bracket mounted to a front upper portion of the cabinet;
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- a link support that is disposed between the frame bracket and the rear panel,
- wherein the frame bracket includes a cavity coupling portion, an upper panel coupling portion, a front panel coupling portion and a side panel coupling portion, which are each respectively coupled to the cabinet, the upper panel, the front panel and the side panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.