Cooking device
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsWontae Kim, Sangcheol Lee, Wansoo Kim
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Abstract
A cooking device includes a main body having a cooking space for cooking food; a base disposed at a lower side of the main body, and comprising a ventilation apparatus for suctioning and discharging contaminated air, the ventilation apparatus being connected to the lower side of the main body and having an introduction port; a swirler rotated so that the contaminated air is suctioned through the introduction port of the base, and having a plurality of wings; an installation part provided at the base; and a driving motor installed at the installation part and configured to generate power for rotating the swirler.
Claims14
A cooking device comprising:
- a main body defining a cooking space for cooking food;
- a ventilation apparatus coupled to a lower side of the main body and configured to suction and discharge air, the ventilation apparatus comprising:
- a base disposed at the lower side of the main body and defining an introduction port,
- a swirler having a plurality of wings and configured to rotate to thereby suction air through the introduction port, the plurality of wings being configured to push out air in a radial direction,
- an installation part provided at the base, and
- a driving motor installed at the installation part and configured to rotate the swirler,
- wherein the base comprises a flow guide that comprises:
- a first surface that defines the introduction port, and
- a second surface that is inclined downward from the first surface, that extends radially outward from the first surface, and that is configured to guide, in a direction downward and radially outward with respect to the first surface, a flow of air pushed out from the plurality of wings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.