# US 10,502,432 B2 · Kitchen appliance comprising drawer

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- Number: US 10,502,432 B2
- Document ID: US10502432B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/047,993
- Filed: 2018-07-27
- Published: 2018-12-27
- Granted: 2019-12-10
- Earliest claimed: 2016-02-01
- Assignees: Guangdong Midea Kitchen Appliances Manufacturing Co., Ltd.; Midea Group Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Guangdong Midea Kitchen Appliances Manufacturing Co., Ltd.; Midea Group Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Jianyi Zhou; Yongzhong Zhang; Jian Long
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10502432B2

## CPC

- F24C 15/022: {Latches}
- A61L 2/26: Accessories
- E05B 63/0052: {Locks mounted on the "frame" cooperating with means on the "wing" (E05B47/0046, E05B65/0829, E05B65/0847, E05B65/0882 take precedence)}
- E05C 3/04: with operating handle or equivalent member rigid with the bolt
- E05B 15/0053: {means providing a stable, i.e. indexed, position of lock parts}
- E05B 65/0014: {to prevent opening by children (E05B13/00 takes precedence; child-proof container closures B65D50/00)}
- F24C 7/08: Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices
- F24C 15/162: {Co-operating with a door, e.g. operated by the door}
- F24C: DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES (exclusively for solid fuels F24B); DETAILS OF DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
- A61L: METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES (preservation of bodies or disinfecting characterised by the agents employed A01N; preserving, e.g. sterilising, food or foodstuffs A23; preparations for medical, dental or toiletry purposes A61K)
- E05B: LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
- E05C: BOLTS OR FASTENING DEVICES FOR WINGS, SPECIALLY FOR DOORS OR WINDOWS (latching means for sideboard or tailgate structures for vehicles B62D, {B62D33/02}; fastening devices for constructional or engineering elements E04, F16B; locks, fastening devices structurally or operatively combined or having significant cooperation with locks E05B; means for operating or controlling wing fasteners in conjunction with mechanisms for moving the wing E05F)

## Abstract

The present disclosure provides a kitchen appliance with a drawer. The kitchen appliance has a body, a drawer and a position-limiting lock assembly. The drawer is located in an accommodation cavity of the body. The position-limiting lock assembly has a lock and is mounted on the body and above the accommodation cavity. One end of the lock is rotatably connected to the body, and the other end of the lock protrudes from the front opening of the body. When the other end of the lock rotates to a position in front of the drawer cover, the drawer is restrained from being pulled out of the accommodation cavity; when the other end of the lock rotates away from the position in front of the drawer cover, the drawer can be pulled out of the accommodation cavity, thereby preventing the drawer from being accidentally opened in movement settings.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A kitchen appliance with a drawer, comprising:
a body having an accommodation cavity of which a front end is provided with an opening;
a drawer located in the accommodation cavity, wherein a drawer cover is fixedly attached to a front end of the drawer, and the drawer cover can drive the drawer to move relative to the body, so as to draw the drawer out of or push the drawer into the accommodation cavity; and
a position-limiting lock assembly mounted on the body and above the accommodation cavity, wherein the position-limiting lock assembly has a lock, one end of the lock being rotatably connected to the body and the other end of the lock protruding from a front opening of the body, when the other end of the lock rotates to a position in front of the drawer cover, the drawer is restrained from being pulled out of the accommodation cavity, and when the other end of the lock rotates away from the position in front of the drawer cover, the drawer can be pulled out of the accommodation cavity,
wherein:
the position-limiting lock assembly is located close to a side wall of the body, the one end of the lock is rotatably connected to the body through a rotating shaft, and the rotating shaft is arranged in the vertical direction such that the lock can rotate within a horizontal plane from the front of the drawer cover to a side of the drawer cover;
the lock is L-shaped and comprises a first connecting portion and an extending portion formed by bending extension of the first connecting portion, the first connecting portion is rotatably connected to the body through the rotating shaft, and the extending portion can rotate to a front and a side of the drawer cover; and
the front end of the body is provided with a control panel located above the drawer cover, and the first connecting portion is located between the drawer cover and the control panel and rotatably connected to a bottom surface of the control panel through the rotating shaft.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The kitchen appliance with a drawer according to claim 1, wherein
the position-limiting lock assembly further comprises a fixed base, the fixed base having a fixed portion and a second connecting portion connected to the fixed portion, the fixed portion is fixed on a rear side of the control panel, the second connecting portion is located between the control panel and the drawer cover, and the first connecting portion is rotatably connected to the second connecting portion through the rotating shaft.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The kitchen appliance with a drawer according to claim 2, wherein
the first connecting portion is connected to the second connecting portion through a rivet, and an elastic gasket is arranged between the rivet and the first connecting portion.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The kitchen appliance with a drawer according to claim 2, wherein
the first connecting portion forms a protrusion facing the second connecting portion, and the second connecting portion is provided with a first limiting hole and a second limiting hole matched with the protrusion; when the extending portion rotates to the front of the drawer cover, the protrusion is inserted into the first limiting hole; and when the extending portion rotates to the side of the drawer cover, the protrusion is inserted into the second limiting hole.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The kitchen appliance with a drawer according to claim 4, wherein
both the first limiting hole and the second limiting hole are elliptical, and major axes of the two ellipses are perpendicular to each other.

### Claim 6 (depends on 2)

The kitchen appliance with a drawer according to claim 2, wherein
the second connecting portion forms a first limit stop and a second limit stop both facing the first connecting portion, and the first connecting portion is configured to rotate within a limit space formed by the first limit stop and the second limit stop; when the extending portion rotates to the front of the drawer cover, one side wall of the first connecting portion abuts against the first limit stop; and when the extending portion rotates to the side of the drawer cover, the other side wall of the first connecting portion abuts against the second limit stop.