Griddle and cooking appliance having a griddle
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsKookhaeng Lee, Yangho Kim, Jun Ho Seok
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Abstract
A griddle and a cooking appliance having a griddle is provided. The griddle may include a housing, a heating plate seated on a top of the housing, a burner provided inside the housing under the heating plate, and an exhaust vent forming a passage through which exhaust gas generated in the housing by the burner is discharged. The exhaust vent may be provided at a rear of the housing adjacent to a second end of the heating plate. The burner may be arranged such that a first end of the burner adjacent to a first end of the heating plate is positioned closer to the heating plate than a second end of the burner adjacent to the exhaust vent.
Claims19
A griddle, comprising:
- a housing forming an accommodation space having an open top;
- a heating plate having a predetermined width and length and seated on the top of the housing such that a first end of the heating plate is positioned at a front of the housing and a second end of the heating plate is positioned at a rear of the housing;
- a burner having a length extending in a first direction of the heating plate and provided inside the housing under the heating plate;
- an exhaust vent forming a passage to discharge to an outside of the housing exhaust gas generated by the burner in the housing, wherein the exhaust vent is provided at the rear of the housing adjacent to the second end of the heating plate, and wherein the burner is arranged such that a first end of the burner adjacent to the first end of the heating plate is positioned closer to the heating plate than a second end of the burner adjacent to the exhaust vent, and
- a flow channel guide arranged between the heating plate and the burner to separate the heating plate from the burner.
A cooking appliance, comprising:
- a cooktop case;
- and
- a griddle provided inside or outside the cooktop case, wherein the griddle includes:
- a housing forming an accommodation space having an open top;
- a heating plate having a predetermined width and length and seated on the top of the housing such that a first end of the heating plate is positioned at a front of the housing and a second end of the heating plate is positioned at a rear of the housing;
- a burner having a length extending in a first direction of the heating plate and provided inside the housing under the heating plate;
- an exhaust vent forming a passage to discharge exhaust gas generated by the burner in the housing, wherein the exhaust vent is provided at the rear of the housing adjacent to the second end of the heating plate;
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- a flow channel guide arranged between the heating plate and the burner;
- wherein air heated by the burner under the flow channel guide is introduced into a space between the heating plate and the flow channel guide to heat the heating plate.
A cooking appliance, comprising:
- a body;
- and
- a griddle provided on the body, wherein the griddle includes:
- a housing that forms an accommodation space having an open top;
- a heating plate including a first end and a second end and provided to cover the open top of the accommodation space;
- a burner including a first end and a second end and provided in the accommodation space arranged in a first direction;
- a flow channel guide provided between the burner and the heating plate and arranged parallel to the burner;
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- an exhaust vent provided at the second end of the heating plate to allow exhaust gas generated by the burner to be exhausted to an outside, wherein the burner is arranged such that the first end is positioned closer to the heating plate than the second end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.