# US 11,029,035 B2 · Oven > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,029,035 B2 - Document ID: US11029035B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/270,106 - Filed: 2019-02-07 - Published: 2019-10-03 - Granted: 2021-06-08 - Earliest claimed: 2018-04-03 - Assignees: LG Electronics Inc. - Applicants: LG Electronics Inc. - Inventors: Haksoon Yang; Jaekyung Yang; Semi Lee; Suyong Lee; Yongsoo Lee - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11029035B2 ## CPC - F24C 15/028: {Stoves doors} - E05D 15/52: for opening about a vertical as well as a horizontal axis - F24C 15/023: {Mounting of doors, e.g. hinges, counterbalancing} - F24C 15/024: {Handles} - F24C: DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES (exclusively for solid fuels F24B); DETAILS OF DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES, OF GENERAL APPLICATION - E05D: HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS (pivotal connections in general F16C11/00) ## Abstract The present invention provides an oven including: a cabinet having a cooking space open forward; a door rotating to open/close the cooking space; and a rotary hinge disposed on the front of the cabinet to rotate the door in various directions, in which the door includes: a first ink moving in a first direction; and a second link moving in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction by movement of the first link, and the rotational direction of the door depends on movement of the first link. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An oven comprising: a cabinet that defines a cooking space and that defines an opening at a front of the cabinet; a door configured to rotate relative to the cabinet to open and close at least a portion of the opening at the front of the cabinet; and a rotary hinge that is located at the front of the cabinet and that allows the door to rotate relative to the cabinet in a plurality of rotation directions, wherein the door includes: a door case, a handle located at a front of the door case, a first link configured to move in a first direction relative to the cabinet, a second link configured to, based on movement of the first link in the first direction, move in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction, and an operation unit that is located at the handle, that is configured to cause the first link to move relative to the cabinet, and that is configured to pass through the door case to press the first link, and wherein the door is configured to rotate in a first rotation direction among the plurality of rotation directions based on movement of the first link relative to the cabinet. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The oven according to claim 1, wherein the operation unit is configured to press the first link in a direction that is perpendicular to the first direction and to the second direction. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The oven according to claim 1, wherein the first direction comprises a first lateral direction toward a first side of the door and a second lateral direction toward a second side of the door, and wherein the second direction is a vertical direction of the cabinet. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The oven according to claim 3, wherein the second link is configured to: move upward based on the first link moving toward the first side of the door in the first lateral direction; and move downward based on the first link moving toward the second side of the door in the second lateral direction. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The oven according to claim 1, wherein the first link includes a guide configured to contact the operation unit and the second link. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The oven according to claim 5, wherein the second link includes a slide slope that is inclined with respect to the second direction, and wherein the guide is configured to move relative to the slide slope in a state in which the guide contacts the slide slope. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The oven according to claim 1, wherein the first link is configured to press an upper end of the second link. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The oven according to claim 1, wherein the first link includes a first elastic member configured to provide first elastic force that causes the first link to move to an initial position of the first link. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The oven according to claim 8, wherein the second link includes a second elastic member configured to provide second elastic force that causes the second link to move to an initial position of the second link. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The oven according to claim 9, wherein an elastic modulus of the first elastic member is greater than an elastic modulus of the second elastic member. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The oven according to claim 9, wherein the second elastic member is configured to be stretched based on the first elastic member being compressed. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The oven according to claim 1, further comprising: a coupling hinge located at the cabinet and spaced apart from the rotary hinge in the first direction; and a fixed hinge located at the cabinet and spaced apart from the rotary hinge in the second direction. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The oven according to claim 12, wherein the door is configured to open and close at least a portion of the opening at the front of the cabinet (i) in a first mode in which the door rotates about a side end of the cabinet or (ii) in a second mode in which the door rotates about a lower end of the cabinet. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The oven according to claim 12, wherein the first link is configured to couple to the fixed hinge. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The oven according to claim 12, wherein the second link is configured to couple to the coupling hinge. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The oven according to claim 13, wherein the first link is configured to couple to the fixed hinge in the first mode, and to separate from the fixed hinge in the second mode. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The oven according to claim 13, wherein the second link is configured to separate from the fixed hinge in the first mode, and to couple to the fixed hinge in the second mode. ### Claim 18 An oven comprising: a cabinet that defines a cooking space and that defines an opening at a front of the cabinet; a door configured to rotate relative to the cabinet to open and close at least a portion of the opening at the front of the cabinet; and a rotary hinge that is located at the cabinet and that allows the door to rotate relative to the cabinet in a plurality of rotation directions, wherein the door includes: a first link configured to move in a first direction relative to the cabinet, and a second link configured to, based on movement of the first link in the first direction, move in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction, and wherein the door is configured to, based on movement of the first link in the first direction, open and close at least a portion of the opening at the front of the cabinet (i) in a first mode in which the door rotates about a side end of the cabinet or (ii) in a second mode in which the door rotates about a lower end of the cabinet, wherein the rotary hinge includes: a coupling base coupled to the cabinet, a rotary rib connected to the coupling base and configured to, in the first mode, rotate about a rotary shaft relative to the coupling base, and a side shaft that extends in a direction that is perpendicular to the rotary shaft of the rotary rib. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The oven according to claim 18, wherein the rotary hinge is coupled to a side of a lower end of the cabinet. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The oven according to claim 18, wherein the coupling base protrudes from a front of the cabinet. ### Claim 21 (depends on 18) The oven according to claim 18, wherein the rotary hinge further includes a down shaft configured to connect the rotary rib to the coupling base.