Microwave appliance having a secondary cooking chamber
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsJae Hyun Oh, Geon Ho Kim, Younki Min
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Abstract
A microwave appliance, as provided herein, may include a cabinet, a magnetron, and a drawer liner. The cabinet may define a primary cooking chamber. The magnetron may be mounted within the cabinet in communication with the primary cooking chamber to direct a microwave thereto. The drawer liner may have a side wall joined to a base wall. The drawer liner may be slidably mounted to the cabinet to move along the vertical direction between a contracted position and an expanded position. The side wall may be received within the cabinet in the contracted position. The side wall may define a secondary cooking chamber with the base wall below the primary cooking chamber in the expanded position.
Claims20
A microwave appliance mountable over a cooktop appliance comprising a cooktop surface, the microwave appliance defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction, the microwave appliance comprising:
- a cabinet defining a primary cooking chamber;
- a magnetron mounted within the cabinet in communication with the primary cooking chamber to direct a microwave thereto;
- a drawer liner having a side wall joined to a base wall, the drawer liner being slidably mounted to the cabinet to move along the vertical direction between a contracted position and an expanded position, the side wall being received within the cabinet in the contracted position, and the side wall defining a secondary cooking chamber with the base wall below the primary cooking chamber in the expanded position;
- a primary door pivotably mounted to the cabinet to selectively cover the primary cooking chamber;
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- a secondary door movably mounted on the cabinet to move between an lifted position in contact with the primary door and a lowered position covering the secondary cooking chamber below the primary door.
A microwave appliance mountable over a cooktop appliance comprising a cooktop surface, the microwave appliance defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction, the microwave appliance comprising:
- a cabinet defining a primary cooking chamber;
- a magnetron mounted within the cabinet in communication with the primary cooking chamber to direct a microwave thereto;
- a drawer liner having a side wall joined to a base wall, the drawer liner being mounted to the cabinet, and the side wall defining a secondary cooking chamber with the base wall below the primary cooking chamber;
- a primary door pivotably mounted to the cabinet to selectively cover the primary cooking chamber;
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- a secondary door movably mounted on the cabinet to move between a lifted position in contact with the primary door and a lowered position covering the secondary cooking chamber below the primary door.
A microwave appliance mountable over a cooktop appliance comprising a cooktop surface, the microwave appliance defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction, the microwave appliance comprising:
- a cabinet defining a primary cooking chamber;
- a magnetron mounted within the cabinet in communication with the primary cooking chamber to direct a microwave thereto;
- a drawer liner having a side wall joined to a base wall, the drawer liner being slidably mounted to the cabinet to move along the vertical direction between a contracted position and an expanded position, the side wall being received within the cabinet in the contracted position, and the side wall defining a secondary cooking chamber with the base wall below the primary cooking chamber in the expanded position;
- a primary door pivotably mounted to the cabinet to selectively cover the primary cooking chamber;
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- a secondary door movably mounted on the cabinet to move between a lifted position and a lowered position below the lifted position, the lowered position covering the secondary cooking chamber below the primary door.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.