Oven drawer having user configurable horizontally divided cavities
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorPaul Bryan Cadima
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Abstract
An oven appliance includes a cooking chamber positioned within a cabinet, a heating assembly defining a plurality of heating zones, and a drawer assembly slidably positioned within the cooking chamber. The drawer assembly includes a drawer frame slidably mounted to sidewalls of the cooking chamber, a horizontal rack mounted proximate a bottom of the drawer frame, and one or more vertical dividers positionable within the drawer frame to define a plurality of cooking chambers, each of the plurality of cooking chambers being aligned with one or more of the plurality of heating zones.
Claims18
An oven appliance defining a vertical, a lateral, and a transverse direction, the oven appliance comprising:
- a cooking chamber positioned within a cabinet;
- a heating assembly comprising a plurality of upper heating elements positioned proximate a top of the cooking chamber and a plurality of lower heating elements positioned proximate a bottom of the cooking chamber to define a plurality of heating zones;
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- a drawer assembly slidably positioned within the cooking chamber, the drawer assembly comprising:
- a drawer frame slidably mounted to sidewalls of the cooking chamber and being movable between an open position and a closed position;
- a horizontal rack mounted proximate a bottom of the drawer frame;
- one or more vertical dividers positionable within the drawer frame to define a plurality of cooking chambers, each of the plurality of cooking chambers being aligned with one or more of the plurality of heating zones;
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- a sensor assembly for detecting the one or more vertical dividers, the sensor assembly comprising a divider sensor fixed relative to the drawer frame, and wherein one or more configured zones of the cooking chamber are detected using the sensor assembly.
A drawer assembly for an oven appliance, the oven appliance comprising a cooking chamber positioned within a cabinet and a heating assembly defining a plurality of heating zones, the drawer assembly comprising:
- a drawer frame slidably mounted to sidewalls of the cooking chamber and being movable between an open position and a closed position;
- a horizontal rack mounted proximate a bottom of the drawer frame;
- one or more vertical dividers positionable within the drawer frame to define a plurality of cooking chambers, each of the plurality of cooking chambers being aligned with one or more of the plurality of heating zones;
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- a sensor assembly for detecting the one or more vertical dividers, the sensor assembly comprising a divider sensor fixed relative to the drawer frame, and wherein one or more configured zones of the cooking chamber are detected using the sensor assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.