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US 12,372,250 B2Granted
Ventilation system for a cooking appliance
AssigneeElectrolux Consumer Products, Inc.
InventorsVinayak Reddy Perugu, Sooraj Puthiyaveetil
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Abstract
A cooking appliance includes a cabinet; a cooking chamber positioned within the cabinet; a cooling duct positioned within the cabinet above the cooking chamber and configured to accommodate a main cooling airflow therethrough, the cooling duct defining a main inlet at a front of the appliance, an outlet at a rear of the appliance, and one or more auxiliary inlets disposed along a length of the cooling duct; and a fan adapted to motivate the main cooling airflow. The one or more auxiliary inlets includes a rear inlet disposed adjacent to a rear panel of the cabinet.
Claims17
A cooking appliance comprising:
- a cabinet comprising a control panel having a control-panel inlet;
- a cooking chamber positioned within the cabinet;
- a cooling duct positioned within the cabinet above the cooking chamber and configured to accommodate a main cooling airflow therethrough, the cooling duct defining a main inlet at a front of the appliance, an outlet at a rear of the appliance, and one or more auxiliary inlets disposed along a length of the cooling duct;
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- a fan adapted to motivate said main cooling airflow;
- said one or more auxiliary inlets including a rear inlet disposed adjacent to a rear panel of the cabinet,
- wherein the cooling duct comprises a vertical portion having a front wall and a rear wall spaced from the front wall, said one or more auxiliary inlets further comprising a front inlet defined by the front wall of the vertical portion,
- wherein operation of the fan causes an auxiliary airflow to enter the cabinet through the control-panel inlet and then to enter the cooling duct through the front inlet, and
- wherein said rear inlet is defined by the rear wall of the vertical portion.
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A cooking appliance comprising:
- a cabinet comprising a control panel having a control-panel inlet;
- a cooking chamber positioned within the cabinet;
- a cooling duct positioned within the cabinet above the cooking chamber and configured to accommodate a main cooling airflow therethrough, the cooling duct comprising:
- an intake channel defining a main inlet at a front of the appliance, said main inlet being defined at an upstream end of the intake channel,
- a fan compartment downstream of the intake channel, and
- an exhaust channel downstream of the fan compartment that defines an outlet at a rear of the appliance, said outlet being defined at a downstream end of the exhaust channel, and
- one or more auxiliary inlets disposed along a length of the cooling duct;
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- a fan adapted to motivate said main cooling airflow, said fan at least partially disposed within the fan compartment;
- wherein said one or more auxiliary inlets includes a rear inlet disposed adjacent to a rear panel of the cabinet, said rear inlet being disposed along the exhaust channel,
- wherein the cooling duct comprises a horizontal portion having an upper wall and a lower wall spaced from the upper wall, and the one or more auxiliary inlets further comprises an upper inlet defined by the upper wall of the horizontal portion, and
- wherein operation of the fan causes an auxiliary airflow to enter the cabinet through the control-panel inlet and then to enter the cooling duct through the upper inlet.
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A cooking appliance comprising:
- a cabinet including a front-panel inlet, a rear-panel inlet, a control-panel inlet, and a rear outlet;
- a cooking chamber positioned within the cabinet that includes a fume outlet;
- a cooling duct positioned within the cabinet above the cooking chamber and configured to accommodate a main cooling airflow therethrough, the cooling duct defining a main inlet at a front of the appliance, an outlet at a rear of the appliance, and one or more auxiliary inlets disposed along a length of the cooling duct;
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- a fan adapted to motivate said main cooling airflow;
- wherein the cooling duct comprises:
- a horizontal portion having an upper wall, a lower wall spaced from the upper wall, and a side wall connecting the upper wall and lower wall,
- a vertical portion having a front wall and a rear wall spaced from each other,
- an upper inlet defined by the upper wall of the horizontal portion,
- a side inlet defined by the side wall of the horizontal portion,
- a front inlet defined by the front wall of the vertical portion,
- a fume inlet defined by the lower wall of the horizontal portion, and
- a rear inlet disposed adjacent to a rear panel of the cabinet, and
- wherein the main inlet is disposed at an upstream end of the horizontal portion, the rear inlet is defined by the rear wall of the vertical portion, and the duct outlet is disposed at a downstream end of the vertical portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.