Drawer device and appliance having the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSeokang Kim, Junesang Mok, Youngmin Cheong
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Abstract
An oven includes a main body providing a first heating space of the oven, and a drawer device which is below the first heating space. The drawer device includes a drawer casing providing an opening at which the drawer casing is open to outside the drawer device at a front of the oven, a drawer insertable into or removable out of the drawer casing, through the opening, a drawer heater installed in the drawer casing, and a drawer heater cover detachably coupled with the drawer casing at the front of the oven and rotatably coupled with the drawer casing at a rear of the oven which is opposite to the front of the oven, the drawer heater cover being moveable relative to the drawer heater.
Claims13
An oven including:
- a main body providing a first heating space of the oven, and
- a drawer device which is below the first heating space, and
- a heater below the first heating space and providing heat to the first heating space,
- wherein the drawer device comprises:
- a drawer casing providing an opening at which the drawer casing is open to outside the drawer device at a front of the oven;
- a drawer insertable into or removable out of the drawer casing, through the opening;
- a drawer heater installed in the drawer casing;
- and
- a drawer heater cover detachably coupled with the drawer casing at the front of the oven and rotatably coupled with the drawer casing at a rear of the oven which is opposite to the front of the oven, the drawer heater cover being moveable relative to the drawer heater,
- wherein
- the drawer which is inserted into the drawer casing defines a second heating space of the oven, together with the drawer casing, and
- the drawer heater cover, when unrotated, covers the drawer heater and dissipates heat from the first heating space.
A drawer device for a heating appliance, comprising:
- a drawer casing providing an opening at which the drawer casing is open to outside the drawer device at a front of the heating appliance;
- the drawer casing comprising:
- a top panel adjacent to the first heating space, and
- a side panel which extends from the top panel and defines the opening together with the top panel;
- a drawer insertable into or removable out of the drawer casing, through the opening;
- a drawer heater installed in the drawer casing;
- and
- a drawer heater cover detachably coupled with the drawer casing at the front of the heating appliance and rotatably coupled to the side panel at a rear of the heating appliance which is opposite to the front of the heating appliance, the drawer heater cover being moveable relative to the drawer heater.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.