Over the range microwave oven with improved hood ventilation
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorBagawathkumar Chellappan
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Abstract
An over the range microwave appliance includes a cabinet defining a cooking chamber, the cabinet comprising a sidewall that defines a fan inlet. A duct assembly is removably attached to the cabinet and includes a fixed outer duct that is mounted to the sidewall and an extendable duct positioned within the fixed outer duct and being movable between an extended position and a retracted position, the extendable duct defining an intake aperture proximate a bottom end of the extendable duct and a discharge aperture proximate a top end of the extendable duct.
Claims20
An over the range microwave appliance defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction, the over the range microwave appliance comprising:
- a cabinet defining a cooking chamber, the cabinet comprising a sidewall that defines a first fan inlet and a second fan inlet;
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- a first duct assembly and a second duct assembly each being removably attached to the cabinet and being extendable independently of each other, each of the first duct assembly and the second duct assembly comprising:
- a fixed outer duct that is mounted to the sidewall of the cabinet;
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- an extendable duct positioned within the fixed outer duct and being movable between an extended position and a retracted position, the extendable duct defining an intake aperture proximate a bottom end of the extendable duct and a discharge aperture proximate a top end of the extendable duct.
A duct assembly for an over the range microwave appliance, the over the range microwave appliance comprising a cabinet defining a cooking chamber, the cabinet comprising a sidewall that defines a fan inlet, the duct assembly comprising a first duct assembly and a second duct assembly each being removably attached to the cabinet and being extendable independently of each other, each of the first duct assembly and the second duct assembly comprising:
- a fixed outer duct that is removably mounted to the sidewall of the cabinet;
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- an extendable duct positioned within the fixed outer duct and being movable between an extended position and a retracted position, the extendable duct defining an intake aperture proximate a bottom end of the extendable duct and a discharge aperture proximate a top end of the extendable duct.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.