Gas cooktop assembly and quick-connect structure
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsBenjamin Schaiper, Ian Moloney, Dominic Kenney, Camden Zeese
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Abstract
A gas cooktop assembly including a burner housing and a base housing is provided. The burner housing includes an articulation mechanism configured to translate a first body at the burner housing. The base housing forms a basin into which the burner housing is receivable. The base housing includes a second body to which the first body is translatable to articulate an adapter. The adapter is connected to a gas coupling. Articulation of the adapter connects or disconnects the gas coupling and a gas conduit.
Claims18
A gas cooktop assembly, comprising:
- a burner housing comprising an articulation mechanism configured to translate a first body at the burner housing;
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- a base housing forming a basin into which the burner housing is receivable, the base housing comprising a second body to which the first body is translatable to articulate an adapter, the adapter connected to a gas coupling, wherein articulation of the adapter connects or disconnects the gas coupling and a gas conduit, and wherein the articulation mechanism forms a lever configured to receive an upward force along a vertical direction and push the first body downward along the vertical direction to push the second body and the adapter downward along the vertical direction to connect or disconnect the gas coupling and the gas conduit.
A gas cooktop assembly, comprising:
- a burner assembly comprising a burner housing and a burner, wherein the burner housing comprises a pair of sidewalls separated from one another along a longitudinal direction, wherein an articulation mechanism is positioned at each sidewall and configured to translate a first body at the burner housing, and wherein the burner assembly comprises a gas conduit coupled in fluid communication with the burner;
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- a base selectively attachable to the burner assembly, the base comprising a base housing forming a basin into which the burner assembly is receivable, the base comprising a second body to which the first body is translatable along a vertical direction to articulate an adapter, the adapter extending along the longitudinal direction in connection to a gas coupling, wherein articulation of the adapter along the vertical direction connects or disconnects the gas coupling and the gas conduit at the burner assembly, and wherein articulation of the adapter attaches or detaches the base from the burner assembly, wherein the articulation mechanism forms a lever configured to receive an upward force along the vertical direction and push the first body downward along the vertical direction to push the second body and the adapter downward along the vertical direction.
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