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US 12,663,163 B2Granted
Cooking appliance
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorMyeong Su Shin
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Abstract
A cooking appliance includes a casing having a cavity and an electric chamber therein, and a door opening and closing the cavity. In addition, a tank housing storing a water tank therein is disposed in the electric chamber. The tank housing has a tank chamber open towards a tank entrance of a front housing. A front surface of the tank housing is in close contact with a rear surface of the front housing, and the tank chamber is connected to the tank entrance. When the tank housing and the front housing are in close contact with each other, leakage of water or inflow of foreign substances through a gap between the two components can be prevented.
Claims20
A cooking appliance comprising:
- a casing having a cavity and an electric chamber separated from the cavity;
- a door located at a front of the casing, the door being configured to open and close the cavity;
- a front housing located in front of the electric chamber, the front housing being located above the door, the front housing having a tank entrance that is open;
- a tank housing located in the electric chamber, a front surface of the tank housing contacting a rear surface of front housing, the tank housing having a tank chamber open towards the tank entrance, the tank chamber being connected to the tank entrance;
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- a water tank located in the tank chamber, the water tank being configured to be movable through the tank entrance,
- wherein the front housing comprises a lower guide protruding rearward at a lower portion of the tank entrance,
- wherein the tank housing comprises a step difference rib protruding forward at a lower portion of the front surface of the tank housing, the step difference rib contacting the lower guide,
- wherein the step difference rib is located at a lower portion of the lower guide, and
- wherein an upper surface of the lower guide and a bottom surface of an entrance of the tank chamber are coplanar.
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A cooking appliance comprising:
- a casing having a cavity and an electric chamber separated from the cavity;
- a door located at a front of the casing, the door being configured to open and close the cavity;
- a front housing located in front of the electric chamber, the front housing being located above the door, the front housing having a tank entrance that is open;
- a tank housing located in the electric chamber, the tank housing having a tank chamber having an opening facing the tank entrance, the tank chamber being connected to the tank entrance such that the tank chamber and the tank entrance define a continuous path;
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- a water tank located in the tank chamber, the water tank being configured to be movable through the tank entrance along the continuous path,
- wherein the front housing comprises a lower guide protruding rearward at a lower portion of the tank entrance,
- wherein the tank housing comprises a step difference rib protruding forward at a lower portion of a front surface of the tank housing, the step difference rib contacting the lower guide,
- wherein the step difference rib is located at a lower portion of the lower guide, and
- wherein an upper surface of the lower guide and a bottom surface of an entrance of the tank chamber are coplanar.
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A cooking appliance comprising:
- a casing having a cavity and an electric chamber separated from the cavity;
- a door located at a front of the casing, the door being configured to open and close the cavity;
- a front housing located in front of the electric chamber, the front housing being located above the door, the front housing having a tank entrance that is open;
- a tank housing located in the electric chamber, a front surface of the tank housing contacting a rear surface of front housing, the tank housing having a tank chamber open towards the tank entrance, the tank chamber being connected to the tank entrance;
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- a water tank located in the tank chamber, the water tank being configured to be movable through the tank entrance;
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- a front frame located in front of the cavity,
- wherein the front housing is coupled to the front frame,
- wherein an assembly of the front housing and the tank housing is fixed to the front frame, and
- wherein an upper portion of the front frame is located between the front housing and the tank housing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.