Cooking appliance and knob assembly thereof
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorPaul Bryan Cadima
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Abstract
A cooking appliance may include a control knob that may be mountable to the cooking appliance at a surface panel of the cooking appliance. The control knob may include an adjustable body that may include a push body and a center projection that may define a body opening. The push body may include a push surface and an outer skirt that may extend from a perimeter of the push surface. The outer skirt may define a plurality of slots therethrough. The control knob may include a static body disposed within the body opening of the center projection. The control knob may include a support plate that may be secured to the adjustable body and positioned in front of the forward face. The support plate may include a plurality of extensions that may extend from a perimeter of the support plate.
Claims20
A knob assembly for a cooking appliance, the cooking appliance comprising a cooktop, a heating element mounted to the cooktop, a surface panel mounted to the cooktop forward from the heating element, the surface panel comprising a forward face and a rearward face, the surface panel defining a central axis extending from the rearward face to the forward face, the knob assembly comprising:
- a control knob mountable to the cooking appliance at the surface panel, the control knob comprising:
- an adjustable body comprising a push body and a center projection defining a body opening, the push body comprising a push surface and an outer skirt extending from a perimeter of the push surface, the outer skirt defining a plurality of slots therethrough,
- a static body disposed within the body opening of the center projection, and
- a support plate secured to the adjustable body and positioned in front of the forward face, the support plate comprising a plurality of extensions extending from a perimeter of the support plate,
- wherein each extension of the plurality of extensions is positioned within a slot of the plurality of slots, and
- wherein each extension of the plurality of extensions is coradial with the outer skirt.
A cooking appliance comprising:
- a cooktop;
- a heating element mounted to the cooktop;
- a surface panel mounted to the cooktop forward from the heating element, the surface panel comprising a forward face and a rearward face, the surface panel defining a central axis extending from the rearward face to the forward face;
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- a control knob mounted to the cooking appliance at the surface panel, the control knob comprising:
- an adjustable body comprising a push body and a center projection defining a body opening, the push body comprising a push surface and an outer skirt extending from a perimeter of the push surface, the outer skirt defining a plurality of slots therethrough,
- a static body disposed within the body opening of the center projection, and
- a support plate secured to the adjustable body and positioned in front of the forward face, the support plate comprising a plurality of extensions extending from a perimeter of the support plate,
- wherein each extension of the plurality of extensions is positioned within a slot of the plurality of slots, and
- wherein each extension of the plurality of extensions is coradial with the outer skirt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.