Cooking appliance
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsSeung Tae Jang, Jun Woo Mun
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Abstract
A cooking appliance may include a casing having a cavity and an upper space, a door that opens and closes the cavity. A panel may be disposed at a front of the casing with a height different from a height of the door. A hinge may connect the casing and the panel to each other while located therebetween. A wire cover may cover a wire harness that extends from the panel into the upper space. The wire cover may be coupled to the hinge to protrude from and retract into the upper space together with the hinge. As described above, the wire harness may be covered with the wire cover, so that outward exposure of the wire harness is prevented.
Claims20
A cooking appliance, comprising:
- a casing having a cavity and an upper space divided from the cavity;
- a door disposed at a front of the casing and configured to open and close the cavity;
- a panel unit disposed at the front of the casing with a height different from a height of the door, and rotatably connected to the casing;
- a hinge that connects the casing and the panel unit to each other and is disposed in the upper space;
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- a wire cover directly coupled to the hinge, wherein the wire cover covers a wire harness that extends from the panel unit into the upper space, wherein the wire cover is configured to protrude from and retract into the upper space together with the hinge, wherein the hinge comprises:
- a hinge housing disposed in the upper space;
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- a drive arm having a first end connected to the hinge housing, and a second end that protrudes forward from the upper space to be rotatably connected to the panel unit, wherein the wire cover is coupled to the second end of the drive arm, and wherein the hinge housing is disposed between the wire cover and the first end of the drive arm.
A cooking appliance, comprising:
- a casing having a cavity and an upper space divided from the cavity;
- a door disposed at a front of the casing and configured to open and close the cavity;
- a panel unit disposed at the front of the casing with a height different from a height of the door, and rotatably connected to the casing;
- a hinge that connects the casing and the panel unit to each other while located therebetween, and disposed in the upper space;
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- a wire cover directly coupled to the hinge, wherein the wire cover covers a wire harness that extends from the panel unit to an internal space of the upper space, and wherein the wire cover is configured to be moved along the hinge while extending in parallel with at least a portion of a surface of the hinge, wherein the hinge comprises:
- a hinge housing disposed in the upper space;
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- a drive arm having a first end connected to the hinge housing, and a second end that protrudes forward from the upper space to be rotatably connected to the panel unit, wherein the wire cover is coupled to the second end of the drive arm, and wherein the hinge housing is disposed between the wire cover and the first end of the drive arm.
A cooking appliance, comprising:
- a casing having a cavity and an upper space divided from the cavity;
- a door disposed at a front of the casing and configured to open and close the cavity;
- a panel unit disposed at the front of the casing above the door, and rotatably connected to the casing;
- a hinge that connects the casing and the panel unit to each other and is disposed in the upper space;
- and
- a wire cover directly coupled to the hinge, and configured to cover a wire harness that extends from the panel unit into the upper space, wherein the hinge comprises:
- a hinge housing disposed in the upper space;
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- a drive arm having a first end connected to the hinge housing, and a second end that protrudes forward from the upper space to be rotatably connected to the panel unit, wherein the wire cover is coupled to the second end of the drive arm, and wherein the hinge housing is disposed between the wire cover and the first end of the drive arm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.