Cooktop cleanable grates
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsKalie N. Collins, Paul J. Neuman, Binesh R. Pillai, Akhil Haribhau Wankhede, Jyoti Ashok Falke
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Abstract
A cooking appliance includes a cooktop, a grate including a shaft, and a hinge assembly. The hinge assembly defines an opening having a rotation section and a lock section that receives the shaft. The shaft is moveable with respect to the rotation section between a cooking position where the grate is substantially parallel with the cooktop and a cleaning position where the shaft is received in the lock section and the grate is held at an angle from the cooktop. The angle is non-parallel to the cooktop.
Claims20
A cooking appliance comprising:
- a cooktop;
- a grate including a shaft;
- and
- a hinge assembly defining an opening having a rotation section and a lock section receiving the shaft, the shaft is moveable with respect to the rotation section between a cooking position where the grate is substantially parallel with the cooktop and a cleaning position where the shaft is received in the lock section and the grate is held at an angle from the cooktop, the angle being non-parallel to the cooktop.
A cooking appliance comprising:
- a cooktop;
- a plurality of grates, each grate including a pair of shafts;
- and
- a plurality of hinge assemblies, each of the hinge assemblies operably connected to a different one of the plurality of grates, each hinge assembly defining an opening having a rotation section and a lock section receiving one of the pair of shafts, each of the pair of shafts moveable with respect to one of the rotation sections between a cooking position where the respective one of the plurality of grates is substantially parallel with the cooktop and a cleaning position where one of the pair of shafts are received in the lock section and the respective one of the plurality of grates is held at an angle from the cooktop, the angle being non-parallel to the cooktop.
A cooking appliance comprising:
- a cooktop;
- a grate including a pair of shafts;
- and
- a hinge assembly including a pair of hinges each defining an opening having a rotation section and a lock section receiving the pair of shafts, the pair of shafts moveable with respect to the rotation section between a cooking position where the grate is substantially parallel with the cooktop and a cleaning position where the pair of shafts are received in the lock section and the grate is held at an angle from the cooktop, the angle being non-parallel to the cooktop.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.