Cooling system assembly for a cooking appliance
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsDasney Kirkland, Marcelo Torrentes, Arun Murthy
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Abstract
A cooling system for a cooking appliance includes an inlet duct including a duct top and a duct bottom and forming an air passage; a cooling fan at least partially accommodated within the inlet duct; a fan bracket removably coupled to the duct bottom and at least partially surrounding the cooling fan; an exhaust duct coupled to the duct top, the exhaust duct being provided above the cooling fan along the vertical direction and defining an outlet; and a catch basket provided within the outlet of the exhaust duct.
Claims17
A cooling system for a cooking appliance, the cooling system defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction, the cooling system comprising:
- an inlet duct comprising a duct top and a duct bottom and forming an air passage;
- a cooling fan at least partially accommodated within the inlet duct;
- a fan bracket removably coupled to the duct bottom and at least partially surrounding the cooling fan, the fan bracket comprising a fan spout extending from a first lateral end of the fan bracket, the fan spout comprising a lateral portion and an angled portion extending from the lateral portion along the lateral direction and the vertical direction;
- an exhaust duct coupled to the duct top, the exhaust duct being provided above the cooling fan along the vertical direction and defining an outlet;
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- a catch basket provided within the outlet of the exhaust duct.
A cooking appliance defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction, the cooking appliance comprising:
- a cabinet forming a cooking cavity;
- a cooktop provided above the cooking cavity;
- a wire cover selectively coupled to a rear face of the cabinet;
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- a cooling system provided between the cooktop and the cooking cavity, the cooling system comprising:
- an inlet duct comprising a duct top and a duct bottom and forming an air passage;
- a cooling fan at least partially accommodated within the inlet duct;
- a fan bracket removably coupled to the duct bottom and at least partially surrounding the cooling fan, the fan bracket defining a motor face and a cabinet face opposite the motor face, the fan bracket comprising:
- a first rear flange extending from the cabinet face rearward along the transverse direction;
- a second rear flange extending from the cabinet face rearward along the transverse direction, the second rear flange being offset from the first rear flange along the vertical direction and the lateral direction;
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- a front flange extending from the motor face frontward along the transverse direction;
- an exhaust duct coupled to the duct top, the exhaust duct being provided above the cooling fan along the vertical direction and defining an outlet;
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- a catch basket provided within the outlet of the exhaust duct.
A cooking appliance defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction, the cooking appliance comprising:
- a cabinet forming a cooking cavity;
- a cooktop provided above the cooking cavity;
- a wire cover selectively coupled to a rear face of the cabinet;
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- a cooling system provided between the cooktop and the cooking cavity, the cooling system comprising:
- an inlet duct comprising a duct top and a duct bottom and forming an air passage;
- a cooling fan at least partially accommodated within the inlet duct;
- a fan bracket removably coupled to the duct bottom and at least partially surrounding the cooling fan, the fan bracket comprising a fan spout extending from a first lateral end of the fan bracket, the fan spout comprising a lateral portion and an angled portion extending from the lateral portion along the lateral direction and the vertical direction;
- an exhaust duct coupled to the duct top, the exhaust duct being provided above the cooling fan along the vertical direction and defining an outlet;
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- a catch basket provided within the outlet of the exhaust duct.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.