Cooking appliance
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorJun Hee Yoo
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Abstract
A cooking appliance may include 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 disposed at the front of the casing at a height different from a height of the door, and configured to be moved from a first position to a second position, and a hinge that connects the casing and the panel to each other and is disposed in the upper space of the casing. The hinge may include a drive arm. The drive arm may protrude forward from the upper space to be connected to the panel, and the drive arm may be connected to a plurality of hinge coupled portions provided in the panel.
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 disposed at the front of the casing at a height different from a height of the door, and configured to be moved from a first position to a second position;
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- a hinge that connects the casing and the panel to each other and is disposed in the upper space of the casing, wherein the hinge comprises a drive arm, wherein the drive arm protrudes forward from the upper space to be connected to the panel, wherein the drive arm is connected to a plurality of hinge coupled portions provided in the panel, wherein the drive arm includes a first end and a second end, wherein a connection block is rotatably connected to the second end of the drive arm, wherein the connection block is fixed to the panel, and wherein the connection block slides in a direction perpendicular to a rotational shaft that connects the connection block to the drive arm to be coupled to the panel.
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 disposed at the front of the casing above the door, and configured to be moved from a first position to a second position;
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- a hinge that connects the casing and the panel to each other and is disposed in the upper space of the casing, wherein the hinge comprises a drive arm and a hinge housing disposed in the upper space, wherein a first end of the drive arm is connected to the hinge housing and a second end of the drive arm protrudes from the upper space of the cavity to be rotatably connected to the panel via a plurality of hinge coupled portions provided in the panel, wherein a connection block is rotatably connected to the second end of the drive arm, wherein the connection block is fixed to the panel, and wherein the connection block slides in a direction perpendicular to a rotational shaft that connects the connection block to the drive arm to be coupled to the panel.
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 disposed at the front of the casing above the door, and configured to be moved from a first position to a second position;
- and
- a hinge that connects the casing and the panel to each other and is disposed in the upper space of the casing, wherein the hinge comprises a drive arm that protrudes from the upper space to be connected to the panel, wherein a connection block is rotatably connected to an end of the drive arm, wherein the connection block is fixed to the panel, and wherein the connection block slides in a direction perpendicular to a rotational shaft that connects the connection block to the drive arm to be coupled to the panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.