US 12,736,226 B2Granted

Door assembly for a cooking apparatus

AssigneeShenzhen Chenbei Technology Co., Ltd.

InventorsChanglong Zhou, Xuanyu Li

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Abstract

The present application discloses a door assembly for a cooking apparatus, which belongs to the technical field of kitchen appliances. The door assembly comprises: a door body located in housing of the cooking apparatus and movable to allow access to a cooking chamber of the cooking apparatus; a controller fixed on one side of the door body away from said housing; a handle with two ends fixed in the controller and said door body such that the handle is used to open or close the door assembly. This arrangement has the following advantages: the controller does not occupy any space in the cooking chamber space, simplifies the cook apparatus structure, reduces the number of parts, and lowers the product cost. Additionally, the controller isolated from the temperature of the cooking chamber in the housing to prevent future damage.

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Dependent claims

A door assembly for a cooking apparatus, the door assembly comprising:

a door body, said door body movable relative to a housing of said cooking apparatus with a cooking chamber;
a controller, said controller being fixed on an outer side of said door body away from said housing, said outer side extending between a first edge of said door body and a second edge of said door body, said door body being rotatably coupled to said housing;
said controller having an elongated body with a first end and a second end, said first end being positioned adjacent to said first edge of said door body;
a handle base fixed on said outer side adjacent to said second edge;
an elongated handle extending between and connecting said handle base and said second end of said elongated body of said controller;
wherein said elongated handle is spaced apart from said outer side to form an enclosed hand grip opening defined by said outer side, said handle base, said elongated handle, and said second end of said elongated body of said controller;
whereby a hand can be inserted through said hand grip opening to grasp said elongated handle and rotatably move said door body.

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