Cooking appliance
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorMoonho CHOI
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Abstract
A cooking appliance is provided. The cooking appliance may include a cabinet that forms an outer appearance, at least one cooking device provided in the cabinet to cook items using a gas flame, a panel formed with at least one through-hole, a gas valve provided behind the panel and including a valve shaft that penetrates the at least one through-hole and extends in a forward direction from the panel, a knob provided in front of the panel to be connected with the valve shaft to cause rotation and forward-backward movement of the valve shaft through a user's manipulation, and a bearing secured between the knob and the panel to support a circumference of the valve shaft in order to prevent restriction of movement of the knob and the valve shaft.
Claims29
A cooking appliance, comprising:
- a cabinet that forms an outer appearance of the cooking appliance;
- at least one cooking device provided in the cabinet to cook items to be cooked using a gas flame;
- a panel formed with at least through-hole;
- a gas valve provided behind the panel and including a valve shaft that penetrates the at least one through-hole and extends in a forward direction from the panel;
- a knob provided in front of the panel to be connected with the valve shaft, that causes rotation and forward-backward movement of the valve shaft through a user's manipulation;
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- a bearing secured between the knob and the panel, that supports a circumference of the valve shaft in order to prevent restriction of movement of the knob and the valve shaft.
A cooking appliance, comprising:
- a cabinet that forms an outer appearance of the cooking appliance;
- at least one cooking device provided in the cabinet to cook items using a gas flame;
- a panel integrally provided with the cabinet or removably coupled to the cabinet so that a front portion thereof is exposed to an outside of the cooking appliance, and formed with at least one through-hole;
- a gas valve provided behind the panel and including a valve shaft that penetrates the at least one through-hole and extends in a forward direction from the panel;
- a knob provided in front of the panel to be connected with the valve shaft in order to ignite or extinguish gas or adjust a flame intensity, that causes rotation and a forward-backward movement of the valve shaft through a user's manipulation;
- a knob-ring provided between the knob and the panel, that accommodates a rear portion of the knob therein;
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- a bearing secured in the knob-ring, that supports a circumference of the valve shaft behind the knob in order to allow the rotation and the forward-backward movement of the valve shaft, thereby preventing restriction of movement of the knob and the valve shaft.
A panel assembly for a cooking appliance, comprising:
- a panel formed with at least one through-hole;
- a gas valve provided behind the panel and including a valve shaft that penetrates the at least one through-hole and extends in a forward direction from the panel;
- a knob provided in front of the panel to be connected with the valve shaft, that causes rotation and forward-backward movement of the valve shaft through a user's manipulation;
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- a bearing secured between the knob and the panel, that supports a circumference of the valve shaft in order to prevent restriction of movement of the knob and the valve shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.