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US 2018/0003389 A1Published application
Cooking grate with integrated venting
AssigneesMidea America Corporation, Midea Group Co., Ltd.
InventorDaniel J. Trice
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Abstract
A cooking grate combining the cooking surface and the venting surface for a cooking appliance. The venting surface of the cooking grate may include one or more vanes. The vanes of the venting surface may direct air towards the cooking surface. The venting surface of the cooking grate may include a depending skirt defining a cavity therein. One or more cooking grates may be used in a variety of applications.
Claims20
A cooking appliance comprising:
- a housing having a cooktop surface and at least one air channel;
- at least one gas burner positioned in said cooktop surface;
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- at least one cooking grate having a cooking surface and a venting surface, said venting surface permitting air to exit from said at least one air channel of said housing, wherein said cooking surface is adjacent said at least one gas burner and said venting surface has one or more openings therethrough to fluidly communicate with said at least one air channel.
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A cooking appliance comprising:
- a housing having a cooktop surface and at least one air channel, wherein said at least one air channel includes at least one exit opening at the rear of said housing;
- at least one gas burner extending from said cooktop surface;
- a cooking grate having a cooking surface and a venting surface, wherein said venting surface includes an upper surface, said venting surface having one or more vanes defining one or more openings of said venting surface, wherein said cooking surface includes an upper surface with one or more openings;
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- said cooking surface is disposed over said at least one gas burner and said venting surface is disposed over said exit opening of said at least one air channel.
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A cooking appliance comprising:
- a housing having one or more gas burners and one or more air channels, wherein one or more exit openings of said one or more air channels is positioned behind said one or more gas burners adjacent a back of said housing;
- at least one cooking grate having an upper surface extending across a cooking surface and a venting surface, wherein said venting surface includes a depending skirt adjacent an outer periphery of said venting surface defining a cavity in fluid communication with said one or more exit openings of said housing and said upper surface of said at least one cooking grate;
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- wherein said at least one cooking grate allows heat to flow upward from said one or more gas burners and air to vent from said one or more exit openings of said one or more air channels.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.