Cooking appliance
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsSangkyun Lee, Jihu Kim
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Abstract
A cooking appliance includes a body having a cooking chamber, a door connected to the body by a hinge mechanism to open or close the cooking chamber, and a sensor module inserted into or withdrawn from the body through a wall of the body and configured to come into contact with or be spaced apart from the hinge mechanism according to opening and closing of the door.
Claims20
A cooking appliance comprising:
- a body that defines a cooking chamber;
- a door connected to the body and configured to open and close the cooking chamber;
- a hinge mechanism that connects the door to the body;
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- a sensor module that is configured to be inserted into the body through a wall of the body and that is configured to, based on closing and opening of the door, come into contact with or be spaced apart from, respectively, the hinge mechanism.
A sensor module for a cooking appliance that includes a body that defines a cooking chamber and a door that is connected to the body through a hinge mechanism and that is configured to open and close the cooking chamber, the sensor module comprising:
- a sensor that is configured to be provided within the body through a wall of the body and that is configured to, based on closing and opening of the door, come into contact with or be spaced apart from the hinge mechanism, respectively;
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- a sensor bracket that seats the sensor and configured to be inserted through the wall of the cooking appliance,
- wherein at least a portion of the sensor bracket is configured to be disposed outside of the wall of the body in a state in which the sensor is disposed within the body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.