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US 2019/0335900 A1Published application
Freely installable cooker
AssigneeWhirlpool EMEA S.p.A.
InventorsSandro Ciccaci, Egle Armonaviciute, Maurizio Tursini, Mirco Palpacelli
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Abstract
Freely installable cooker comprising: a support structure; a first cooking module removable, interchangeable and positionable in a first housing of the support structure.
Claims20
A freely installable cooker comprising:
- a support structure received by a base and having side walls and a rear wall to define a housing;
- an electrical connector disposed within the rear wall and having a first electrical connector that extends into the housing and a control knob positioned on a back surface of the rear wall;
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- a cooking module that is selectively disposed within the housing and includes at least one second electrical connector that selectively couples with the first electrical connector;
- wherein the control knob is selectively operable when the second electrical connector is in fully received within the first electrical connector to define an activation state, and wherein the control knob is in an inoperable state when the first electrical connector is distal from the activation state.
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A freely installable cooker comprising:
- a support structure received by a base and having side walls and a rear wall that define a housing, wherein the base and the support structure are selectively adjustable to define an adjustable volume of the housing;
- an electrical connector disposed within the rear wall, the electrical connector including a stem that extends from a control knob that is positioned on a back surface of the rear wall, through the rear wall and to a first electrical connector that extends into the housing;
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- a cooking module that is selectively disposed within the housing and including a second electrical connector that selectively couples with the first electrical connector to define an activation state, wherein the control knob, the stem and the first electrical connector are rotationally operable in the activation state and rotationally fixed in an inoperable state when the cooking module is distal from the activation state.
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A freely installable cooker comprising:
- a support structure received by a base having an adjustable width and having side walls and a rear wall that define a housing having a selectively adjustable volume;
- an electrical connector disposed within the rear wall, the electrical connector including a stem that extends from a control knob that is positioned on a back surface of the rear wall, through the rear wall and to opposing electrical contacts that extends radially from the stem, wherein the opposing electrical contacts extend into the housing;
- a power-delivery contact positioned proximate the stem and laterally aligned with the opposing electrical contacts;
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- a cooking module that is selectively disposed within the housing to define an activation state, the cooking module including a module electrical connector that selectively couples with the electrical connector proximate the stem, wherein the opposing electrical contacts are selectively operable in the activation state to contemporaneously engage the power-delivery contact and the module electrical connector, and wherein the stem is selectively fixed in an inoperable state when the cooking module is disengaged from the electrical connector.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.