Cooking appliance and knob assembly
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorSuzanne M. Krueger
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Abstract
A cooking appliance or knob assembly may include a surface panel, a bezel body, and a control knob. The surface panel may have a forward face and a rearward face. The surface panel may define a central axis through the surface panel from the rearward face to the forward face. The bezel body may extend from a front end to a rear end disposed against the surface panel. The bezel body may define a central region aligned with the central axis. The bezel body may further define an axial gutter extending through a portion of the bezel body radially outward from the central region. The axial gutter may be disposed between the forward face of the surface panel and the front end of the bezel body. The control knob may be rotatably disposed within the central region.
Claims18
A knob assembly for an appliance, the knob assembly comprising:
- a surface panel having a forward face and a rearward face, the surface panel defining a central axis through the surface panel from the rearward face to the forward face;
- a bezel body extending from a front end to a rear end disposed against the surface panel, the bezel body defining a central region aligned with the central axis, the bezel body further defining an axial gutter extending through a portion of the bezel body radially outward from the central region, the axial gutter being disposed between the forward face of the surface panel and the front end of the bezel body;
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- a control knob rotatably disposed within the central region.
A cooking appliance comprising:
- a cooktop surface;
- a heating element mounted to the cooktop surface;
- a control panel positioned forward from the cooktop surface, the control panel comprising a surface panel defining a central axis;
- a bezel body extending from a front end to a rear end disposed against the surface panel, the bezel body defining a central region aligned with the central axis, the bezel body further defining an axial gutter extending through a portion of the bezel body radially outward from the central region, the axial gutter being disposed between the forward face of the surface panel and the front end of the bezel body;
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- a control knob rotatably disposed within the central region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.