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US 2024/0167697 A1Published application
Venthob with integrated induction coil
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsAndrea Gallivanoni, Annalisa Pacioni, Andrea Luigi Rainoldi
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Abstract
A cooking appliance includes a cooktop including an outer perimeter and defining at least one opening. A plurality of burners located on the cooktop and at least one burner of the plurality of burners is located on at least one turret that defines an internal cavity to direct a downdraft. The at least one turret is moveable within the at least one opening between at least one vacuum position and a flush position.
Claims20
A cooking appliance comprising:
- a cooktop including an outer perimeter and defining at least one opening;
- a plurality of burners located on the cooktop;
- and
- at least one burner of the plurality of burners located on at least one turret that defines an internal cavity to direct a downdraft, the at least one turret is moveable within the at least one opening between at least one vacuum position and a flush position.
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A cooking appliance comprising:
- a cooktop including an outer perimeter and defining an opening;
- a condition sensor configured to detect a particulate presence of at least one of smoke, steam, or odors around the cooktop;
- a plurality of burners located on the cooktop;
- at least one burner of the plurality of burners located on a turret that defines an internal cavity to direct a downdraft, the turret is moveable within the opening between at least one vacuum position and a flush position;
- and
- a control unit configured to receive the detected particulate presence from the condition sensor and generate a movement signal to move the turret from the flush position to the at least one vacuum position.
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A cooking appliance comprising:
- a cooktop including an outer perimeter and defining a pair of openings;
- a pair of burners located on the cooktop;
- and
- a pair of turrets with each of the turrets located in different one of the pair of openings and connected a different one of the pair of burners, each turret defining an internal cavity to direct a downdraft, each turret is moveable within a respective one of the at least two openings between at least one vacuum position and a flush position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.