US 2026/0298480 A1Published application

Spill diverter for a cooking appliance

AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.

InventorsKervins Petit-Bois, Kenneth Willard Johnson

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Abstract

A cooking appliance includes a cabinet and a cooktop. A component compartment is defined within the cabinet and positioned below the cooktop. Furthermore, an aperture is defined through the cooktop and provides fluid communication between the compartment and the cooktop. Moreover, the appliance includes a spill diverter positioned within the compartment and aligned with the aperture. The diverter is configured to capture and direct matter that enters the aperture. The diverter includes a chute sloped downward within the compartment whereby the matter is directed downward along the chute after entering the chute. Additionally, the diverter includes an umbrella flange positioned directly below the aperture. The flange is sloped downward toward the chute for directing the matter downward along the flange to the chute. The flange includes a trailing edge positioned beyond an opening defined through the chute whereby the trailing edge inhibits the matter from spilling through the opening.

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Dependent claims

An oven appliance defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction, the oven appliance comprising:

a cabinet;
a cooking chamber defined within the cabinet for cooking food items therein;
a cooktop positioned on the cabinet vertically above the cooking chamber;
a component compartment defined within the cabinet, the component compartment positioned vertically below the cooktop;
an aperture defined through the cooktop, the aperture providing fluid communication between the component compartment and the cooktop;
and
a spill diverter positioned within the component compartment and aligned with the aperture, the spill diverter configured to capture and direct matter that enters the aperture, the spill diverter comprising:
a chute sloped vertically downward within the component compartment whereby the matter is directed vertically downward along the chute after entering the chute;
and
an umbrella flange positioned directly vertically below the aperture, the umbrella flange sloped vertically downward toward the chute for directing the matter vertically downward along the umbrella flange to the chute, the umbrella flange comprising a trailing edge positioned beyond an opening defined through the chute whereby the trailing edge inhibits the matter from spilling through the opening.

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A cooking appliance defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction, the cooking appliance comprising:

a cabinet;
a cooktop positioned on the cabinet;
a component compartment defined within the cabinet, the component compartment positioned vertically below the cooktop;
an aperture defined through the cooktop, the aperture providing fluid communication between the component compartment and the cooktop;
and
a spill diverter positioned within the component compartment and aligned with the aperture, the spill diverter configured to capture and direct matter that enters the aperture, the spill diverter comprising:
a chute sloped vertically downward within the component compartment whereby the matter is directed vertically downward along the chute after entering the chute;
and
an umbrella flange positioned directly vertically below the aperture, the umbrella flange sloped vertically downward toward the chute for directing the matter vertically downward along the umbrella flange to the chute, the umbrella flange comprising a trailing edge positioned beyond an opening defined through the chute whereby the trailing edge inhibits the matter from spilling through the opening.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.