# US 4,400,045 A · Built-in kitchen unit

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- Number: US 4,400,045 A
- Document ID: US4400045A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 06/232,419
- Filed: 1981-02-06
- Granted: 1983-08-23
- Earliest claimed: 1980-02-15
- Assignees: Neff-Werke Carl Neff GmbH
- Inventors: Horst Baschin
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US4400045A

## CPC

- F24C 15/30: Arrangements for mounting stoves or ranges in particular locations
- A47B 77/08: for incorporating apparatus operated by power, including water power; for incorporating apparatus for cooking, cooling, or laundry purposes
- F24C: DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES (exclusively for solid fuels F24B); DETAILS OF DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
- A47B: TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE (furniture jointing F16B)

## Abstract

A built-in kitchen system including a baking and roasting oven and a surface cooking unit, which system includes a plurality of cabinet modules disposed adjacent one another and provided with countertops defining a horizontal work surface, a wall cabinet housing integrated into the system and having an upper portion accommodating the oven and a lower portion accommodating the cooking unit, a device mounting the cooking unit in the housing for horizontal displacement between a position within the housing and a position in front of the housing, and a displacement device supporting the wall cabinet housing and arranged to move the housing vertically between raised and lowered positions, the raised position being located to place the bottom of the cooking unit level with the work surface.

## Claims

### Claim 1

In a built-in kitchen system including a baking and roasting oven and a surface cooking unit, which includes a plurality of cabinet modules disposed adjacent one another and provided with countertops defining a horizontal work surface, the improvement comprising: a wall cabinet housing integrated into said system and having an upper portion accommodating said oven and a lower portion accommodating said cooking unit; means mounting said cooking unit in said housing for horizontal displacement between a position within said housing and a position in front of said housing; and displacement means supporting said wall cabinet housing and arranged to move said housing vertically between raised and lowered positions, the raised position being located to place the bottom of said cooking unit level with said work surface.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

An arrangement as defined in claim 1 further comprising a layer of heat insulation surrounding said lower portion of said housing.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1, 2)

An arrangement as defined in claim 1 or 2 wherein the rear of said lower portion is provided with air extraction openings which are in communication, via a conduit, with a ventilating device.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1, 2)

An arrangement as defined in claim 1 or 2 wherein said lower portion is equipped with a temperature responsive circuit breaker.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

An arrangement as defined in claim 1, wherein said oven is accommodated in said housing so that at the raised position of said housing said oven is accessible for use.

### Claim 6

In a built-in kitchen system including a baking and roasting oven and a surface cooking unit, which includes a plurality of cabinet modules disposed adjacent one another and provided with countertops defining a horizontal work surface, the improvement comprising; a wall cabinet housing integrated into said system and having an upper portion accomodating said oven and a lower portion accomodating said cooking unit; means mounting said cooking unit in said housing for horizontal displacement between a position within said housing and a position in front of said housing; and displacement means supporting said wall cabinet housing and arranged to move said housing vertically between a raised position and at least one lowered position, the raised position being located to place the bottom of said cooking unit level with said work surface and said at least one lowered position being located to place the bottom of said oven level with said work surface.

### Claim 7 (depends on 5)

An arrangement as defined in claim 5 wherein said at least one lowered position includes a second lowered position, said second lowered position being located to place the top of said wall cabinet housing level with said work surface.