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US 8,910,622 B2Granted
Hinged cooktop grids
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsNirmal Kumar Mishra, Prashant Ruperee
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Abstract
A cooking appliance includes a cooktop with a number of gas burners positioned below a grate. The grate is hinged to the cooktop so as to be pivotable between a raised position and a lowered position.
Claims17
A cooking appliance comprising:
- a cooktop surface,
- a first gas burner extending from the cooktop surface,
- a grate forming a cooking surface for supporting a cooking vessel, and
- a hinge assembly coupled to the cooktop surface and the grate so as to allow the grate to pivot relative to the cooktop surface between:
- a lowered position in which (i) the grate is positioned over the first gas burner and (ii) the cooking surface defines a horizontal plane, and
- a raised position in which (i) the grate is angled relative to the cooktop surface and the first gas burner and (ii) the cooking surface defines a non-horizontal plane,
- wherein the hinge assembly further includes a pivot arm having a pivot pin secured to an end thereof, and
- the grate rests against the pivot arm when the grate is positioned in the raised position.
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A cooking appliance comprising:
- a cooktop having a gas burner,
- a grate forming a cooking surface that is configured to support a cooking vessel at a position above the gas burner,
- a hinge assembly coupled to the cooktop and the grate so as to allow the grate to pivot relative to the cooktop between a lowered position in which the cooking surface defines a horizontal plane and a raised position in which the cooking surface defines a non-horizontal plane, and
- a support post secured to a first side of the grate, wherein:
- the support post supports the first side of the grate when the grate is positioned in the lowered position, and
- the hinge assembly is secured to a second, opposite side of the grate so as to support the second side of the grate when the grate is positioned in the lowered position.
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A cooking appliance comprising:
- a cooktop having a gas burner,
- a grate forming a cooking surface that is configured to support a cooking vessel at a position above the gas burner,
- a hinge assembly coupled to the cooktop and the grate so as to allow the grate to pivot relative to the cooktop between a lowered position in which the cooking surface defines a horizontal plane and a raised position in which the cooking surface defines a non-horizontal plane, and
- a support post secured to the cooktop, wherein:
- the hinge assembly is secured to a first side of the grate so as to support the first side of the grate when the grate is positioned in the lowered position, and
- the support post supports a second, opposite side of the grate when the grate is positioned in the lowered position.
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A cooking appliance comprising:
- a cooktop having a first gas burner positioned proximate to the front of the cook top and a second gas burner positioned proximate to the rear of the cooktop,
- a grate having a frame with a number of tines extending inwardly from the frame, the number of tines forming (i) a first cooking surface configured to support a first cooking vessel above the first gas burner, and (ii) a second cooking surface configured to support a second cooking vessel above the second gas burner,
- a hinge assembly coupled to the cooktop and the grate so as to allow the grate to pivot relative to the cooktop between:
- a lowered position in which (i) the grate is positioned over the first gas burner and the second gas burner and (ii) the first cooking surface and the second cooking surface define a horizontal plane, and
- a raised position in which (i) the grate is angled relative to the cooktop, the first gas burner, and the second gas burner, and (ii) the first cooking surface and the second cooking surface define a non-horizontal plane, and
- a support post secured to a first side of the grate, wherein:
- the support post supports the first side of the grate when the grate is positioned in the lowered position, and
- the hinge assembly is secured to a second, opposite side of the grate so as to support the second side of the grate when the grate is positioned in the lowered position.
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A cooking appliance comprising:
- a cooktop having a first gas burner positioned proximate to the front of the cook top and a second gas burner positioned proximate to the rear of the cooktop,
- a grate having a frame with a number of tines extending inwardly from the frame, the number of tines forming (i) a first cooking surface configured to support a first cooking vessel above the first gas burner, and (ii) a second cooking surface configured to support a second cooking vessel above the second gas burner,
- a hinge assembly coupled to the cooktop and the grate so as to allow the grate to pivot relative to the cooktop between:
- a lowered position in which (i) the grate is positioned over the first gas burner and the second gas burner and (ii) the first cooking surface and the second cooking surface define a horizontal plane, and
- a raised position in which (i) the grate is angled relative to the cooktop, the first as burner, and the second as burner, and (ii) the first cooking surface, and the second cooking surface define a non-horizontal plane, and
- a support post secured to the cooktop, wherein:
- the hinge assembly is secured to a first side of the grate so as to support the first side of the grate when the grate is positioned in the lowered position, and
- the support post supports a second, opposite side of the grate when the grate is positioned in the lowered position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.