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Granted Patent B2
US 11,297,696 · App. 16/905,511 · Granted Apr 5, 2022

Microwave oven having hood

Inventors: Sangcheol Lee (Seoul, KR); Kyoungjoon Park (Seoul, KR); Jaekyung Yang (Seoul, KR); Wontae Kim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
H05B6/6423F24C15/2071
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Patent No.
US 11,297,696
App. No.
16/905,511
Granted
Apr 5, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A microwave oven includes a housing that defines a cavity therein, a heating source configured to heat an object in the cavity, an exhaust device disposed at a lower portion of the housing, a door that is connected to the housing and defines a suction hole configured to receive air from an outside of the door and a discharge hole configured to discharge the air received through the suction hole, and a display disposed at a front surface of the door.

Claims (40)

1. A microwave oven comprising:

a housing that defines a cavity therein;

a heating source configured to heat an object in the cavity;

an exhaust device disposed at a lower portion of the housing;

a door connected to the housing, the door defining a suction hole configured to receive air from an outside of the door and at least one discharge hole configured to discharge the air received through the suction hole; and

a display disposed at a front surface of the door,

wherein the at least one discharge hole comprises a first discharge hole defined vertically below the display and configured to discharge the air in a forward direction away from the front surface of the door.

2. The microwave oven according to claim 1 , further comprising a cooling fan disposed at an inner surface of the door and configured to blow the air toward the at least one discharge hole.

3. The microwave oven according to claim 1 , wherein the first discharge hole is defined below the suction hole.

4. The microwave oven according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first discharge hole is configured to discharge the air in the forward direction away from a front surface of the display.

5. The microwave oven according to claim 4 , wherein the first discharge hole extends forward from the front surface of the door to the front surface of the display.

6. The microwave oven according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one discharge hole further comprises a second discharge hole defined vertically above the display.

7. The microwave oven according to claim 6 , wherein the second discharge hole is configured to guide the air toward the display.

8. The microwave oven according to claim 6 , wherein the at least one discharge hole further comprises a third discharge hole defined at a bottom surface of the door.

9. The microwave oven according to claim 8 , wherein the third discharge hole is configured to guide the air to a lower side of the door.

10. The microwave oven according to claim 9 , further comprising a camera disposed around the third discharge hole and configured to photograph a lower side of the housing.

11. The microwave oven according to claim 1 , further comprising a camera disposed at an inner surface of the door.

12. The microwave oven according to claim 1 , further comprising a camera disposed at the front surface of the door.

13. The microwave oven according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one discharge hole comprises at least one of the first discharge hole, a second discharge hole defined vertically above the display, or a third discharge hole defined at a bottom surface of the door.

14. The microwave oven according to claim 13 , wherein the door defines at least one of:

a first air passage configured to guide the air from the suction hole to the first discharge hole;

a second air passage configured to guide the air from the suction hole to the second discharge hole; or

a third air passage configured to guide the air from the suction hole to the third discharge hole.

15. The microwave oven according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one discharge hole comprises the first discharge hole, a second discharge hole vertically above the display, and a third discharge hole at a bottom surface of the door.

16. A microwave oven comprising:

a housing that defines a cavity therein;

a heating source configured to heat an object in the cavity;

an exhaust device disposed at a lower portion of the housing;

a door connected to the housing, the door defining a suction hole configured to receive air and at least one discharge hole configured to discharge the air received through the suction hole;

a door inner wall that extends in a vertical direction and that partitions an inner space of the door into a first door passage in communication with the suction hole and a second door passage in communication with the discharge hole; and

a display that is positioned forward relative to the door inner wall and extends in the vertical direction,

wherein the at least one discharge hole comprises a first discharge hole defined vertically below the display and configured to discharge the air in a forward direction away from a front surface of the door.

17. The microwave oven according to claim 16 , wherein the door inner wall defines a through-hole that connects the first door passage to the second door passage, and

wherein the microwave oven further comprises a cooling fan disposed at the through-hole of the door inner wall and configured to supply air from the first door passage to the second door passage.

18. The microwave oven according to claim 16 , wherein the suction hole is defined at an upper surface of the door, and

wherein the at least one discharge hole further comprises

a second discharge hole defined between the upper surface of the door and an upper and of the display.

19. The microwave oven according to claim 16 , wherein the first discharge hole is defined at at least one of the front surface of the door that faces the display or a bottom surface of the door that faces the exhaust device.

20. The microwave oven according to claim 16 , wherein the first discharge hole is configured to discharge the air in the forward direction away from a front surface of the display.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 25, 2020
From: LEE, SANGCHEOL; PARK, KYOUNGJOON; YANG, JAEKYUNG; KIM, WONTAE
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 053043/0020 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0032254 · Mar 16, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210289593A1 · Sep 16, 2021